A look a General Mattis' principles and approaches during his command of Task Force 58 (2001) in Afghanistan and 1st Marine Division (2003) in Iraq. Topics covered Lego Drill, Jersey Drill, Juliets, Aggression, Diplomacy and Communication, etc. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » SOURCES « Valenti, Michael L.: The Mattis Way of War: an Examination of Operational Art in Task Force 58 and 1st Marine Division Note there are various version out there, I think I used this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/USMC/comments/532t3m/the_mattis_way_of_war_an_examination_of/ Salmoni, Barak A.; Holmes-Eber, Paula: Operational Culture for the Warfighter - Principles and Applications (2nd Edition) Headquarters, Department of the Army: ATTP 3-06.11 (FM 3-06.11) – Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain (June 2011) Lind, William S.: Maneuver Warfare; in: Brassey’s Encyclopedia of Land Forces and Warfare, p. 661-667 General Hanzhang , Tao (Author), Shibing, Yuan (Translation): Sun Tzu's Art of War - The Modern Chinese Interpretation USA Today, Mattis interview: Syria would fall without Iran's help, 11th April 2013 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/11/syria-iran-mattis-central-command-chief-int