strategic corporal

He has been replaced by the strategic corporal.

A hallmark of modern warfare is what the Marine Corps calls the "strategic corporal."

However, training "strategic corporals" requires time and money above and beyond what is considered normal infantry or military police training.

The latter condition caused Krulak to invoke what he called "strategic corporals"; low-level unit leaders able to take independent action and make major decisions.

Strategic Corporal

The Strategic Corporal: Leadership in the Three Block War

The need to conduct operations in this situation has significantly emphasised the importance of low level tactical leaders and led to the term strategic corporal being devised.

In 1999, Marine General Charles Krulak wrote an influential article in which he coined the term "strategic corporal."

Similarly, the term "Strategic Corporal" refers to the special responsibilities conferred upon a Marine Corporal.

The U.S. Army has used the Strategic Corporal term for their plan to equip ordinary squad leaders with advanced laser rangefinders to plot artillery fire.

General Krulak famously referred to the "Strategic Corporal" and the Three Block War as two of the key lessons identified from the deployments in Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia.