There are also ways in which the IF’s training model diverges from the Marine Corps’. Both Ender and the Marine Corps seem to share the idea that the best ideas are not always homegrown, and an enemy fighting for malign ends can contribute mimicable means.

Maj Ian Brown outlines how German blitzkrieg tactics informed our maneuver warfare philosophy. Just as Ender incorporates the enemy Buggers’ best practices into his own, the Marine Corps has demonstrated equal humility in its doctrinal ideas. Ender, despite his young age and inexperience prior to training, grew into the kind of leader who “if he had asked to follow him to the moon without space suits, they would have done it.” Our TBS graduates are not at that level, but they are well equipped to get there. Officer Candidates School and The Basic School are similarly structured-tactics are important, but they are a vessel through which we give Candidates and Second Lieutenants “sets and reps” in leadership. Ender’s genius is a weapon only insofar as it merges with an ability to inspire others to follow his ten-pound brain. In the IF, the emphasis in officer development is the development, first and foremost, of a leader. Card provides not a handbook, but a discussion guide to debate our preparations for our next “Bugger Invasion.” Specifically, we should consider how the International Fleet’s training pipeline and doctrinal concepts prepare Ender Wiggin to save the world. It is thus well placed on the Primary Level Enlisted reading list, as a Trojan Horse to the young men and women who may not have discovered that reading for one’s profession is much more interesting than reading for English class.Įnder’s Game is equally relevant to SNCOs and officers, as Orson Scott Card offers interesting insights. In an age of declining consumption of books during leisure time, Ender’s Game reminds us how enjoyable reading is. Ender's Game: 'The Real Education was the Game' Posted on: June 28,2019

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