‘Win before firing a shot:’ Top Marine explains why the service is focused on information warfare
Gen. David Berger says the past four months of war in Ukraine has been a "fantastic case study" in information warfare.
By JUSTIN KATZ
on July 07, 2022 at 4:44 PM
WASHINGTON: How do you win a war before a single bullet is fired? According to the top Marine Corps general, it means striking in a whole different domain: the information space.
“If you can manage information, you can actually gain an advantage,” Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger said today during a Hudson Institute event. “I think some could argue [that advantage] could be decisive. Even more than kinetically perhaps, you can win before firing a shot.”
The service in June published a new doctrine focused on information, formally titled “Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 8, Information.” The document, according to one of its chief authors, Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy, serves more as a teaching instrument for the service and a place for varying levels of leadership to begin discussions among Marines, he told reporters during a roundtable ahead of its rollout.
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/07/win-before-firing-a-shot-top-marine-explains-why-the-service-is-focused-on-information-warfare/
