Al Gray Marine Leadership Forum Resource Center
General Al Gray’s 95th Birthday Celebration
2023 – Interviews
Thinking & Leadership Training: Essays and Classes
One Improved Unit
For the past twelve months, we have looked at the eleven principles of Marine Corps leadership and the fourteen traits of…
Marine Corps Principles and Traits of Leadership, Part 1
The Marine Corps recognizes eleven principles of leadership and fourteen traits of leaders. In this and coming editions of “Front and Center,”…
Marine Corps Principles and Traits of Leadership, Part 2
Last month, we considered the first principle of leadership recognized by the Marine Corps: Know yourself and seek self-improvement. We considered also the first trait of…
Valor and Virtue: Video Interviews with Marines and Leaders
Historical Documents
Traits & Principles of USMC Leadership
Leadership is intangible, hard to measure, & difficult to describe. Its quality would seem to stem from many factors. But certainly they…
MCDP 1 Warfighting
Since Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, Warfighting, was first published in 1989, it has had a significant impact both inside and outside…
Grayisms
Grayisms and other thoughts on leadership from General Al Gray, USMC (Retired), 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Compiled by PAUL OTTE…
