From this year's "Marine Corps" issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine, here are three timely essays on current and future force structure, doctrine, and operations:
Hitting the Beach in the 21st Century -- Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Work and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Hoffman, USMCR (ret)
Versatility in the Age of Uncertainty -- Lieutenant General George Flynn, USMC
Taking Counterinsurgency to the Countryside (members only) -- Captain Jeffry Kausek, USMC