#3--Dilan Swift

*What Dilan learned about company command from his time as a combined-anti-armor platoon commander and company executive officer *What he learned about company command from his company commanders *Dilan’s thoughts on what makes the ideal company commander and why *What makes the company commander from hell *The challenges and opportunities (leadership and otherwise) Dilan encountered in commanding a weapons company *How Dilan attempted to get his lieutenants to interact competently and confidently with other leaders in the battalion Dilan’s philosophy of command and how it worked in practice The most important thing company commanders do or should do How well the Marine Corps prepared Dilan for company command Dilan’s thoughts on the Marine Corps having its own company commanders course What excited Dilan most about being a company commander What concerned Dilan most about being a company commander What the relationship should be like between the weapons company commander and their operations chief and first sergeant Dilan’s two deployments with his company The designs, plans, or programs that Dilan implemented in his company and how they worked out How Dilan tried to balance feeding the military bureaucracy with preparing his company for combat The steps Dilan took to prepare for company command Some of the books Dilan read while preparing for company command The one thing Dilan wish he had known about his company before he took command Where Dilan thinks he excelled as a company commander and where he fell short The one thing Dilan would have changed about his time commanding his company How Dilan attempted to practice maneuver warfare in garrison Tips on physically and intellectually preparing for company command Dilan’s expectation for his *Executive officer *Platoon commanders *Squad leaders *Junior Marines *Battalion commander *Battalion executive officer *Operations officer *Fellow company commanders Links Flames of War Miniature Wargame: https://www.flamesofwar.com Team Yankee Miniature Wargame: https://www.team-yankee.com/ The Enlightened Soldier by Charles Edward White: https://www.amazon.com/Enlightened-Soldier-Scharnhorst-Militarische-Gesellschaft/dp/0275929361 Command Culture: https://www.amazon.com/Command-Culture-Education-1901-1940-Consequences/dp/1574415336 The Forgotten Soldier: https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Soldier-Guy-Sajer/dp/1574882864