#6--Lindsay Mathwick

In this episode, we discuss: *Lindsay’s experience as a student at The Basic School (TBS) *Her reaction to being assigned as a logistics officer *Her initial impressions of her first unit, 9th Communication Battalion *Her first year-long deployment to Iraq and experiences with “push” logistics *What it was like working for a Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) *Lindsay’s unusual experience serving first as the assistant battalion logistics officer, then as the battalion logistics officer, and finally as a truck platoon commander *What a day in the 9th Communication Battalion’s logistics shop in Iraq might look like *What it was like being the logistics officer for the battalion as a second lieutenant *Lindsay’s next assignment as a truck platoon commander and the shift from being a staff officer to a commander of Marines *The sorts of missions Lindsay’s platoon carried out *The improvised explosive device threat during these missions *How Lindsay tried to keep her Marines engaged during the year-long deployment *Lindsay’s time as the truck company commander, Headquarters Group, I MEF *Her second deployment to Iraq *Lindsay’s experiences as a student at the Expeditionary Warfare School *Her introduction to decision-forcing cases (DFCs) *Lindsay’s time as a Warfighting Instructor at The Basic School (TBS) *The “Bullpen”—the instructor office at TBS *Lindsay’s time as the TBS Convoy Package Primary Instructor *Her two times as a staff platoon commander and how her platoons differed from one another how and they were similar *What she learned from commanding her first student-officer platoon and how she applied that to her second platoon *Her time as the executive officer of a Warrant Officer Basic Course company *Her advice to future and current TBS captain-instructors *Lindsay’s experiences as the S4A of the 24th MEU *Her time as a student at the UK’s Advanced Command and Staff Course *Lindsay’s experiences with Task Force Al Asad, as part of Operation Inherent Resolve *Some ideas for DFCs from Lindsay’s time with the task force *How the Iraqis working with the task force did logistics *Lindsay’s preparations for and experiences with working with the Iraqis as a female *What it was like working with Colonel Seth Folsom, the task force commanding officer *Lindsay's role in the Logistics Division, Futures Branch, Concept Section within the Deputy Commandant’s Office for Installations and Logistics *Her advice to company-grade logistics officers *Her advice to young people potentially interested in serving as Marine logistics officers *The one thing Lindsay wished all Marines knew about logistics *One thing Marines routinely misunderstand about logistics *Lindsay’s favorite book on logistics *Her preparations for taking command of Combat Logistics Battalion 15 *Her parting thoughts for our listeners Links Association of Marine Corps Logisticians Moving Mountains: Lessons in Leadership and Logistics from the Gulf War by LtGen William Pagonis Task Force Lion [AKA TF Al Asad] Continues with Partnership with Iraqis Against ISIS by Sgt David Staten, USMC Errata *I incorrectly gave the name of the Association of Marine Corps Logisticians as the “Association of Marine Logisticians.” *I repeatedly mispronounced the word “logisticians” during the podcast. Apologies for that!