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| Michael Wyly | |
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Michael Duncan Wyly (born c. 1939) is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel. In 1979, Colonel Wyly was head of tactics at the Amphibious Warfare School (AWS) where he, with John Boyd, introduced maneuver warfare.[1]
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Early Life
Military Service
Wyly enlisted as a Marine private in 1957. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, in 1958 and graduated in 1962 as Second Lieutenant of Marines. He served as Jim Webb's company commander in the Vietnam War. He co-wrote the Maneuver Warfare Handbook for the Marine Corps with William Lind.
Later Life
Ballet
He was Executive Director of Bossov Ballet Theatre, a non-profit ballet company in Pittsfield, Maine until the end of 2013.[2] Wyly's role as director of a Ballet school is seen as unusual for a former Marine and has been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Quotes
"It is no longer enough for Marines to 'reflect' the society they defend, They must lead it, not politically but culturally. For it is the culture we are defending."[3]
"We must be willing to realize that our real enemy is as likely to appear within our own borders as without."
"If our laws and self-image of our role as military professionals do not allow for [the recognition that the real enemy may be within] we need to change them." Ricks writes
Regarding gun restrictions, Marines would need to understand that "enforcing such a restriction could quickly make us the enemy of constitutional freedom."
External Links
- ↑ Boyd The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram
- ↑ Backstory A marine's corps de ballet, Christian Science Monitor
- ↑ The Widening Gap Between the Military and Society in the Atlantic, by Thomas E. Ricks