“Fighting Lord!” is the most common response to any question answered by a Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) attending Marine Corps Basic School. The tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) of warfare, learned on a sand table, trained in the field, honed through trials and the application of lessons learned: combined with the initiative and intensity required of a lieutenant of the navy, amount to a recipe for success: or yes? Fully trained in the basics of war fighting, the Corps' new leader reports to operational forces and quickly learns that the response, "Leadership Sir," replaces the previous, all-important response, "Warfighting." Leadership is the common denominator of a unit's success and the missing link in its failure. Leadership cannot be learned on a sand table. The burden of leadership has never been heavier than in wartime. Ironically, much of this burden falls squarely on the shoulders of the most inexperienced leaders. The lieutenant, under the extreme stress of combat, on the front lines, confidently supervises and directs the TTP leaders....