This edition of Concepts and Programs offers a review of our operations in 2009, underscoring how engaged America's Marine Corps has been -- not only in Iraq and Afghanistan but around the world, on training exercises and in support of the engagement strategies of our country's combatant commanders. For the Marine Corps in 2010, this volume provides a snapshot of how we have structured the force to support our roadmap for the future, Marine Corps Vision and Strategy 2025. We intend for Concepts and Programs to also be a concise, useful reference of all our major programs.

This diary recounts the experiences and impressions of Captain Alfred Austell Cunningham, the first Marine aviator, during his tour of British and French aviation facilities in November and December 1917. The document reveals much about the character and personality of a notable Marine and gives a view of wartime England and France as seen through his eyes.

This handbook provides an overview of our prepositioning programs. When equipment and supplies from the Marine Corps' prepositioning programs are linked and have created a powerful Navy-Marine Corps team with rapid response warfighting capability to protects our Nation's interests.