“The side with the simplest uniforms wins.”

Major Mark F. Cancian (USMC Colonel, Retired).

Colonel Cancian spent over three decades in the US Marine Corps, active and reserve, serving as an infantry, artillery, and civil affairs officer and on overseas tours in Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Iraq (twice).

A prolific author, he has published over 40 articles on military operations, acquisition, budgets, and strategy and received numerous writing awards.