As the first decade of the 21st Century draws to a close, the United States faces a new myriad of threats and challenges in which both the landscape and operating environment of the world continues to undergo dynamic and dramatic upheavals, claims Marine Corps Vision and Strategy 2025. How the Marine Corps can best be employed and the Corps' contributions to national defense in the coming years and decades is outlined in the Vision and Strategy document, which was signed June 18 by Gen. James T. Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps. Important as well is The Capstone Operational Concept, signed June 25, which will act as the first chapter in the forthcoming Marine Corps Operating Concept for a Changing Security Environment, 3rd Edition, scheduled to be published early next year, which serves as a bridge from vision and strategy to operating concepts and capabilities. According to Col. Steve Zotti, director, Strategic Vision Group, Headquarters Marine Corps, both these documents should be read by every Marine in order to understand the future of the Marine Corps and how it will maintain its role as our nation’s expeditionary force-in-readiness.