Publications

Collegial Leadership: Leading as a Staff Officer (Marine Corps Gazette, June 2024)
🥇2023 Gen Robert E. Hogaboom Leadership Writing Contest: First Place
Embracing staff leadership and managerial roles.

Get Multinational Warfighting Right, Before It Matters (USNI Proceedings, May 2024)
Don’t wait until the shooting starts to develop a combined command structure in the first island chain.

Maneuver Warfare Is Just Operational Art (USNI Proceedings, November 2023)
Rework MCDP-1 to synthesize the science of attrition with the art of maneuver.

Achieving Decision on the Battlefield (Marine Corps Gazette, August 2022)
🥇2022 MajGen Harold W. Chase Prize Essay Contest: Second Place
Redefining maneuver warfare as method, not philosophy.

Professionalizing Air Intelligence, Part IV (Marine Corps Gazette, October 2021)
A functional concept for air intelligence.

On Intelligence, Part II (Marine Corps Gazette, October 2020)
Understanding intelligence in risk mitigation.

On Intelligence, Part I (Marine Corps Gazette, September 2020)
Why does intelligence work?

Professionalizing Air Intelligence, Part V (Marine Corps Gazette, October 2019)
In defense of the Wing Intelligence Support Company (WISC)

Professionalizing Air Intelligence, Part IV (Marine Corps Gazette, September 2019)
What makes a good squadron S-2?

Professionalizing Air Intelligence, Part III (Marine Corps Gazette, September 2018)
The Air Intelligence Tactics Study Group (AITSG).

Professionalizing Air Intelligence, Part II (Marine Corps Gazette, March 2018)
Who needs an 0277?

Air Intelligence Tradecraft and Doctrine (Marine Corps Gazette, May 2017)
Air Threat Zone Matrix (ATZM).

Professionalizing Air Intelligence, Part I (Marine Corps Gazette, January 2016)
An MOS tactics, techniques, and procedures manual.

Japan-US Alliance for Defense Practitioners (Unpublished Draft)
Plans, Wargames, and Exercise Reference Guide.

Decoding the Alliance (Unpublished Draft)
A Guide to Alliance Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Associated Terms (A4T).

Japan-US Alliance Pocket Reference (Unpublished Draft)
A quick reference guide for wargames and exercises.

MCRP 2-10A.9 Air Intelligence (MAWTS-1, February 2021)
The first Marine Corps doctrinal publication dedicated entirely to supporting the Marine Corps’ Aviation Combat Element (ACE).

ACEINT OPMAN (Air Combat Element Intelligence Operations Manual) (MAWTS-1, March 2020)
An air intelligence tactics, techniques, and procedures manual.

Dead Men Have No Will with Chris Denzel, Part II (Revolution in Military Affairs, January 2024)
Overcoming entrenched views of maneuver warfare in the Marine Corps.

Dead Men Have No Will with Chris Denzel, Part I (Revolution in Military Affairs, January 2024)
Overcoming entrenched views of maneuver warfare in the Marine Corps.

Episode 368: Maneuver Warfare is Just Operational Art (USNI Proceedings Podcast, November 2023)
Bill Hamblet talks to Marine Corps Major Christopher Denzel about his article in the November issue of Proceedings.

MCDP 1 in the 21st Century: Where Do We Go from Here? (The Warfighting Society, April 2023)
A panelist discussion on how the Marine Corps might update its foundational doctrine: MCDP-1 Warfighting.

Useless Intelligence: Risk Reduction Redundancy in Planning (US Army School of Advanced Military Studies, May 2022)
A study in how intelligence and operational capability interact in redundant ways during planning to edit risk in commanders’ decisions.
An unclassified monograph submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Military Operations (MAMO).

Improving Marine Air Intelligence Training (National Intelligence University, June 2019)
A study in how the Marine Corps can implement air intelligence training such that it provides adequate intelligence support to Marine aviation in the future operating environment.
An unclassified thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence (MSSI).