The Marine Corps Association & Foundation recognized LtCol Brian L. Gilman with the General Thomas Holcomb Writing Award for his article titled, "Worthy of His Sufferings: How Strategic Leaders Learned from Failure" June 8, 2013.
The Marine Corps Association & Foundation recognized LtCol Brian L. Gilman with the General Thomas Holcomb Writing Award for his article titled, "Worthy of His Sufferings: How Strategic Leaders Learned from Failure" June 8, 2013.
The Marine Corps Association & Foundation recognized LtCol Brian L. Gilman with the General Thomas Holcomb Writing Award for his article titled, "Worthy of His Sufferings: How Strategic Leaders Learned from Failure" June 8, 2013.
Gilman is a student at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The faculty at the college chooses the recipient from papers submitted by Marine Corps students. Gilman received a plaque and $1,000 prize from MCA&F.
The writing award is named in remembrance of General Thomas Holcomb, the 17th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1936 to 1943. Holcomb was a Navy Cross recipient and the first Marine to achieve the rank of General. After retiring from the Marine Corps, Holcomb served as the United States Minister to the Union of South Africa.