Tactical Decision Game 1. Like its predecessor, this TDG Handbook is designed to improve tactical skills and decision making ability. Correct decision making does not occur through magic, nor is it innate. While some people have apparent talents in this area, for most of us, aquiring an understanding of warfighting dynamics and mastering battlefield decision making require thought and practice. It is unthinkable that a person would represent the U.S. in an olympic event without extensive practice and workouts.
Marines are successful in physical aspects of warfighting preparedness.
Also, frequent Marine only and joint exercises shake down our command and control procedures, and give us the chance to refine our tactical and operating skills. Accordingly, Marine Corps University has developed this Tactical Decision Game Workbook, Designing TDGs, that will help Marines design TDGs. Military leaders are members of a profession that does not routinely practice its skills. Only consistent war, an abhorrent condition, would allow such practice. Thus, the honing and developing of military skills must be achieved in other ways.