Editing and Design Section

1 Head (Senior Editor)
2 Managing Editors
3 Manuscript Editors
3 Visual Information Specialists
1 Acquisitions Editor
1 Circulation Assistant

Introduction

The Editing and Design Branch is the publishing arm of the History Division and also operates the Marine Corps University Press and Marine Corps University Journal.

The branch handles all facets in preparing History Division publications for print. The editors ensure compliance with the History Division Writing Guide and edit for clarity of expression as well as spelling, punctuation, and style. The editorial staff also fact-checks where needed, which includes verification of places names and names and ranks of Marines mentioned in the text. The visual information specialists design the books and produce illustrations to support the publications, including maps and charts. The editors then proof the text and index the books. The branch staff also serves as the editorial and production staff for Fortitudine, the bulletin of the Marine Corps Historical Program.

In addition to their work on History Division publications, the Editing and Design staff operates a scholarly press, Marine Corps University Press, and a peer-reviewed academic journal, Marine Corps University Journal. The staff actively seeks book and article manuscripts to publish, edits them for print, and designs the products.