Jason Topshe

Captain Jason Topshe, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, is an infantry officer currently assigned to the Talent Management Oversight Directorate. He has previously served in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and in Europe with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response.

Articles by Jason Topshe

Marine gunnery sergeant directs his Marines from a jetski during a water rescue training event off the shore of Marine Corps Base Hawaii

Could Jet Skis be the Next Amphibious Craft?

By Captain Jason Topshe, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

November 2019

Personal watercraft could offer the speed and maneuverability Marines will require for distributed and expeditionary advanced base operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Reservists hike during a culminating event at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans on May 23, 2019

Talent Management for the Future Operating Environment

By Captain Jason Topshe, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, and Captain V. J. Fertitta IV, U.S. Marine Corps

May 2019

Getting the right Marines into the right positions will require the Corps change the way it manages careers.

Air Serbia Airbus A319 Crew members captain Davor Miseljic and copilot Biljana Savic prepares for flight at Zagreb airport on December 12, 2014 in Zagreb

Ground Operations Need a 'Sterile Cockpit Rule'

By Captain Jason Topshe, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

May 2019

In 1981, the FAA imposed the "sterile cockpit rule" to cut down on pilot distractions during key phases of flight. Army and Marine Corps ground operations could benefit from similar ...

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 22, 2018

The Promise of Infrared Camouflage

By Captain Jason Topshe, U.S. Marine Corps

April 2019

The Marine Corps needs to invest in camouflage uniforms that mask infrared signatures as well as visible signatures.