The Commander's Handbook for Religious Ministry Support is a guide for all Marine commanders, especially those with chaplains assigned to their units. Navy chaplains have been directly assigned to Marine units since World War I, and have…Archive65 pagesLeadership Training
Intent. The purpose of this master's project was to write the coordinating draft for Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 5-4 on Small Wars or, as the Joint community refers to them, Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW). To do…Archive170 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Headquarters United States Marine Corps Washington, D.C. 20350-3000 4 April 2018 CHANGE 1 to MCTP 3-20G Air Reconnaissance 1. This publication has been edited to ensure gender neutrality of all applicable and…Current137 pagesRecon Intel
The purpose of this publication is to describe the Marine Corps' learning philosophy and explain why learning is critically important to the profession of arms. While many of the concepts in this publication have been passed on by Marine…Current81 pagesLeadership Training
FM 90-3 of water, heat, and wind to give deserts their characteristic barren appearance. The bedrock may be covered by a flat layer of sand, or gravel, or may have been exposed by erosion. Other common features are sand dunes, escarpments,…Archive223 pagesFieldcraft Survival
Chapter 1 Fundamentals The mission of a low altitude air defense (LAAD) unit is to provide close-in, low altitude surface-to-air weapons (SAWs) fires in defense of forward combat areas, vital areas, and installations. It also provides SAW…Archive303 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 3-0B, How to Conduct Training, provides guidance to assist units on how to conduct Marine Corps training. This publication deals primarily with training's implementation phase. It also explains how…Current62 pagesOther
As the Nation's force in readiness, the Marine Corps provides great versatility and flexibility to deal with situations across the spectrum of warfare. Fighting as an integrated multi-domain team, the Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF)…Current177 pagesAviation
Helicopterborne operations are tactical operations in which assault forces maneuver on the battlefield under the direction of an assigned commander in order to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize key terrain. They are best employed…Archive136 pagesAviation
of the EA-6A Prowler, A6-A Intruder, and precision-guided weapons. The Prowlers became vital to OAS missions by suppressing new threat systems like the SA-2 to provide suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) for the strike packages. The…Current80 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
The Marine Corps field feeding program (MCFFP) consists of the right mix of personnel, rations, equipment, and training in order to support the Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) commander's expeditionary maneuver warfare and peacetime…Current122 pagesSustainment
Embarkation planning and execution is complex. Trained and qualified personnel must be available to perform the host of embarkation duties. Assigning personnel must be carefully done, as embarkation becomes their primary duty during…Archive134 pagesSustainment
The most important responsibility in our Corps is leading Marines. If we expect Marines to lead and if we expect Marines to follow, we must provide the education of the heart and of the mind to win on the battlefield and in the barracks,…Archive127 pagesLeadership Training
Intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB) is the "systematic, continuous process of analyzing the threat and environment in a specific geographic area" (Marine Corps Supplement to the DoD Dictionary of Military and Associated…Current376 pagesRecon Intel
NWP 1-14M (MAR 2022), THE COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK ON THE LAW OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, is available in the Navy Warfare Library. It supersedes NWP 1-14M (AUG 2017), THE COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK ON THE LAW OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. SCOPE This publication…Current182 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
CHAPTER 1. UNDERSTANDING SECURITY COOPERATION IN A STRATEGIC CONTEXT SECURITY COOPERATION AS AN ENABLER OF STRATEGY The increasingly complex security environment, defined by strategic competition and state and non-state adversaries using…Current106 pagesDoctrine Philosophy
of appropriate rations mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops, and support available-timeavailable (METT-T) dependent.) Note: RCW/MCW will be used in a cold weather environment. Patients in field hospitals will receive three hot UBR…Archive65 pagesSustainment
Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) fires and effects is the coordinated and collective employment of fires, information capabilities, and systems to create desired effects throughout the battlespace to achieve objectives. Under the…Current128 pagesFires
Due to the complexity of embarkation planning and execution, assigned personnel must be trained and qualified to perform the myriad duties necessary to properly plan, prepare, and execute deployment and redeployment of their unit. The unit…Current174 pagesSustainment
Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 3, Expeditionary Operations, establishes doctrine for the conduct of military operations by the U.S. Marine Corps. It describes the Marine Corps as an expeditionary force-in-readiness that is…Current143 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
MCWP 3-10 MAGTF Ground Operations 1-1 CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF THE GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT THE GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT The Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF), composed of forces task-organized under a single commander, is the Marine Corps'…Current125 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
to FMFM 2-11, which invites individuals to submit suggestions concerning this FMFM directly to the above addressee, the following unclassified recommendation is forwarded: Page Article/Paragraph No. Line No. Figure/Table No. Nature of…Archive142 pagesMarksmanship Weapons
1. PURPOSE Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 3-0B, How to Conduct Training, provides guidance to assist units on how to conduct Marine Corps training. This publication deals primarily with training's implementation phase. It also…Archive131 pagesLeadership Training
MCTP 3-01B Air Assault Operations 1-1 CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTALS Air assault operations are a subset of airborne operations and a form of vertical envelopment in which assault forces (combat, combat support, and combat service support [CSS]),…Current210 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
The Marine air command and control system (MACCS) provides the Marine aviation combat element commander with the means to exercise control of those organic and nonorganic aviation assets that are necessary to support Marine air-ground task…Archive98 pagesAviation
Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 4-11.8, Services in an Expeditionary Environment, provides the doctrinal basis for the planning and execution of services at the operational and tactical levels of war. It establishes terms of…Archive84 pagesSustainment
Fleet Marine Force Manual (FMFM) 13-7, MAGTF Breaching Operafions, provides guidance for commanders and their staffs who plan and conduct breaching operations in support of Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) operations. It focuses on…Archive169 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
Intelligence collection is the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements (Joint Publication 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms). In Marine Corps usage,…Current78 pagesRecon Intel
Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication (MCDP) 2, Intelligence, and Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 2-1, Intelligence Operations, provide the doctrine and higher order tactics, techniques, and procedures for intelligence operations.…Archive287 pagesRecon Intel
1. PURPOSE Fleet Marine Force Manual (FMFM) 6, Ground Combat Operations, provides the doctrinal basis for the planning and execution of ground combat operations for ground forces within the Marine airground task force (MAGTF). It…Archive186 pagesSmall Unit Tactics
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