Articles For

2nd Battalion 5th Marines

Current Publications

Original 2/5 Website Publications

Featured Articles

A listing of all publications and articles.

Orders Techniques

3X5 Orders: Company
3X5 Orders: Platoon
3X5 Orders: Squad
Orders Shortland
Control Measures
Terrain Models

Ukraine

Ukraine: Lessons for Leaders
The Tactical Notebook
Ukraine CASEVAC  Lessons
IPB Questions on Position 07
Watling, Tactical Developments
Watling, Stormbreak

Night Combat

Night Warrior Handbook
Night Combat in Infantry Units
Night Attack on Hill 163

Orders in Combat

Goose Green 1982
Hill 118 in Korea 1950
Inchon 1950
Kasserine Pass 1943
Oran 1942
Sedan 1940

Combat Advisors

You Had One Job
The Manueuverist
Advice and Support
Bureaucracy Does Its Thing
Not a Good Day to Die
Galula, Counterinsurgency
Hoffman, FM 3-24
The Betrayal
FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency
Eat Soup with a Knife
A Bright Shining Lie

Decision making

Ten Years of TDGs
I Want to be ‘Ender’
Close Combat and Learning Tactics
Close Combat Workbook
Battalion SOP
Company SOP
Platoon SOP
Notes for Infantry Leaders 1998
Tank-Infantry SOP
Helicopter SOP
Mortar SOP

 

2/5 History

2/5 at Belleau Wood
2/5 at Guadalcanal
2/5 at Peleliu
2/5 at Inchon
2/5 at Hue
2/5 in Desert Storm
2/5 in Iraqi Freedom
2/5 Crest
2/5 History
2/5 Commanding Officers
1stMarDiv COs 1944

Orders

Kodiak Actual
900 Orders
What Are Your Orders?
Orders: A User’s Guide
Orders: Scout Platoon
Orders Techniques
The Mission Statement
Commander’s Intent
Orders: Ukraine

Resources

One Year to Train
Warfighters Substack
Tactical Notebook Substack
Parris Island Post Cards I
Parris Island Post Cards II
Parris Island Post Cards III
Parris Island Post Cards IV

Battle Studies

Arnhem 1944

Sedan 1940

 

Unit Cohesion

Improving Unit Cohesion
The Strength of the Wolf
Cohesion Readings
One Year to Train
Age the Marine Corps

Reviews

Jarhead
Operation Crusader
Close Combat
The Patton Mind
The Long Gray Line

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