Orders: Ukraine
by Brendan B. McBreen
How will the Marine Corps fight in the future? What should we be learning from the war in Ukraine?
How should we prepare for modern, high-intensity, ground combat? And how do advanced enemy threats – UAS, SIGINT, long-range precision fires, and MANPADS – change the way we fight?
Orders: Ukraine examines best practices for defensive operations on the future battlefield. Using a recent, real-world battle in Ukraine, each chapter examines the defensive orders of one Marine unit – battalion, company, platoon, and squad – blocking a road to prevent enemy access through a rural village.
Illustrated with example orders and map diagrams, and grounded in both U.S. Army and Marine Corps doctrine, Orders: Ukraine clearly explains recommended SOPs, common errors, and unit best practices for modern defensive operations.