{"id":24268,"date":"2024-08-27T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/08\/27\/marine-corps-infantrys-secret-weapon-a-995-unofficial-website\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:14:08","slug":"marine-corps-infantrys-secret-weapon-a-995-unofficial-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2024\/08\/27\/marine-corps-infantrys-secret-weapon-a-995-unofficial-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps infantry\u2019s secret weapon: A $9.95 unofficial website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, an idea began percolating among some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/03\/28\/heres-why-shooting-expert-may-get-harder-for-marines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marine infantry officers<\/a>: How could they draft principles and procedures for if the Marines found themselves in a conflict similar to the one now raging in Ukraine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using open-source analysis and commentary, a team of volunteers led by a retired lieutenant colonel got to work answering this question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two documents emerged out of this informal Marine effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One was a detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/2ndbn5thmar.com\/orders-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">126-page handbook <\/a>that described a series of scenarios and explained how existing Marine doctrine would apply to such a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The handbook covered everything from how a company leader should write an order \u2014 one page, handwritten, no imagery \u2014 to drone use, and how each drone would support one unit, with leaders tasking drones in the company order.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/03\/22\/goodbye-tanks-how-the-marine-corps-will-change-and-what-it-will-lose-by-ditching-its-armor\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6289565.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Goodbye, tanks: How the Marine Corps will change, and what it will lose, by ditching its armor<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Commandant Gen. David H. Berger has said that should armor be needed by Marines, he would look to the Army to provide that capability.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also candidly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/01\/16\/these-marine-corps-jobs-have-the-highest-turnover\/\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged gaps<\/a> in official Marine Corps guidance on how to hide from enemy drones, how to use anti-tank missiles alongside drones to hunt and destroy the enemy and how to move under artillery fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second document was a brief summary of 10 \u201clessons for leaders\u201d about fighting on a battlefield like Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That five-pager specified what Marine ground forces would need to win in these conditions: drones in every unit and echelon, anti-drone electronic warfare jammers, and, counter to the Corps\u2019 recent decisions on the future shape of the force, a reliance on tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tank is not dead, as many have predicted,\u201d the authors wrote, citing Ukraine\u2019s employment of armored vehicles and its desire for more to stand off Russia\u2019s mechanized units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These documents were combined and published in June on <a href=\"https:\/\/2ndbn5thmar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2ndBn5thMar.com<\/a>, a website that takes its name from a Camp Pendleton, California, infantry unit, but is unaffiliated with the Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s run by Brendan McBreen, who retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2011 and is now a faculty member at Marine Corps Intelligence Schools in Dam Neck, Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The site dates to 1998, when McBreen, then attached to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, was tasked with distributing standard operating procedures being developed to fight and train. When a sergeant suggested posting the document to the \u201cWorld Wide Web,\u201d McBreen took it upon himself to create a place to host it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4338\" height=\"2892\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg 4338w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/osprey-boarding.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4338px) 100vw, 4338px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marines during a Realistic Urban Training exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, on Aug. 24, 2023. (Sgt. Sydney Smith\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything for a couple of years,\u201d McBreen said. \u201cAnd my wife said, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re still paying $9.95 a month to this web hosting company. And so I got on \u2013 you know, once every six months, I would look and see how it\u2019s doing. And there were thousands of downloads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those concerned about operational security, McBreen said all material discussed on his site is based on open-source information and doesn\u2019t cover anything classified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As McBreen\u2019s career progressed, the site traveled with him. From time to time, fellow infantry Marine officers would reach out to share their own best practices for specific tasks, such as 81mm mortar employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While official Marine Corps doctrine provided general guidance, McBreen said he noticed a lack of unit-level practices and procedures, creating space for this crowd-sourced infantry network to fill in the gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome of it was good,\u201d McBreen said of the informal input he received. \u201cSome of it was average, but all of it was shareable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The emergence of drones as a battlefield factor in recent years has created new demand for guidance on how to integrate the technology into the fight and defend against it. In 2020, Marine Capt. Walker Mills co-authored a paper on how units could camouflage themselves to evade aerial surveillance and published it on McBreen\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now a drone officer, Mills contributed to portions of the new Ukraine documents dealing with drone warfare that were published on <a href=\"https:\/\/2ndbn5thmar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2ndBn5thMar.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe doctrine always lags somewhat,\u201d Mills told Marine Corps Times. \u201cOur standard infantry company and platoon publications are several years old, maybe even a decade old. So, they don\u2019t talk a ton about small tactical [drones].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McBreen said he\u2019s occasionally noticed spikes in the site\u2019s popularity over the years, notably around 2005 when he published \u201cNight Warrior,\u201d a training guide for nighttime combat. Most of the time, he said, he can\u2019t tell what\u2019s driving a new surge in traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe tracking stuff would show jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, and then a big spike,\u201d he said, \u201cAnd you could also tell, although I never knew the origin, that some instructor said at some school, \u2018Hey, students, you ought to look at this document.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4016\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/compass-work.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marines establish a firing position by checking coordinates and fields of fire using a compass during defensive tactics training in Brazil in 2023.\n(Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Zachary Schwartz, who recently served as the operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, and is now enrolled in Marine Corps Command and Staff college, said he\u2019s used the site for guidance as an infantry leader at various levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a 1st lieutenant serving as a team leader, Schwartz recalled benefitting from an article about condensing traditional Marine Corps five-paragraph orders into concise verbal instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s also employed the practical guidance within the camouflage manual to teach signature management and deception: simple things like habitually using leaves and brush to hide the shape of a helmet. Schwartz was also a contributor to the recently published Ukraine document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s hard to know the exact reach of McBreen\u2019s website, which has typically been shared via word of mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would say the infantry community embraces what Brendan McBreen has done,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cThe real pros in our community all know this website. They all know the resources on it, and they all pass it around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the documents contain candid analysis that sometimes challenges conventional Marine Corps perspectives \u2014 such as calling for tanks even as the Corps has divested itself of them to fight lighter \u2014 the site\u2019s supporters feel that such informal discussions are what leaders want of their Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel like you hear a lot of leaders say, hey, professional discussion is part of being in the Marine Corps,\u201d Mills said. \u201cYou know, leave things better than you found them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When McBreen published the Ukraine handbook in June, he got an immediate indicator that the document was popular when a notice from the website hosting service warned that downloads had exceeded the site\u2019s capacity and 2ndBn5thMar.com was in danger of crashing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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