U S Marine Corps

MCWP 3-11.3 provides all Marines with the instructional material they need to build the skills necessary to become effective scouts and patrol team members. This publication provides the fundamentals of scouting and patrolling and their relationship to each other. It also addresses organizational structure of teams and patrols, the training required to develop teamwork, and reporting requirements.

Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 2-2.3, Remote Sensor Operations, is the first in a new series of doctrinal publications on intelligence collection operations. MCWP 2-1, Intelligence Operations (under development) and FMFM 3-21, MAGTF Intelligence Operations, provide doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures for intelligence collection operations. MCWP 2-2.3 complements and expands upon this information by detailing doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures for the conduct of remote sensor operations in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The primary target audience of this publication is intelligence personnel responsible for the planning and execution of sensor operations. Personnel who provide support to remote sensor operations or who utilize the reporting from these operations should also read this publication.

Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 4-11.8A, Marine Corps Field Feeding Program, provides guidance for commanders, staffs, logisticians, food service officers, supply officers, food technicians, mess chiefs, and food service Marines. It describes the Marine Corps' food services support operations in an expeditionary environment, and incorporates procedures developed during the Marine Corps Combat Development Command food service quick response study and field trials. Tactics, techniques, and procedures from other Service manuals that apply to Marine Corps operations have been incorporated to provide comprehensive, informative coverage of food services operations in the Marine Corps.

Every Marine is first and foremost, a rifleman. MCRP 3-01A reflects this ethos and the Marine Corps warfighting philosophy. This publication discusses the individual skills required for effective rifle marksmanship, and standardizes the techniques and procedures throughout the Marine Corps. It constitutes, the doctrinal basis for all entry level and sustainment level rifle marksmanship training.

This manual provides guidance for the organization, planning, and conduct of the full range of military operations on urbanized terrain. This publication was prepared primarily for commanders, staffs, and subordinate leaders down to the squad and fire team level. It is written from a Marine air-ground task force perspective, with emphasis on the ground combat element as the most likely supported element in that environment. It provides the level of detailed information that supports the complexities of planning, preparing for, and executing small-unit combat operations on urbanized terrain. It also provides historical and environmental information that supports planning and training for combat in built-up areas

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 to carry out the fundamental procedures of the unit training program and how to control a period of training using performance to test training methods. It is to be used in conjunction with MCRP 3-0A, Unit Training Management Guide. The appendices are examples of supporting training documents that are used throughout the Marine Corps.

Purpose. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 3-35.1, Cold Weather Operations, will provide broad doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for commanders and staffs throughout the MAGTF. 2. Scope. This publication illustrates how the MAGTF can be organized, trained and equipped to conduct operations in the cold weather environment. It discusses the operational concepts for cold weather operations across the range of military operations. This doctrine spans planning considerations and TTP for operations at the MEF level through MEU (SOC) operations.