BattlePlan Deception (Full Documentary)

Thank you for that video, I was one of 21 Seabees that was on a 400 Man Marine task Force called Task Force Troy and it was headed up by 1st MARDIV 1ST Recon unit. We were tasked back at our main camp to build in secret fake tank and artillery decoys and we didn't even know what we were doing, we had our own security detachment. The Security would make sure no one that did not have permission could get into the tent site we were doing the cutting, not even the XO he could not come in and from what we knew he did not know what the tasking was. The CO and what we call the S-3 Operations Officer new what the tasking was. We were just told not to talk to any one other than the two crews assigned to do the cutting of the decoys. We had a cut sheet and had no clue at what we were cutting and we were next to the SEAL camp, so we thought it might be for them. Anyway we kept cutting night and day and then when we finished the cut list, they brought us a truck with 6" and 4" PVC pipe and then it all came together. The LT and Master Chief that would be taking us up to the border to join the task force, came in and got both crews together and said from this point on this part of the mission will be volunteer and anyone who wishes to drop out needs to sound off now, so we can replace them with the security guy's. We had two and they were the big mouth talk crap guy's and were the first ones to raise their hands and say no way, as we were told it would be dangerous and could be bad.

We left our main unit camp and drove up to the Marine site. We got there had to dig dive holes and set up our small two man tents. The LT and Master Chief meet with the COL and Top and discussed what the mission was as we did not know exactly for OPSEC. They came back and told us what the mission was and we needed to get with the Marine Recon guy's that would be doing over-watch for us and go over contact drills. Any way first night we went out was crazy and then second night just kept going as we were building them and then driving all over to make them thing the whole division was moving up to breach. The third night it was so hot they backed us off as we got word the Iraqis were going to lob some IDF our way and the Marines would return IDF in kind. The fourth night we went out and took contact up on the border from the Iraqis we returned fire and the Recon guys doing over watch maneuvered around and took the patrol out. We finished and waited for word and we would help the Combat Engineers do the breach and this would make them think the attack was coming in that way and at the same time they breached up on the left hook side.
This is all open source info and my NDA expired March 31st of this year.

Attached is some info on what the task force did. Task Force Troy.

http://www.1streconbnassociation.org/SP06NL/Troy.htm

I believe I have seen this before. Alexander the Great was an expert at deception. I have seen several documentaries on how he deceived his opponents. I think that is why Alexander is so studied today.