134 Csse, Motor Transport And Landing Support Battalions

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What is Landing Support Battalion's mission?

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Provides general support, including support of the ship-to-shore movement during amphibious operations and of terminal operations during subsequent operations ashore, to permit required throughput of supplies, equipment, and personnel in support of MEF operations.

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LSB has how many tasks?

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6

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What's one of LSB tasks?

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Provide centralized control and coordination of landing support and throughput capabilities, including port and terminal operations, as well as material-handling and air delivery support, in support of operations conducted by the MEF or MAGTFs smaller than a MEF.

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What's one of LSB tasks?

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Provide a nucleus from organic assests for the task organization of a landing force support party (LFSP) to provide the command and control structure to effect landing support initial CSS for the assualt echelon (AE) of the MEF in support of amphibious operations.

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What's one of LSB tasks?

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Provide port and terminal operations at ports, beaches, railheads, air heads, and cargo terminal, including specialized MHE and management of freight/passenger and break bulk/container cargo throughput.

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What's one of LSB tasks?

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Provide air delivery support equipment and rigger personnel beyond organic capabilities of supported units, in support of MEF operations.

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What's one of LSB tasks?

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Perform the basic engineer tasks that are required for landing support operations, including austere site preparation, construction/removal of obstacles and barriers, and establishment of routes of egress from the beach, when properly augmented.

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What's one of LSB tasks?

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Provide local security for numbered/colored beaches as required.

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What is the mission of the H&S company?

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Provide command and control, administration, and command support functions for the LSB in suport of MEF operations.

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What is the mission of the Landing Support Equipment Company?

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Provides MHE and container-handling support, as well as general support, organizational maintanence support for throughput support equipment (engineer and motor transport assets) of the battalion in support of MAGTF throughput operations.

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What is the mission of the Beach and Terminal Operations Company?

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Provides general support transportation support in coordinating throughput operations of the MEF.

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What is the mission of the Landing Support Company?

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Provides command and control for throughput operations in support of surface and/or helicopter assault operations conducted by the MEF.

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What is the mission of the Motor Transportation Battalion?

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Provides direct and general support, medium-lift and heavy-lift transportation support for the MAGTF, including motor transport support to the FSSG for its support mission.

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How many companies does Motor T BN have?

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4

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What are the BN's that compose Motor T BN?

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H&S, General support motor t company, and 2 direct support motor t companies.

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Motor T has how many tasks?

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4

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What are the tasks of Motor T BN?

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Provide medium and heavy-lift transport and distribution of bulk dry/water cargo, class III and III(A), and class V and V(A) supplies.
Provide line haul and unit/supply point distribution of bulk liquids, with motor transport augmentation as required from supported units.
Provide heavy equipment lift augmentation, including evacuation of tracked vehicles, to supported units of the MEF.
Provide personnel lift augmentation to supported units of the MEF.

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What is the mission of the H&S company?

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Provides command, control, administration, and command support functions for the battalion.

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What is the mission of the General Support Company?

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Provide general support, medium- and heavy-lift transportation support for throughput and sustainment operations in support of the MAGTF.

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What is the mission of the Direct Support Company?

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Provide direct and general support, medium- and heavy-lift transportation support and supply support for throughput and sustainment operations of the FSSG in support of the MEF.

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Beachead?

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A designated area on a hostile or potentially hostile shore that, when seized and held, ensures the continuous landing of troops and material, and provides maneuver space requisite for subsequent projected operations ashore.

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Beach Support Area (BSA)?

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In amphibious operations, the area to the rear of a landing force or elements thereof, established and operated by shore party units, which contains the facilites for the unloading of troops and material and the support of the forces ashore; it includes facilities for the evacuation of the wounded, enemy prisoners of war, and captured material.

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Beach Master Unit?

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A commissioned naval unit of the naval beach group designed to provide to the shore party a naval component known as a beach party which is capable of supporting the amphibious landing of one division (reinforced).

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Commander Amphibious Task Force (CATF)?

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The Navy officer designated in the order initiating the amphibious operation as the commander of the amphibious task force.

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Commander Landing Force (CLF)?

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The officer designated in the order initiating the amphibious operation as the commander of the landing force.

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Debarkation?

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The unloading of troops, equipment, or supplies from a ship or aircraft.

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Embarkation?

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The process of putting personnel and/or vehicles and their associated stores and equipment into ships and/or aircrafts.

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Helicopter Support Team (HST)?

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A task organization formed and equipped for employment in a landing zone to facilitate the landing and movement of helicopterborne troops, equipment and supplies, and to evacuate selected casualties and enemy POW's. It may be built around a nucleus of shore party and helicopter landing zone control personnel.

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Landing Beach?

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That portion of a shoreline usually required for the landing of a battalion landing team. However, it may also be that portion of a shoreline constituting a tactical locality (such as the shore of a bay) over which a force larger or smaller than a battalion landing team may be landed.

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Landing Force Control Party (LFCP)?

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Personnel specially trained and equipped to establish and operate communications devices from the ground for traffic control of aircraft/helicopters for a specific landing zone.

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Landing Zone (LZ)?

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Any specified zone used for the landing of aircraft.

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Shore Party?

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A task organiztion of the landing force, formed for the purpose of facilitating the landing and movement off the beaches of troops, equipment, and supplies; for the evacuation from the beaches of casualties and enemy POW's; and for facilitating the beaching, retraction, and salvaging of landing ships and craft. It comprises elements of both the naval and landing forces.

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What are the phases's of amphibious operations?

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Planning Phase
Embarkation Phase
Rehearsal Phase
Movement Phase
Assualt Phase

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How many types of rehearsals are there?

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3

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What are the three different types of rehearsals?

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Seperate Force Rehearsal
Staff Rehearsal
Integrated Rehearsal