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39 Cards in this Set
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How many elements are there of the Marine Corps mission?
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7
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What are the elements of the Marine Corps mission?
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Provide
Provide Develop Provide Develop Expand Perform |
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What are the 2 parallel chains of command?
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Service
Operational |
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What is the Service chain?
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President
-Secretary of Defense -Secretary of the Navy -Commandant of the Marine Corps |
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What is the Operational chain?
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-President
-Secretary of Defense -Commanders of combatant commands |
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What are the 3 Marine Corps operating forces?
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-Marine Corps forces (MARFOR)
-Marine Corps security forces (MCSF) -Marine security guard |
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What is MARFOR?
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-Marine Corps forces
-organized as MAGTFs -part of naval expeditionary forces or seperately as part of larger joint or combined forces |
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What is MCSF?
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-Marine Corps security forces
-3,400 Marines -key naval installations and facilities worldwide -include CONUS, abroad, and afloat |
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What is the Marine security guard?
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-embassies and consulates
-121 diplomatic posts in 115 countries worldwide |
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Who is the Commandant of the Marine Corps directly responsible to?
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Secretary of the Navy
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What is a MAGTF?
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-Marine ground-air task force
-principle organization for the conduct of all missions across the range of military operations |
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What is MEF?
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-Marine Expeditionary Forces
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What is the Command Element (CE)the MEF?
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MAGTAF-task organized to provide command and control capabilities (including intelligence and communications)
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What is the MEF CE command section?
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G1-personnel and admin
G2-intel and counterintel G3-operations and training G4-logistics G5-plans G6-communication and info systems |
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What is the mission of the MEF?
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To provide command and control
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What is the ACE of the MEF?
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-Marine Air Wing, Air Combat Element
-task-organized to support the MAGTAF mission by performing some or all of 6 functions fo Marine aviation |
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What is the GCE of the MEF?
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-Marine Division, Ground Combat Element
-conduct ground operations in support of the MAGTAF |
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What is CSSE of the MEF?
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-Combat Service Support Group
-full range of CSS functions adn capabilities needed to support the continued readiness and sustainability of the MAGTAF as a whole. |
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What are the three standings of the MEFs?
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1 MEF-California and Arizona
2 MEF-North and South Carolina 3 MEF-Japan and Hawaii |
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What consists of a permanent CE adn one Marine division, MAW and FSSG?
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MEF
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What is MEB?
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-Reinforced infantry regiment, aircraft group, a Brigade Service Support Group (BSSG)
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Who normally commands a MEB?
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Brigadier General
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What is the Command Element of a MEB?
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-command and control
-commanded by a General -contains a SIRG detachment |
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What is the Air Combat Element of the MEB?
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Marine aircraft group
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What is the Ground Combat Element of a MEB?
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reinforced infantry group
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What is the Combat Service Support Group of the MEB?
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A Brigade Service Support Group (BSSG)
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What is the MEU(SOC)?
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Marine expeditionary unit(special operations capable
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What is thought of both as self-contained operations cabable of missions of limited scope adn duration ?
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MEU(SOC)
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What are some of the special operations performed by the MEU(SOC)?
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-Recon and surveillance
-Specialized demolitions -Tactiacal recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) -Seizure/recovery offshore energy facilities -Seizure/recovery of selected personnel or material -Visit, board, search and seizure of vessels -In-extremis hostage recovery |
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What is the Command Element of the MEU(SOC)?
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-Command section
-Chaplin section -S-1 -S-2 -S-3 -S-4 -S-6 -Headquarters commandant -Public affairs section |
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What is the ACE of the MEU(SOC)?
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Reinforced helocopter squadron
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What is the GCE of the MEU(SOC)?
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Infantry battalion reinforced
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What is the CSSE of a MEU(SOC)?
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task-organized CSSE
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What are the 7 MEU(SOC) command elements and the MEFs in which it resides?
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1 MEF- 11th, 13th, 15th MEUs (SOC)
2 MEF- 22nd, 24th, 26th MEUs (SOC) 3 MEF- 31st MEUs (SOC) |
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What is the organization of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Elements (SPMAGTF)?
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4th type of MAGTAF
used for special purposes (distater relief, humanitarian assistance, noncombatant evacuation operation, or security operations) |
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What is the CE of the SPMAGTF?
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structered to conduct command and control
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What is the ACE of the SPMAGTF?
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task oriented detachment of aircraft
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What is the GCE of the SPMAGTAF?
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at least a platoon sized element
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What is the CSSE of the SPMAGTAF?
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task organized to meet specific service support requiements, centered on the unit designated to provide most of the service support
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