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31 Cards in this Set
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Success of the ship-to-shore movement of the landing force and its essential equipment requires what?
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the closest coordination of naval and landing force elements in the detailed preparatory planning for and the actual execution of the movement.
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What is the most critical phase of an amphibious assault?
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Ship to shore movement
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Who exercises overall control of ship-to-shore movement?
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The commander amphibious task force .
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The movement from ship to shore involves what elements of the force?
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all elements of the force, either directly or in a support function. Elements within the naval force that participate directly are the transport groups and the control organizations
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State the sequence of events for an amphibious operation.
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Planning
Embarkation Rehersal Movement Assault |
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What is the Landing Force Support Party (LFSP)?
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a task organized forward echelon of combat service support formed to facilitate ship-to-shore movement & composed of the landing force which includes shore party, helicopter support, and Navy elements.
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What are the special attachments to the Landing Force Support Party?
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Shore party
Helicopter Support Team Naval Beach Group |
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What is the shore party?
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a task organization formed and equipped to facilitate landing and movement of waterborne troops, equipment, and supplies and evacuation of selected casualties and prisoners of war
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What is the helicopter support team?
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This team is a task organization formed and equipped for employment in a landing zone to facilitate landing and movement of helicopter-borne troops, equipment, and supplies and evacuation of selected casualties and prisoners of war. The helicopter support team is a task-organized unit from the combat service support element (CSSE)/LFSP which may be initially attached to the helicopter-borne troop unit which it is designed to support. It performs functions within an LZ which are similar to, and parallel to those accomplished by the shore party in the beach support area.
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What is the naval beach group?
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The naval beach group (NBG) is a permanently organized command within an amphibious force. It consists of a beachmaster unit (BMU), an amphibious construction battalion (PHIBCB), and an assault craft unit (ACU). It is administratively organized to provide Navy elements to the amphibious task force commander and to the landing force commander in support of an amphibious landing. These Navy elements include the beach party, pontoon causeway elements, pontoon barge elements, ship-to-shore bulk fuel elements, and elements of the assault craft unit or squadron. The Navy beach party may be augmented with elements from the NAVCHAPGRU
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What are the types of amphibious operations?
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Feint
Raid Assault Demonstration |
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What is a raid?
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an operation involving a swift incursion into or the temporary occupation of an objective to accomplish an assigned mission followed by a planned withdrawal. Amphibious raids are conducted as independent operations or in support of other operations, such as another amphibious landing or land, air, or naval operation.
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What is a feint?
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In military deception, an offensive action involving contact with the adversary conducted for the purpose of deceiving the adversary as to the location and/or time of the actual main offensive action
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What is an assault?
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involves the establishment of an LF on a hostile or potentially hostile shore. The organic capabilities of amphibious forces, including fire support, logistics, and mobility, allow the United States to gain access to a crisis area by forcible entry. Forcible entry operations can be accomplished through amphibious operations, airborne operations, air assault operations, or a combination of any or all of these forcible entry techniques.
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What is a demonstration?
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intended to confuse the enemy as to time, place, or strength of the main operation. Amphibious demonstrations may be conducted in conjunction with other deception operations in order to delude or confuse the enemy.
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Should any major change become necessary who is responsible for making and promulgating the change
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the commander amphibious task force.
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Since a major change may affect the troop scheme of maneuver who must be consulted?
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the commander landing force
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Should the commander landing force desire to make a change in plans which affects the ship-to-shore movement who must he get approval from?
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the commander amphibious task force, who will then promulgate the change to the naval element of the force.
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What are the ships that provide naval surface fire support?
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Guided Missile Cruisers and Destroyers
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What is L-hour
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In amphibious operations, the time at which the first helicopter of the helicopter-borne assault wave touches down in the landing zone
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What is h-hour?
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For amphibious operations, the time the first assault elements are scheduled to touch down on the beach, or a landing zone, and in some cases the commencement of countermine breaching operations
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What is d-day?
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The unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence
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What is the line of departure?
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In amphibious warfare, a suitably marked offshore coordinating line to assist assault craft to land on designated beaches at scheduled times
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What is the mission of the LCAC?
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to land heavy vehicles, equipment, personnel, and cargo in amphibious assaults.
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What is the mission of the LCU?
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to land heavy vehicles, equipment, personnel, and cargo in an amphibious assault
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What is the mission of the LFSP?
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to provide general combat service to the landing force in the early stages of the assault as well as the following specific landing support:
- Facilitate the landing and movement of troops, equipment, and supplies across the beach and/or into landing zones. - Assist in the evacuation of the casualties and prisoners of war. - Assist in the beaching, retraction, and salvage of landing ships, craft, and amphibious vehicles. |
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What is the shore party composed of?
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Shore party team
Shore party group Beach party |
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What does the shore party team provide?
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provides combat service support to each surface land MAU/BLT. It is subordinate to the shore party group. Teams are consolidated under the group when its headquarters is established ashore.
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What does the shore party group provide?
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provides combat service support to an MAB or to each RLT landing over a colored beach. It is subordinate to the landing force support party when that organization is established ashore.
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What is the beach party?
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naval component of the shore party. It is made up of naval elements predominately from the naval beach group. Small sea-air-land (SEAL) team detachments are usually included for rescue swimmer support
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Who task organizes the beach party?
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The CATF
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