Marine Air-Ground Task Force

The Marine Expeditionary Unit, the basis with which the MAGTF operates, must evolve in the near future in order to cope with the concepts and challenges presented in Expeditionary Force 21. First, refining our organization and adjusting the way we train and fight is necessary to face the ever changing tactics and strategies of our adversaries. Second, our forward posture needs to adjust in order to smartly prepare for crises and hostilities abroad. Nested in these two concepts are several focus areas. High quality people will always be the foundation of our readiness, accurate and timely intelligence is critical in the high tempo world that we live in, and seabasing is the future of our forward naval forces. The successes of our forces…

Expeditionary Force 21 (EF21) “provides guidance for how the Marine Corps Total Force – as an integral part of the lager naval and joint team – will be postured, organized, trained, and equipped to fulfill assigned public law and national policy responsibilities.” (Expeditionary Force 21 Capstone Concept p. 5). Expeditionary Force 21 is essentially the Marine Corps 10 year vision and action plan. According Week 1’s video presentation, EF21 seeks to: establish a forward presence of one-third of…

Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) Jason R. Pay is enthusiastically recommended for the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious service while serving as the Logistics Management and Assistance Training (LOGMAT) Chief, Aviation Logistics Department, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) from 15 June 2014 to 15 June 2017. Demonstrating superior leadership, in-depth knowledge, and exemplary professionalism, GySgt Pay expertly led the 2d MAW LOGMAT Team. As the…

Some helicopters had to divert from the original flight plan, the fixed wing contingent had flown into a phenomenon referred to as a “haboob”, which is a collection of fine dust particles that obscures visual capabilities. The following was stated in The Atlantic (2006): It was just a desert curiosity, nothing that could cause a problem for the planes. But Air Force Colonel James H. Kyle, whose responsibility included all airborne aspects of the mission, knew that the haboob would be trouble…

humanitarian assistance globally, which includes considerable Department of Defense resources. 2. BACKGROUND / NATIONAL INTERESTS: In the July 2011 Department of Defense Support to Foreign Disaster Relief (FDR): Handbook for the Joint Task Force Commander and Below, it was highlighted that the Department of Defense lends support to approximately 10 of the natural disasters responses of the United States Government per year. Due to the capabilities that DoD can bring to bear on the problem,…

Human factors to be considered include ergonomics, fit, ground reaction force, weight, durability, stability, and cushioning. Ergonomics dictates good posture. In order to maintain good posture, referred to as 'neutral posture ', the muscles of the body must be in balance to support an aligned spine13. The design of this shoe must take ergonomics, perception, quality control, and biomechanics into account. Fashion has been a deciding factor in the shoe industry over the last decade.14 For…

Air Power has become the dominant form of military power in our modern world. Through the years, airpower has made significant developments that have impacted our society in positive ways. Eddie Rickenbacker once said, “Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible." Changes in military aviation have occurred in an intense rapidity. Even so, civilian aviation has many breathtaking transformations over the last few decades. By recognizing how the history of…

their prophecies that air power alone could win a war; “the bomber will always get through” even without support of fighter escort; and that the bomber would be able to attack adversaries’ vital centers with high altitude precision bombing turned out to be false. Despite of excessive aerial bombing of vital centers, cities and industrial facilities,…

“It may be said that Douhet was the theorist of the air power, Mitchell the publicist and catalytic agent, and Trenchard the organizational genius.” -Harry H. Ransom. Air power generates a new revolution in thought, making way for air power theorist like Giulio Douhet, Hugh Trenchard, and Billy Mitchell, and they established the basics of strategic, operational, and tactical employment that will generate influences until our time. The airpower theorists over emphasized the long range…

came the revision of Great Britain’s strategy in the war, it was simply to survive. While Germany began its raid of the United Kingdom through the air, the British people took to the skies to defend their homeland, in what would be called the Battle of Britain and total war for the British population. Many leaders emerged to rally the people to combat the Nazi attacks, however, crucial to the British victory in the Battle of Britain was Air Chief…