103 USMC MISSION AND ORGANIZATION FUNDAMENTALS Flashcards
What are the 7 elements of the Marine Corps?
Refer to book!
Provide, Provide, Develop, Provide, Develop, Expand, Perform
Who makes up the Service COC?
POTUS, SECDEF, SECNAV, Commandant
Who makes up the operational COC?
POTUS, SECDEF, Commanders of combatant commands
What are the 3 Marine Corps operating forces?
MARFOR, MCSF, Security guard detachments
Commanders of MARFOR Atlantic and Pacific serve as what?
Component commanders
Commanders of MARFOR Atlantic and Pacific serve with what status?
Naval Type Commander
MCSF is composed of how many Marines?
3,400
MCSF protect what?
Key Naval installations and facilities worldwide
Marine Security guard detachments provide forces to what?
Department of State for embassy security
What is the Marine Security guard detachments current assignment?
121 diplomatic posts in 115 countries
The internal organization of Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps is described in what manual?
Headquarters Marine Corps Organizational Manual
Who makes up HQMC?
Commandant and staff agencies that advise and assist discharge of responsibilities
The Commandant is responsible to who and to what?
SECNAV - total performance of the Corps
What is a MAGTF?
Principle organization for the conduct of all missions across the range of military ops.
What is the Command Element (CE)?
MAGTF headquarters. Task organized to provide command & control capabilities
What does the CE consist of?
Command Section.
G-1 Division (personnel and administration).
G-2 Division (intelligence/counterintel)
G-3 Division (operations and training).
G-4 Division (logistics).
G-5 Division (plans).
G-6 Division (comm and information systems).
Comptroller Division.
Communication Security Management Office.
Special Operations Training Group.
Staff Judge Advocate Branch.
Public Affairs Office Branch.
What is the mission of the CE?
Provide c/c of the MEF. Responsible for c/c, direction, planning, coordination of air, ground & logistical ops of assigned forces.
Marine Headquarters Group (MHG) provides what?
Admin, training & logistical support to MEF and MEB command elements
Marine Headquarters Group (MHG) functions as what?
Higher headquarters for the 4 major subordinate elements
What is the mission of the Marine Forces Reserve (MFR)?
Augment and reinforce active Marine forces in the time of war, national emergency or contingency ops.