Annex A2 Principal Staff Roles

Question 0

Public Affairs Officer (POA)

Answer 0

Provide information to the public, media, and internal USMC

Question 1

Chief of Staff

Answer 1

XO
Directing, coordinating, supervising and training entire staff.
Frees commander from routine managerial duties.

Question 2

Security Manager

Answer 2

Managing command info and personal security program

Question 3

Information Management Officer (IMO)

Answer 3

Establishing policy and procedures for info management in command

Question 4

Headquarters Commandant (HQCOMDT)

Answer 4

Local, operational, admin, and logo support for HQ

Question 5

Staff Judge Advocate

Answer 5

Admin of military justice and processing legal matters

Question 6

G1/S1

Answer 6

Personnel Management, personnel admin, and hq management.

Discipline, law, order, pows

Question 7

AC/S G-2 (S-2)

Answer 7

Intel officer providing weather, terrain, enemy caps/lims, status, intentions

Question 8

G-3

Answer 8

Ops: training, planning, ops, organization

Question 9

AC/S G-4 (S-4)

Answer 9

Plans, coordinates, supervises provision of CSS to include supply, maint, trans, health serv, eng supo, land supo, materials handling, food services, mortuary affairs, host nation support

Question 10

AC/S G-5

Answer 10

Long range planning and joint planning (lower echelons of MAGTF is G3)

Question 11

AC/S G-6 (S-6)

Answer 11

Develops com plans, identifies req, analyzes estimates, recommends/supervises employment of comm elements

Question 12

Maintenance Management Officer MMO

Answer 12

Supervises all gear being fixed

Question 13

Motor Transport Officer MTO

Answer 13

Supervises all of your vehicles work and your drivers are trained

Question 14

Comm Electronics Maintenance Officer

Answer 14

Makes sure all comm equipment is fixed

Question 15

SupO

Answer 15

Maintains property accounts and orders expendable items for your platoon to use.