BCO 01.06 - MAGTF Logistics Command and Control

Question 1

What are the six functional areas tactical logistics is categorized in?

Answer 1

• Supply
• Maintenance
• Transportation
• General Engineering
• Health Services
• Services

Question 2

What does Supply involve?

Answer 2

Supply involves the requisition authority, distribution, care of supplies while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies.

Question 3

What does Maintenance involves?

Answer 3

Maintenance involves those actions taken to keep materiel in serviceable condition (preventive maintenance) and actions required to return materiel to serviceable condition (corrective maintenance).

Question 4

What does Transportation invovle?

Answer 4

Transportation is moving from one location to another using railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.

Question 5

What does General Engineering involve?

Answer 5

• General engineering (GE) is considered a tactical logistic function, while combat engineering is considered a combat support function.
• General Engineering (GE) complements and supports combat engineering (mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability) and encompasses those engineer tasks that establish and maintain the infrastructure required to conduct and sustain military operations.

Question 6

What does Health Service invovle?

Answer 6

Health service support (HSS) refers to those activities and organizations that minimize the effects that wounds, injuries, and disease have on unit effectiveness, readiness, and morale.

Question 7

What does service invovle?

Answer 7

-The Marine Corps subdivides the services functional area into two components: “command support” and “combat service support” services.

Question 8

How is the Logistics organized?

Answer 8

• Marine Logistic Group (MLG)
• Combat Logistic Regiment (CLR)
• Engineer Support Battalion (ESB)
• Medical and Dental Battalions
• Combat Logistics Regiments

Question 9

What is the Marine Logistic Group responsible for?

Answer 9

• MLG is responsible for providing tactical logistics above the organic caps of supported units to all elements of the MEF
• MLG is that it is a permanently organized command charged with the responsibility of providing all major tactical logistic functions (i.e. six functions of tactical logistics) for the MEF beyond the organic capabilities of the supported units/organizations.

Question 10

What is the Combat Logistics Regiment? (CLR)

Answer 10

-A CLR designated by a double number, such as CLR 25, is one that is organized to provide general logistic and maintenance support to the deployable MEF.

Question 11

What is Engineer Support Batt? (ESB)

Answer 11

The mission of the Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) is to provide general engineering support of an expeditionary nature to the MEF to include: Mobility enhancements and counter-mobility, survivability, EOD, and bulk fuel.

Question 12

What are Medical and Dental Batt?

Answer 12

The mission of medical battalion is to provide direct and general support medical support to the MEF including preventive, readiness related, combat stress related and forward resuscitative health care and coordination of patient evacuation.

Question 13

What are Logistics C2 Centers?

Answer 13

The LCE establishes fixed installations (including Combat Service Support Areas) to build up logistic capabilities.

Question 14

What is the LCE COC?

Answer 14

The LCE establishes a LCE combat operations center (COC) that controls and coordinates the day-to-day operations of the LCE and focuses on meeting the needs of supported units.

Question 15

What is Combat Service Support Area? (CSSA)

Answer 15

The LCEs operate combat service support areas (CSSAs) in accordance with the supported unit’s scheme of maneuver.

Question 16

What is the function of GCE Admin & Logistics Operations Center (ALOC)?

Answer 16

The GCE establishes a logistic operations center that controls and coordinates day-to-day operations within the GCE organization.

Question 17

What is combat Service Support Request (CSS-Request)?

Answer 17

Because the logistics operations center is co-located with the GCE, combat service support requests must be made to the supporting LCE.

Question 18

What is the unit Movement Control Center (UMCC)?

Answer 18

Unit movement control centers (UMCCs) are agencies that plan, route, and schedule personnel, supplies, and equipment movements over Lines of Communication (LOCs) (point of origin to port of embarkation (POE), port of debarkation (POD) to final destination or movements within the AO).

Question 19

What is a Repair and Replenishment Point (RRP)?

Answer 19

A repair and replenishment point is a combat service support installation, normally in forward areas near the supported unit, established to support a mechanized or other rapidly moving force.

Question 20

What is a Convoy and Logistic train?

Answer 20

A convoy is group of vehicles organized for the purpose of control and orderly movement with or without escort protection that moves over the same route at the same time and under one commander.

Question 21

What is Convoy Control?

Answer 21

Convoy Control is the exchange of information used to control the various elements within a convoy.

Question 22

What are passage of lines coordination?

Answer 22

Prior to entering friendly lines when arriving at a destination, or when departing friendly lines, permission to pass must be granted.

Question 23

What a Combat and Field Logistics Trains?

Answer 23

A supply train is a convoy that has the primary purpose of transporting supplies.

Question 24

What is Air MEDEVAC Request?

Answer 24

Air Medical Evacuation can be coordinated additionally through the Tactical Air Request/Helicopter Request (TAR/HR) information exchange process as well.