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FMF 111: Marine Corps Operations Fundamentals Flashcards

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AH-1W

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COBRA
Attack helicopter, 2 officers, One 20mm turreted cannon with 750 pounds.

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CH-46E

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SEA KNIGHT
-Medium lift assault helicopter
-pilot, copilot, crew chief, mechanic
-15 litters and 2 attendants
-Provides all-weather, day/night transportation of troops, supplies, and equipment.
-First procured in 1964 to meet medium-lift requirements in Vietnam with a program buy of 600 aircraft.

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CH-53D

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-SEA STALLION

-Transports equipment & Supplies during ship to shore.

-Pilot, copilot, crew chief, aerial gunner

-2 XM-218 .50 cal machineguns

-Capable of lifting 7 tons.

-Designed for transportation of equipment and other goods during assault phase of operation.

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CH-53E

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SUPER SEA STALLION

-Transport heavy equipment & supplies

-Pilot, copilot, crew chief, aerial gunner

-Heavy lift helicopter compatible with most amphibious class ships such as an LHA or LHD.

-Addition of third engine, dual point cargo hook system.

-Carries 55 people with centerline seats installed, 37 in normal configuration.

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MV-22B

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OSPREY

-Amphibious assault transport of troops, equipment & supplies from assault ships and land bases.

-Marine Corps Assault Support

-Deployed to all Marine Corps medium lift active duty and reserve squadrons.

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EA-6B

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PROWLER

-Airborne Electronic Warfare support to include electronic attack, tactical electronic support, electronic protection, and anti-radiation missile.

-4 crew

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AV-8B

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HARRIER II

-Attack and destroy surface targets under day and night visual conditions.

-Escort helicopters, conduct close & deep air support, conduct offensive and defensive anti-air warfare.

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UH-1N

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HUEY

-Utility helicopter

-2 officers & 2 enlisted

-Airborne command & control, combat assault, medical evacuation, maritime special operations, rear area forces.

-M-240 7.72mm machine gun or GAU-16 .50 caliber machine gun or GAU-17 7.62mm automatic gun.

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F-18 A/B/C

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HORNET

-Intercept and destroy enemy aircraft under all-weather conditions and attack and destroy surface targets.

-1 Crew

-Conduct armed escort of friendly aircraft & Conduct day and night suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD)

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KC130F/R/T

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HERCULES

-In-flight refueling; tactical transport.

-2 pilots, 1 navigator/system ops, 1 flight engineer, 1 first mechanic, 1-2 loadmaster

-Multi-role, multi-mission tactical tanker/transport provides support to MAGTF.

-In-flight refueling/ground refueling, aerial delivery of troops and cargo.

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F-18D

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HORNET

-Attack and destroy surface targets, day or night, under all weather conditions, and conduct multi-sensor imagery reconnaissance.

-2 Crew

-Battlefield and target illumination.

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F-18G

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HORNET

-Tactical jamming, electronic protection to U.S. military forces, and critical electronic intel, surveillance, and recon data to other joint aircraft.

-2 Crew: One pilot and one weapons system officer

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F-35A/B/B

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LIGHTING II JSF

-Single seat, single-engine, all-weather, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions.

-Crew: 1

-Stealth Mode: 5,700 lbs of internal ordinance
-Beast Mode: 22,000 lbs of internal and external ordinance.

-Mission: Attack and destroy surface targets, intercept and destroy enemy aircraft, provide electronic warfare support.

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LHA

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“Landing Helicopter Assault”

-Mission: Land and sustain U.S. marines on any shore during hostilities. 3,000 sailors and marines contribute to Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) composed of 5,000 personnel.

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LHD

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“Landing Helicopter Deck”

-Wasp-class LHD is largest amphibious ship in the world.
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-Enhanced well deck, enabling it to carry three LCACs

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LPD

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“Landing Platform/Dock”
-LPD 4 Austin class of ship combines the functions of three different classes.

-Landing Ship (LSD),Tank Landing Ship (LST), & Attack Cargo Ship (LKA)

-Configured as a flag ship which provide extensive command, control communications facilities.

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LSD

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Dock Landing Ship

-Primary mission of the Harper’s Ferry (Cargo Variant) ship is to dock, transport and launch the Navy’s Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels.

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LCAC

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Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)

-Used to transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo, and personnel of MAGTF.

-High speed, over the beach fully amphibious landing craft capable of carrying a 60-70 ton payload.

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LCU

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Landing Craft Utility
-Provide means of heavy transportation between shipping and beach landing sites ashore.

-Normally carried to various operating areas in the well decks of Navy amphibious ships.

-Transport tanks and vehicles, troops and cargo during amphibious operations.

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T-AH

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“Sealift”
-2 hospital ships {HSS} operated by Military Sealift Command designed to provide emergency, on-site care for U.S. combatant forces deployed.

-First to provide a mobile, flexible, rapidly responsive afloat medical capability to provide acute medical and surgical care.

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T-AK

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“SEALIFT”

-Each of the five ships of the TAK-3000 CPL Louis Hauge Jr class carries a full range of Marine Corps cargo, enough cargo to support a MAGTF for 30 days.

-13 MSC prepositioning ships are specifically configured to transport supplies for the U.S. Marine Corps.

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111.3 War

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-Instruments of national power are unable to achieve national objectives or protect national interests any other way.

-Goal is to win as quickly and with as few casualties as possible, achieving national objectives and concluding hostilities.

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111.3 Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW)

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Focus on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, and supporting civil authorities in response to domestic crises.

-May involve elements of both combat and non-combat operations in peacetime, conflict, and war situations.

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14 Types of MOOTW

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  1. Arms Control
  2. Combatting terrorism
  3. Enforcement of sanctions/maritime intercept operations
  4. Enforcing exclusion zones
  5. Ensuring freedom of navigation & overflight
  6. Humanitarian assistance
  7. Military support to civil authorities
  8. Nation assistance/support to counterinsurgency
  9. Noncombatant evacuation operations
  10. Peace operations
  11. Protection of shipping
  12. Recovery operations
  13. Show of force operations
  14. Strikes & raids
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  1. Arms Control (MOOTW)
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Concept that connotes any plan, arrangement, or process, resting upon explicit or implicit international agreement.

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  1. Combating terrorism (MOOTW)
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Involves actions taken to oppose terrorism from wherever the threat. It includes antiterrorism.

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  1. Enforcement of sanctions/maritime intercept operations (MOOTW)
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Operations that employ coercive measures to interdict the movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specified area.

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  1. Enforcing exclusion zones (MOOTW)
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Established by a sanctioning body to prohibit specified activities in a specific geographic area.

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  1. Ensuring freedom of navigation & overflight (MOOTW)
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Conducted to demonstrate U.S. or international rights to navigate sea or air routes.

Freedom of navigation is a sovereign right according to international law.

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  1. Humanitarian assistance (MOOTW)
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HA operations relieve or reduce the results of natural or manmade disasters or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation in countries or regions outside the United States.

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  1. Military support to civil authorities (MOOTW)
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These operations provide temporary support to domestic civil authorities when permitted by law, and are normally taken when an emergency overtaxes the capabilities of the civil authorities.

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  1. Nation Assistance/support to counterinsurgency (MOOTW)
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Is civil or military assistance (other than HA) rendered to a nation by U.S. forces within that nation’s territory during peacetime, crises or emergencies, or war, based on agreements mutually concluded between the United States and that nation.

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  1. Noncombatant evacuation operations (MOOTW)
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Normally relocate threatened noncombatants from a foreign country.

NEOs may also include selective evacuations of citizens from the HN as well as citizens from other countries.

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  1. Peace operations (MOOTW)
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are military operations to support diplomatic efforts to reach a long-term political settlement and are categorized as peacekeeping operations (PKO) and peace enforcement operations.

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  1. Protection of shipping (MOOTW)
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U.S. forces protect U.S. flag vessels, U.S. citizens (whether embarked in U.S. or foreign vessels), and their property against unlawful violence in and over international waters.

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  1. Recovery operations (MOOTW)
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Are conducted to search for, locate, identify, rescue, and return personnel or human remains, sensitive equipment, or items critical to national security.

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  1. Show of force operations (MOOTW)
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Designed to demonstrate U.S. resolve, involve increased visibility of U.S. deployed forces in an attempt to defuse a specific situation that if allowed to continue may be detrimental to U.S. interests or national objectives.

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  1. Strikes and Raids (MOOTW)
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Strikes are offensive operations conducted to inflict damage on, seize, or destroy an objective for political purposes. May be used for punishing offending nations or groups, upholding international law, or preventing those nations or groups from launching their own offensive actions.

A raid is usually a small-scale operation involving swift penetration of hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or destroy installations.

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Marine Corps Role in urban Warfare

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-The Marine Corps will continue to play a prominent role in future evacuations of U.S. citizens, as welll as the conduct of peace, counterinsurgency, and contingency operations centered on urbanized areas.

-MAGTFs are deployed as part of naval expeditionary forces (NEFs) that maintain a global forward presence for rapid crisis response.

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MOUT Example: Stalingrad

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1942-1943
-Soviet defense cost the Germans and set up conditions for a decisive counteroffensive.

-This urban battle involved large forces and resulted in innovative urban combat techniques & the creation of the highly successful storm groups.
(Battle Length: greater than 30 days) (Casualties: 1,630,000+)

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Mout Example: Seoul

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1950

-U.S. & Republic of Korea forces recaptured South Korean capital from North Korea. It was more of seizure of street barricades rather than buildings.
(Battle Length: 6-13 days) (Casualties: 2,383 marines)

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MOUT Example: Quang Tri I and II

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1972
-I: NVA overwhelmed the Army, Republic of Vietnam (AVRN) defenderrs.

-II: City was recaptured by a smaller ARVN force using extensive artillery & air support.

*Quang Tri, northernmost major city in South Vietnam.

*Large conventional forces involved on both sides made Quang Tri I and II major urban battles of the Vietnam War.

(Battle Length: [I: 6-13 days] [II: 30 days or greater]) (Casualties: Battles combined 30,000+)

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MOUT Example: Fallujah

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2004
-Joint American, Iraqi goverment, and British offensive in November and December 2004. Led by U.S. Army and marines againist the Iraqi insurgents in the city of Fallujah, authorized by the U.S. appointed Iraqi Interim Government.

*Some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines and Soldiers have been in since Battle of Hue City in Vietnam 1968.

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Marjah

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2010
-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pacification offensice in the town of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

-Total of 15,000 Afghan, American, British, Canadian, Danish, and Estonian troops consisting the largest joint operation of the War in Afghanistan up to that point.

-Purpose of the operation was to remove the Taliban from Marjah, eliminating last Taliban stronghold in central Helmand Province.

-Main target was town of Marjah, controlled for years by Taliban and drug traffickers.

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Non-Combatant’s impact on urban warfare (4)

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-Mobility: Can block military movement.

-Firepower: Can restrict the use of fire power and areas may be designated no-fire area to prevent noncombatant casualties.

-Security: Noncombatant may enter defensive areas, pilferage of equipment, sabotage, and terrorism.

-Obstacle Employment: Mine fields may not be allowed until passage of refugees is completed.

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6 Princicples of Operational Maneuver from the Sea

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  1. Focuses on operational objective.
  2. Uses the sea as maneuver space
  3. Generates overwhelming tempo and momentum.
  4. Pits strength againist weakness
  5. Emphasizes intelligence, deceptions, and flexibility.
  6. Integrates all organic, joint, and combined assets.

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