FMF 111: Marine Corps Operations Fundamentals Flashcards

Question

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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Involves actions taken to oppose terrorism from wherever the threat. It includes antiterrorism.

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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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Established by a sanctioning body to prohibit specified activities in a specific geographic area.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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-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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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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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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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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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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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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-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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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.