FMF total focus Flashcards
7 Ways Marines must stand prepared to meet mission readiness
- combined arms/supporting air in seizure/defense of advanced naval bases and execution of landops in execution of naval campaing
- provide detachmetns/orgs ofr service on Naval vassels and security detachments to protect naval property
- developt doctrine, TTP, equipment to employ in amhibious landign ops
- Marine Force for airbone ops
- expand peacetime components to meet wartime needs according to joint mobilization plans
- other duties as President may direct
Peterson Air Force base
HQ of NORTHCOM
HQ of Special Operations Command
MacDill Air Force Base, FL
Functional Combatant Commands
Strategic
Special Ops
Cyber
Transporation
contribution by Carl von Clausewitz
9 Principles of War
9 Principles of War
M: mass, maneuver
O: objective, offensive
S: security, surprise, simplicity
E: economy of forces
U: unity of command
2 planning methodolgies
CAP: crisis action planning
deliberate planning
deliberate plannign
obgoing preparing for future hypotentical military operations
importance of terrain managemetn
essential for planning b/c you need to integrate all MPF activities, arrival of air/beach/sea forces at the proper timne along with force protection responsibilities
characerists of Maritime Sealift Command
- prepositioning in: MEditterean, Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean), W. Pacific at Guam, Sappan
- enough to support a MEU of 15K for 3 days
- self-sustaining ships, flight decks, brains to unload cargo
approach to risk
varies widely based on the leader, their experience, and training
risk in peace versus war
the amount of risk we take in war is much greater than what we should be willing to accept in peacetime
BUT
processes are the same
differences in earplugs
yellow: for weapons fire in dismounted mode
olive: steady state noise like watercraft, aircraft, noisy vehicles
dBA
sound intensity. gives you an idea of when sound can damage your hearing
dBA levels that are problematic
125 = pain
85- hearing loss