Section 103

Question 1

What is section 103?

Answer 1

USMC mission and organizational fundamentals

Question 2

What are the 7 elements of MC?

Answer 2

Provide Fleet Marine Forces with combined arms and supporting air components for service with the United States Fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the execution of a naval campaign.

Provide detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy and security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval stations and bases.

Develop, in coordination with the combined armed forces, the doctrine, tactics, techniques, and equipment employed by landing forces in amphibious operations.

Provide Marine forces for airborne operations, in coordination with the combined armed forces, according to the doctrine established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Develop, in coordination with the combined armed forces, the doctrine, procedures, and equipment for airborne operations.

Expand peacetime components to meet wartime needs according to the joint mobilization plans.

Perform such other duties as the President may direct.

Question 3

What are the two MC COC?

Answer 3

Operational and Service

Question 4

Service CoC

Answer 4

President
SECDEV
SECNAV
Commandant

Question 5

Operational CoC

Answer 5

President
SECDEV
Directly to commanders of combatant commands for missions and forces

Question 6

Three Operating forces of the marine corps

Answer 6

Marine corps forces (MARFOR)
Marine corps security forces (MCSF)
Marine security guard detachments

Question 7

Marine Corps Forces (MARFOR)

Answer 7

organized as MAGTF’s and either employed as part of naval expeditionary forces or separately as part of larger joint or combined forces

Question 8

Marine Corps Security Forces (MCSF)

Answer 8

Include approximately 3,400 Marines who protect key naval installations and facilities worldwide.

Question 9

Marine security guard detachments

Answer 9

At embassies and consulates- provide forces to the department of state for embassy service- currently assigned to 121 diplomatic posts and 115 countries

Question 10

What is HQ MC?

Answer 10

Commandant of the Marine Corps and those staff agencies that advise and assist the Commandant in discharging those responsibilities

Question 11

What is the Commandant responsible for? (TIDE-ARR)

Answer 11

Training
Internal organization 
Discipline 
Efficiency 
Administration 
Requirement
Readiness

Question 12

What is a MAGTF?

Answer 12

Marine Air Ground Task Force
Flexible, task organized force that can respond rapidly anywhere in the word for any mission including humanitarian, peace keeping, and combat

Question 13

Define Command Element

Answer 13

Magtf headquarters
Task organized to provide command and control necessary for effective planning, direction, and execution of all operations.

Question 14

12 Sections of CE

Answer 14

Command Section.
G-1 (personnel and administration).
G-2 (intelligence and counterintelligence).
G-3 (operations and training).
G-4 (logistics).
G-5 (plans).
G-6 (communications and information systems). Comptroller
Communication Security Management Office.
Special Operations Training Group.
Staff Judge Advocate Branch.
Public Affairs Office Branch.

Question 15

MHG mission

Answer 15

administrative, training, and logistical support while in CONUS and forward deployed to the MEF and MEB

Question 16

Who is in charge of seccom?

Answer 16

MARCENT

Question 17

MFR

Answer 17

Marine forces reserve
Provide service to community (toys for tots)
Operational and personnel tempo relief in peacetime
Augment and reinforce during war

Question 18

What does ACE do? (CE ACE) [MAW]

Answer 18

Marine air wing

support the MAGTF mission by performing some or all of the six functions of Marine aviation

Question 19

What does GCE do? (CE GCE) [MARDIV]

Answer 19

Marine division

Task organized to conduct ground operations in support of the MAGTF mission

Question 20

What does LCE do? (CE LCE) [MLG]

Answer 20

Marine logistics group
Task organized to provide the full range of CSS functions and capabilities needed to support the continued readiness and sustainability of the MAGTF as a whole

Question 21

Locations of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd MEF

Answer 21

1st- south California and Arizona
2nd- north and South Carolina
3rd- Hawaii and japan

Question 22

Who commands a MEB?

Answer 22

Brigadier General

Question 23

What is a MEB?

Answer 23

Marine Expeditionary Brigade
(GCE)-reinforced infantry regiment
(ACE)-aircraft group
(LCE) - Combat Logistics Regiment(FWD).

Question 24

What ops can the MEB perform? (TRIV-SSS)

Answer 24

Tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP).

Reconnaissance and surveillance.

In-extremis hostage recovery.

Visit, board, search, and seizure of vessels.

Specialized demolitions.

Seizure/recovery of offshore energy facilities.

Seizure/recovery of selected personnel or materiel.

Question 25

Sections of MEU(SOC) CE?

Answer 25

Command section
Chaplain section
Headquarters commandant
Public affairs section 
S-shops.

Question 26

7 Standing MEU’s

Answer 26

I MEF - 11th ,13th, 15th - MARFORPAC
II MEF - 22nd, 24th, 26th -MARFORCOM
III MEF - 31st, permanently forward deployed - MARFORPAC

Question 27

Special purpose MAGTF (SPMAGTF)

Answer 27

Used when one of three basic MAGTFs would be too large of a force.

Question 28

What comprises SPMAGTF?

Answer 28

(CE) - Task-Organized.
(ACE) - is a task-organized detachment of aircraft. (GCE) - is composed of at least a platoon-sized element
(LCE) - is task-organized