Section 103 Flashcards
What is section 103?
USMC mission and organizational fundamentals
What are the 7 elements of MC?
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.
What are the two MC COC?
Operational and Service
Service CoC
President
SECDEV
SECNAV
Commandant
Operational CoC
President
SECDEV
Directly to commanders of combatant commands for missions and forces
Three Operating forces of the marine corps
Marine corps forces (MARFOR)
Marine corps security forces (MCSF)
Marine security guard detachments
Marine Corps Forces (MARFOR)
organized as MAGTF’s and either employed as part of naval expeditionary forces or separately as part of larger joint or combined forces
Marine Corps Security Forces (MCSF)
Include approximately 3,400 Marines who protect key naval installations and facilities worldwide.
Marine security guard detachments
At embassies and consulates- provide forces to the department of state for embassy service- currently assigned to 121 diplomatic posts and 115 countries
What is HQ MC?
Commandant of the Marine Corps and those staff agencies that advise and assist the Commandant in discharging those responsibilities
What is the Commandant responsible for? (TIDE-ARR)
Training Internal organization Discipline Efficiency Administration Requirement Readiness
What is a MAGTF?
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
Define Command Element
Magtf headquarters
Task organized to provide command and control necessary for effective planning, direction, and execution of all operations.
12 Sections of CE
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.
MHG mission
administrative, training, and logistical support while in CONUS and forward deployed to the MEF and MEB
Who is in charge of seccom?
MARCENT
MFR
Marine forces reserve
Provide service to community (toys for tots)
Operational and personnel tempo relief in peacetime
Augment and reinforce during war
What does ACE do? (CE ACE) [MAW]
Marine air wing
support the MAGTF mission by performing some or all of the six functions of Marine aviation
What does GCE do? (CE GCE) [MARDIV]
Marine division
Task organized to conduct ground operations in support of the MAGTF mission
What does LCE do? (CE LCE) [MLG]
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
Locations of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd MEF
1st- south California and Arizona
2nd- north and South Carolina
3rd- Hawaii and japan
Who commands a MEB?
Brigadier General
What is a MEB?
Marine Expeditionary Brigade
(GCE)-reinforced infantry regiment
(ACE)-aircraft group
(LCE) - Combat Logistics Regiment(FWD).
What ops can the MEB perform? (TRIV-SSS)
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.
Sections of MEU(SOC) CE?
Command section Chaplain section Headquarters commandant Public affairs section S-shops.
7 Standing MEU’s
I MEF - 11th ,13th, 15th - MARFORPAC
II MEF - 22nd, 24th, 26th -MARFORCOM
III MEF - 31st, permanently forward deployed - MARFORPAC
Special purpose MAGTF (SPMAGTF)
Used when one of three basic MAGTFs would be too large of a force.
What comprises SPMAGTF?
(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
