US MARINE CORPS

Question 1

List the missions of the Marines

Answer 1

Organize, train, and equip to provide Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases, and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign

Question 2

Describe the Marines’ operational concepts of maneuvercombined arms.

Answer 2

eeks to shatter the enemy’s cohesion through a series of rapid, violent, and
unexpected actions which create a turbulent and rapidly
deteriorating situation with which he cannot cope.

Question 3

Identify the primary missions of Marine aviation.

Answer 3

Participate as the supporting air component of FMFs in the seizure and defense of advanced naval bases, and
• Conduct land operations essential to the prosecution of the naval campaign

Question 4

Describe the Marines’ operational concepts of combined arms.

Answer 4

stresses the attempt to circumvent a problem and attack it from a position of
advantage, rather than straight on. The goal is to apply the Marines’ strengths to enemy weaknesses through themastery of spatial relationships, and a faster relative tempo.