USMC Doctrine

Question 1

What is the mission of the United States Marine Corps.

Answer 1

Marine Corps shall be organized and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or a defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign.

They support fleet operations.

Question 2

What is the United States Marine Corps’ warfighting philosophy.

Answer 2

Maneuver warfare

Question 3

What is Maneuver Warfare?

Answer 3

Warfighting philosophy that seeks to shatter the enemy’s cohesion through a variety of rapid, focused, and unexpected actions which create a turbulent and rapidly deteriorating situation with which the enemy cannot cope

Exploit weakness

Question 4

What are the Marine air-ground task forces?

Answer 4

Special Marine Air Ground Task Force
Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Marine Expeditionary Force

Question 5

Sort the four Marine air-ground task force sizes, and list them according to combat
power and capability.

Answer 5

SP MAGTF: force size and sustainment are as required
MEU: 1500-3000 SMs, size to a BN/SQD, can self-sustain for 15 days
MEB: 3000-20000 SMs, size of a Reg/Group, 30 days of sustainment
MEF: 20000-90000 SMs, size of a DIV/Wing, 60 days of self-sustain

Question 6

What is the principal warfighting organization of the USMC?

Answer 6

MEF

Question 7

Why is aviation vital to the USMC?

Answer 7

Essential to the combined fires in the MAGTF

Ground combat element is relatively light with limited organic fire support and mobility assets

Question 8

What is the ANGLICO and what do they provide?

Answer 8

Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Liaison capability with Joint, Allied, Coalition Forces
Plan, coordinate, employ, conduct terminal fires

Similiar to JTACs

Question 9

What is the USMC’s version of a Fire Support Element?

Answer 9

Fire Support Coordinate Center (FSCC)

Question 10

What are the two subsets of the Offensive Air Support function of Marine Aviation?

Answer 10

CAS and DAS

Question 11

Regardless of the size, each MAGTF contains a Command Element, Aviation Combat Element, Ground Combat Element and what else?

Answer 11

Logistics Combat Element