WS-U.S. Marine Corps: Know the organization and mission of the U.S. Marine Corps. Flashcards
- List the missions of the Marines.
a. 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;
i. Furnish security detachments and organizations for service on naval vessels of the Navy;
ii. Furnish security detachments for protection of naval property at naval stations and bases;
iii. Perform other duties as the President may direct; and
iv. Develop in coordination with the Army and Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that pertain to the tactics, techniques, and equipment used by landing forces.
- DESCRIBE the Marines’ operational concepts of maneuver and combined arms.
a. Maneuver warfare is defined in Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1 as a war-fighting philosophy that seeks 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.
b. Combined arms is defined as the full integration of arms in such a way that in order to counteract one attack, the enemy must make themselves more vulnerable to another. In effect, we again give the enemy a no-win situation
- Identify the primary missions of Marine aviation.
a. Participate as the supporting air component of FMFs in the seizure and defense of advanced naval bases
b. Conduct land operations essential to the prosecution of the naval campaign
