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| Seven Elements of the Marine Corps Mission |
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1.Provide Fleet Marine Force 2.Provide Detachments organizationfor armed vessels 3.Develop doctrin,tactics techniques for amphibious operations 4.Provide Airborne operations 5.Develop doctrine, procedures and equipment for airborne operations 6.Expand Peacetime componets to meet wartime needs 7.Perform such other duties as the president may direct |
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| Two Parallel chains of command |
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| The Service Chain of Command |
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President Secretary of the Defence Secretary of the Navy Commandant of the Marine Corps |
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| Operational Chain of Command |
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President Secretary of Defence Secretary of the Navy Commanders of Combatant Commands |
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| Three Marine Corps Opreating Forces |
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MARFOR- Marine Corps Forces MCSF- Marine Corps Security Forces MSG- Marine Corps Security Guard |
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| (MARFOR) Marine Corps Forces |
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Organized into MAGTF's (Marine Air Ground Task Force) Atlantic, Pacific, and Europe |
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(MCSF) Marine Corps Security Forces |
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| 3,400 Marines who protect Naval installations and facilities world wide |
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| (MSG) Marine Security Guard |
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| Guard Embassies and Consulates in 115 countries |
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(MAGTf) Marine Air Ground Task Force |
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The principal organization of the Marine Corps Task Organized Capability to conduct sustained Operations Ashore |
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MAGTF Headquarters Task organized to perform Command and Control |
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| Personnel and Administration |
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| Intelligence and Counterintelligence |
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Communications and Information systems |
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| Mission of the Command Element (CE) |
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| To Provide Command and Control to the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) |
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| Task Organized to support the MAGTF in performing some or all SIX Functions of Marine Aviation |
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| Marine Division Ground Combat Element (GCE) |
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Task Organized to suport the MAGTF by performing Ground operations Infantry Artillery Recon Armor Engineering |
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Marine Logistics Group (MLG) Logistics Combat Element (LCE) |
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| Task Organized Group/Element Full range of LCE functions support readiness and sustainability of the MAGTF |
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1st Marine Exepeditionary Force (I-MEF) |
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| Southern California and Arizona |
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2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (II-MEF) |
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3rd Marine Expeditionary Force (III-MEF) |
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Permanent (CE) Command Element Marine Division (MAW) Marine Air Wing (FSSG) Force Service Support Group |
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| (MEB) Marine Expeditionary Brigade |
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Is a MAGTF built around a (GCE) Ground Combat Element a Reinfroced Infantry Regiment (ACE) Air Combat Element (CLR) Combat Logistic Regiment |
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MEU(SOC) Marine Expeditionary Unit Speical Operations Capable |
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| The standard forward-deployed Marine expeditionary organization |
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(SPMAGTF) Speical Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force |
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Disaster Relief Humanitarian assistance (NEO) Non combatant evacuation operation Security operations |
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