Marine Corps Operations

By Department of Defense

Book Id: WPLBN0000169085
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Marine Corps Operations
Author:	Department of Defense
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Military, Armed Forces., National defense.
Collections:	Military and Armed Forces Library Collection
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Publisher:	Department of Defense


Citation APA MLA Chicago Of Defense, B. D. (n.d.). Marine Corps Operations. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Since 1775, the United States Marine Corps has served as an expeditionary force organized and trained to act in the national security interest and carry out the national military strategy. The Marine Corps’ contribution to the national defense has successfully evolved throughout its history by virtue of the ability of Marines to identify and adapt to the nation’s national security needs, often before those needs were commonly recognized. Such innovations as the seizure and defense of advanced Naval bases, amphibious operations, close air support, helicopterborne vertical envelopment tactics, maritime pre-positioning forces (MPFs), and taskorganized, combined arms forces consisting of aviation, ground, and logistic elements known as Marine air-ground task forces (MAGTFs) are prime examples of how the Marine Corps has adapted and evolved as an expeditionary force. The Marine Corps continually reviews its roles and missions in the context of an uncertain world, adapting to the changing security needs of the Nation while preserving those core values and professional capabilities that make Marines succeed in war and peace.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 The Marine Corps in National Defense Historical Role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 The Character of Modern Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Operational Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Threat Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Political Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Levels of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Range of Military Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 The National Security Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 National Command Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 The Joint Chiefs of Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Unified Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Joint Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Multinational Operations, Alliances, and Coalitions . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Roles and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Title 10, United States Code, Armed Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Department of Defense Directive 5100.1, Functions of the Department of Defense and its Major Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Marine Corps Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Commandant of the Marine Corps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Organization and Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Operating Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Supporting Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 Marine Corps Forces Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 Marine Corps Ethos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23