Concepts Plans Operations

1. TECOM DC, CD&I SVG G3/G5 OAD CDD MCWL CD&I G3/5 Brief “Seabasing Concepts and Plans” STAFF Mr Doug King Dpty G3/5 CD&I (MCCDC) Douglas.king@usmc.mil Agenda Seabasing Concepts NOC & Ops Across ROMO Seabasing Plans Smart Power & Disaggregated MPF(F) Strategic Vision Group Ops Analysis Division • Concepts • Plans • Operations 1

2. Overarching Concept: The Sea As Maneuver Space “The strategic concept articulated in the Maritime Strategy, using the sea as maneuver space, is the overarching concept of this publication. Naval forces use this conceptual approach—seabasing—to overcome impediments to access.” • Provides joint force commanders with the ability to conduct selected functions and tasks at sea with minimal reliance on infrastructure ashore. • A concept for employing a variety of platforms, versus a specific type of platform. • Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard are already a sea-based force. • We continuously operate forward conducting both “soft power” and “hard power” missions • Need to develop a broader portfolio of capabilities to extend benefits of Seabasing to joint, multinational, and inter-agency partners. • At-sea transfer of people and materiel…has emerged as a key enabler for deploying, employing, and sustaining joint forces from the sea. • Building upon the foundation provided by amphibious ships, aircraft carriers, and military sealift ships, ongoing initiatives include the development of high-speed inter- and intra-theater connectors, enhanced connectors, maritime prepositioning capabilities that allow for assembly and projection of forces at and from the sea using both vertical and surface means, and integrated naval logistics. Must increase distributed, persistent forward-presence to fulfill “prevent and prevail” aspects of National Defense Strategy and Maritime Strategy.

3. Training Team Training Team Training Team Enabling Greater Access II MEF I MEF III MEF SC MAGTF MEU SC MAGTF MEU USMC Det on GFS SC MAGTF USMC Det on GFS SC MAGTF Det USMC Det on GFS MEU Training Team USMC Det on GFS USMC Det on GFS Det SC MAGTF Training Team MEU MEB MEF • CONUS-based, MEF-sourced • Regionally focused • Can provide training teams, detachments, and special purpose MAGTFs to meet CCDR engagement needs • 10 – 500 Marines & Sailors • As required sustainability • 0-1 amphib • Forward deployed; positioned, poised, ready • Task-organized units forward deployed aboard amphibious ships • ~ 2,200 Marines and Sailors • 15 days sustainability • 3-4 amphibs • Lead element for MEF • MEF deploys to the fight as MEBs • Commanded by MajGen / BGen • Each MPS squadron carries MEB’sworth of equipment • 14,000 - 18,000 Marines and Sailors • 30 days sustainability • 15-17 amphibs or MPS • MEF = reservoir of capability • Joint enabler • Commanded by LtGen • 40,000-90,000 Marines and Sailors • 60 days sustainability • 34 amphibs plus 1 x MPSRON

4. Enhancing Response Enhancing Response Rapidly Aggregated Capabilities from Deployed, Mutually Supporting Forces Enabling Engagement Response “Three-in-One” Naval Force in Readiness “Sweet Spot” Power Projection Engagement Major Combat Operations Engagement Response

5. MPF Increases Capacity military engagement, crisis response, and power projection Building Partner Capacity Train / Advise / Assist Relief Operations WMD Response COIN Combating Terrorism Show of Force Disaggregated Major Combat Operations Aggregated Disaggregated

6. Theater Security Cooperation Events Over 300 Ops and Exercises from 2006-2008 Peacekeeping Operations -- Nicaragua Humanitarian Assistance – El Salvador/Cambodia/Djibouti Engineering and Civil support – Trinidad Air medical Evacuation – Armenia Mil-to-Mil Exchange – Armenia/Azerbaijan/Sierra Leone Staff Planning – Montenegro Military Movement Support – Croatia Maintenance Management – Ghana Leadership/Staff Development – Morocco/Cameroon/Mongolia Small Arms Maintenance – Botswana Civil Affairs – Liberia/Cambodia Engineering Civic Action – Bangladesh Supply Management – Moldova OEF support training -- Lithuania Some TSC Examples + MEUs/MARSOC EUCOM 2006 5 Operations 10 TSC Events 2007 1 Operation 23 TSC Events 2008 1 Operation 54 TSC Events Amphib events / Total Events: 2006 : 18 / 63 ~ 29% 2007 : 23 / 92 ~ 25% 2008 : 28 / 178 ~ 16% • CENTCOM • 2006 5 Operations 10 TSC Events • 13 Operations 5 TSC Events • 12 Operations 12 TSC Events SOUTHCOM 2006 1 Operation 16 TSC Events 2007 1 Operation 24 TSC Events 2008 15 Operations 13 TSC Events AFRICOM 2008 4 Operations 25 TSC Events PACOM 2006 5 Operations 11 TSC Events 2007 5 Operations 20 TSC Events 2008 5 Operations 37 TSC Events # amphib events 28 23 18 Give people something positive to hold on to instead of something negative to avoid. Give parents a chance to raise their children to a better standard of living than the one they themselves enjoyed. Do that and we deter not the tactics of terrorists—they will still try to kill—but rather the ends that they seek to achieve. – ADM Mike Mullen Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 6

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