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The Marine Air Ground Task Force The 21 st Century Marine Corps Major Mark A. Givens G3/5

The Marine Air Ground Task Force The 21 st Century Marine Corps Major Mark A. Givens G3/5 Marine Corps Combat Development Command. A Better Understanding. What we do Why we’re unique How we’re organized. “Making Marines, Winning Battles”. Our Mission.

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The Marine Air Ground Task Force The 21 st Century Marine Corps Major Mark A. Givens G3/5

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  1. The Marine Air Ground Task Force The 21st Century Marine Corps Major Mark A. Givens G3/5 Marine Corps Combat Development Command

  2. A Better Understanding • What we do • Why we’re unique • How we’re organized “Making Marines, Winning Battles”

  3. Our Mission • “ ...THE SEIZURE AND DEFENSE OF ADVANCED NAVAL BASES AND FOR THE CONDUCT OF SUCH LAND OPERATIONS AS MAY BE ESSENTIAL TO THE PROSECUTION OF A NAVAL CAMPAIGN. • ...DEVELOP, IN COORDINATION WITH THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE, THE DOCTRINE, TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT EMPLOYED BY LANDING FORCES IN AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS. • …PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AS THE PRESIDENT MAY DIRECT.” NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 AS AMENDED BY TITLE 10, U.S. CODE IN 1952 Our Tradition: Most Ready When the Nation is Least Ready

  4. Our Vision • “To remain the world’s foremost expeditionary warfighting organization… • …Always interoperable with joint, coalition, and interagency partners. • To create stability in an unstable world… • …With the world’s finest warriors- United States Marines.” “Creating Stability in an Unstable World”

  5. Our Tasks Help Joint Force Commanders (JFCs) to: • Prevent instability - • “No Better Friend” • Enable stability - • “No Worse Enemy” • Rapidly transition back & forth - • “Nation’s Premier Expeditionary Force-in-Readiness” Multiple, Concurrent, Overlapping Operations

  6. Why We’re Unique • Maneuver Warfare philosophy • Nature of war: a violent struggle between hostile, independent, irreconcilable wills… • …Chaos, friction, & uncertainty • We combine high-tempo ops with a bias for action • …To achieve advantage – in any dimension • Expeditionary heritage • Primarily a naval force, equally home at sea or ashore • Operating from very austere environments – worldwide • Across the full range of military operations • Concepts: Organize, Deploy, Employ • Integrated concepts • The Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare

  7. Sustainable Combined Arms • Single commander • Single battle • Create synergy • More than the sum of elements • Supportable, credible • Continuous high-tempo ops • Create dilemmas • No good choices Combined Arms Culture: Inherently Joint

  8. Structure • “...NOT LESS THAN THREE COMBAT DIVISIONS, THREE AIRCRAFT WINGS, AND SUCH OTHER LAND COMBAT, AVIATION, AND OTHER SERVICES AS MAY BE ORGANIC THEREIN...” NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 AS AMENDED BY TITLE 10, U.S. CODE IN 1952 • ACTIVE END STRENGTH - 175,000~ • RESERVE END STRENGTH - 40,000 • CIVILIANS - 19,000 • TOTAL FORCE - 234,000 • OPERATING FORCES (ACTIVE) 115,000 “…Organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms…”

  9. Special Purpose MAGTF Homeland Defense Marine Expeditionary Unit MAGTF Command Element (MEU)~2,200 Forward Engagement Ground Combat Element Aviation Combat Element Combat Service Support Element Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)~15,000 Swiftly Defeat the Efforts Bases/Stations Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)~20-90K Decisively Defeat Marine Air-Ground Task ForcesMAGTFs Joint Task Force HQ Scalable, Tailorable Combined Arms Teams

  10. Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Principle Contribution to the Joint Fight

  11. Marine Division (MARDIV)16,000 Marines 232 - AAVs 72 - 155mm Howitzers 1167- HMMWVs 27 - Bull Dozers 15 - Dump Trucks 16 - ACEs 45- RRCs 340– 5t/7t Trucks 58 - M1A1 Tanks 207 - LAVs Locate, Close With, and Destroy

  12. Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW)15,000 Marines Air Operations in Support of Fleet Marine Forces

  13. Marine Logistics Group (MLG)8,000 Marines • 116 Refuelers • 300 5t/7t trucks • 28 Rough Terrain Cargo Handlers • 120 Fork Lifts • 60 Mobile Cranes • 75 Maintenance shelters • 34 Bull dozers • 40 Road Graders • 80 Dump Trucks • 82 ROWPU Support Whether in Garrison or Deployed

  14. Waterman Steam Ship Kocak 821 ft long, 36.5 ft draft Amsea Motor Vessel Bobo 673 ft long, 34.5 ft draft Waterman Steam Ship Obregon 821 ft long, 36.5 ft draft Waterman Steam Ship Pless 821 ft long, 36.5 ft draft Marine Expeditionary Brigade(MEB) • Nation’s premier medium-weight force • Full range of crises • Enable joint / combined forces • Deployment options • By Amphibious Task Force • By Maritime Prepositioning Squadron Our Primary Forcible Entry Force

  15. Marine Expeditionary Unit(Special Operations Capable) – MEU(SOC) • On-scene / On-call • Immediately- employable • JFC’s combined arms force of choice • Conventional & selected maritime special operations: Forward-Deployed, Crisis Response Capability

  16. New Tools • MV-22B Osprey • Vertical / short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) • Multi-purpose tactical aircraft • Replace fleet of Vietnam era CH-46E & CH-53D • F-35B Joint Strike Fighter • Stealthy, supersonic, strike-fighter aircraft • Capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings • Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle • Primary tactical mobility for Marine rifle squad • High water-speed, armored amphibious vehicle • From ships beyond the horizon to inland objectives. • Speed & maneuvering capabilities to operate with main battle tanks on land Projecting Power: Farther, Faster

  17. Same Ethos • Scalable, Tailorable • Sustainable Combined-Arms • Joint & Combined • Every Marine a Rifleman “ Our most effective weapon remains the individual Marine who out-learns, out-thinks, and out-fights any adversary.” General M. W. Hagee

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