2. Agenda Background Title 10 and USMC Vision USMC Objectives
Core Competencies
Organization & Locations
Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs) and other USMC Forces
Seabasing and Forward Presence 2

3. The Maritime Global Commons
23,000 ships are underway daily carrying 90% of the world’s international commerce
49% of the world’s oil travels through 6 major chokepoints
25% of the world’s oil and gas is drilled at sea
75% of people live w/in 200mi of a coast
70% of world is water
95% of international communications travels via underwater cables
The sources of stress identified in this slide are a compilation pulled from various studies. The ungoverned spaces information was extracted from a RAND Project Air Force Study called “Ungoverned Territories.” We highlighted the ungoverned spaces in this slide because we believe that the intersections of these areas with the other stresses are prime breeding grounds for instability.
In addition, we noted some of the major choke points in order to illustrate the proximity of some of the world’s major/critical choke points and potential areas of instability. The US is a maritime nation and depends on access to the seas and freedom of navigation in order to maintain and promote stable global markets. The choke points depicted are the Panama Canal, Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits, Suez Canal, Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Straits of Malacca
Nuclear Powers (JFCOM JOE 2008 Draft): N. Korea, Pakistan, China, India, Russia
As each source of stress, instability, and conflict is over-layed on this map, you can begin to see the “Arc of Instability” that we discussed previously come into shape.
Note the new “terrorism /crime” bubble over the tri-border area of South America (Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay) which has continued to increase as a “safe haven” for radical Islamic extremists.
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Navy-Marine Corps team in support of a Maritime Nation 3 3

4. Strategic Challenges Multi-polar world Economic volatility
Energy dependency
Global Commons accessibility
Weakened states / Non-state actors
Regional instability
Terrorism / piracy
WMD proliferation
Transnational threats
Migration & Illegal immigration
Drug & human trafficking
Climate change
Increased competition for resources 4

5. Sources of Instability, & Conflict
Poorly Governed Spaces
Guatemala-Chiapas Border
Colombia-Venezuela Border
West Africa
East Africa
Arabian Peninsula
North Caucasus Region
Afghan-Pakistan Border
Sulawesi-Mindanao
The sources of stress identified in this slide are a compilation pulled from various studies. The ungoverned spaces information was extracted from a RAND Project Air Force Study called “Ungoverned Territories.” We highlighted the ungoverned spaces in this slide because we believe that the intersections of these areas with the other stresses are prime breeding grounds for instability.
In addition, we noted some of the major choke points in order to illustrate the proximity of some of the world’s major/critical choke points and potential areas of instability. The US is a maritime nation and depends on access to the seas and freedom of navigation in order to maintain and promote stable global markets. The choke points depicted are the Panama Canal, Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits, Suez Canal, Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Straits of Malacca
Nuclear Powers (JFCOM JOE 2008 Draft): N. Korea, Pakistan, China, India, Russia
As each source of stress, instability, and conflict is over-layed on this map, you can begin to see the “Arc of Instability” that we discussed previously come into shape.
Note the new “terrorism /crime” bubble over the tri-border area of South America (Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay) which has continued to increase as a “safe haven” for radical Islamic extremists.
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Urban Stress
Youth Bulge
Terrorism/Crime
Ungoverned
Energy Demand
Nuclear
Water Stress 5
Choke points 5 5 5

6. Title 10 Responsibilities
The Marine Corps … shall be organized to include not less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such other land combat, aviation, and other services as may be organic therein.
The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces 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.
In addition, the Marine Corps shall provide detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy, shall provide security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval stations and bases, and shall perform such other duties as the President may direct. However, these additional duties may not detract from or interfere with the operations for which the Marine Corps is primarily organized.
The Marine Corps shall develop, in coordination with the Army and the Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that pertain to the tactics, technique, and equipment used by landing forces.
The Marine Corps is responsible, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of peacetime components of the Marine Corps to meet the needs of war.
In 1951, the House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee called the clause "one of the most important statutory—and traditional—functions of the Marine Corps." It noted that the Corps has more often than not performed actions of a non-naval nature, including its famous actions in the War of 1812, at Tripoli, Chapultepec, numerous counter-insurgency and occupational duties (such as those in Central America), World War I, and the Korean War. While these actions are not accurately described as support of naval campaigns nor as amphibious warfare, their common thread is that they are of an expeditionary nature, using the mobility of the Navy to provide timely intervention in foreign affairs on behalf of American interests. 6
TITLE 10, Subtitle C, PART I, CHAPTER 507, § 5063

7. USMC Vision Statement
The Marine Corps of 2025 will fight and win our Nation’s battles with
multicapable MAGTFs, either from the sea or in sustained operations
ashore.
Our unique role as the Nation’s force in readiness, along with our
values, enduring ethos, and core competencies, will ensure we remain
highly responsive to the needs of combatant commanders in an
uncertain environment and against irregular threats.
Our future Corps will be increasingly reliant on naval deployment,
preventative in approach, leaner in equipment, versatile in
capabilities, and innovative in mindset.
In an evolving and complex world, we will excel as the Nation’s
expeditionary “force of choice.”
Vision Statement
Purpose of this slide is to allow the audience to actually read the Commandant’s vision statement and then to offer some reflection about its importance and implications
Suggested comments:
This statement of intent, simple in its meaning, rests at the top of the conceptual hierarchy that will drive Marine capability development for years. While simple in meaning, it was not easily arrived at nor does it imply that creating the capabilities necessary to achieve this vision will be simple either. It will continue to take great thought, great leadership, continuous critical examination and reexamination of every aspect of it. The Marine Corps is an institution. It is not like a building, a highway, or even a ship. It cannot remain static and while its end-state can be written in concrete terms, the capabilities necessary to keep us a step ahead must, of necessity, change as the operational environment changes and as technology changes as well.
It’s important to understand where this vision fits in, and how it should serve to generate thought, and action. No Marine has a monopoly on good ideas, and our capability development process recognizes that. It also recognizes that Marines have a history of taking the good ideas of others and making them even better. The spirit of innovation, experimentation, adaptation, and perseverance that pervades the history of our Corps is a key ingredient in our current process as well.
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8. Core Competencies
The Corps conducts persistent forward naval engagement and is always prepared to respond as the Nation’s force in readiness.
The Corps employs integrated combined arms across the range of military operations, and can operate as part of a joint or multinational force.
The Corps provides forces and specialized detachments for service aboard naval ships, on stations, and for operations ashore.
The Corps conducts joint forcible entry operations from the sea and develops amphibious landing force capabilities and doctrine.
Core Competencies. Gen Flynn note- our core competencies rely on the Navy. Everyone of these competencies has a Navy cornerstone.
Core competencies reflect our particular skill sets and thus describe what we do. They are our fundamental contribution to our Nation’s defense. They are not static; as necessary, new competencies must be developed and honed to meet emerging challenges. These challenges are assessed by each Commandant of the Marine Corps. Currently, the Marine Corps excels in six unique core competencies. The first four represent enduring core competencies and respond to legislative direction and public law. The latter pair reflects demonstrated skills sets that have to be raised to a higher level given the Nation’s strategy, defense planning priorities, and our understanding of the emerging security environment.
1. The Corps conducts persistent forward naval engagement and is always prepared to respond as the Nation’s expeditionary force in readiness. The Marine Corps is devoted to an expeditionary way of life. We understand that true readiness means much more than being deployable. It requires a forward deployed force that can react rapidly and transition across the range of military operations. This agile force must flourish in the uncertainty and chaos of emerging crises.
2. The Corps employs integrated combined arms across the range of military operations, as part of a joint or multinational force. Our MAGTFs blend the art and science of executing combined arms operations from air, land, and sea. Marine employment and integration of air- and ground-based fires at the tactical level of war is a unique capability that reflects our innovative approach to warfighting. Likewise, our MAGTFs are task organized for each mission and are capable of operating with simultaneity and depth throughout the battlespace.
3. The Corps provides forces and specialized detachments for service aboard naval ships, on stations, and for operations ashore. The Marine Corps and the Navy share a common heritage. Throughout our history, Marines have served aboard Navy ships as marksmen, embarked MAGTFs, naval tactical aviation, and specialized detachments afloat. This approach is reflected in our doctrine and in how we design our equipment and weapons systems. Our close association with the Navy continues today. A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower articulates our renewed emphasis on integrating naval capabilities and capacities.
4. The Corps conducts joint forcible entry from the sea and develops amphibious landing force doctrine and capabilities. Together, the Navy and Marine Corps provide the Nation with its primary capability to project rapidly and sustain combat power ashore in the face of armed opposition. When access to critical regions or allies is denied or in jeopardy, forward deployed, rapidly employable Marine Corps forces are trained and ready to execute amphibious operations and swiftly defeat enemy defenses. They leverage available joint and naval capabilities, project sustainable combat power ashore, and secure entry for follow–on forces. These same capabilities provide an ability to respond to crisis without reliance on infrastructure or basing ashore.
5. The Corps conducts complex expeditionary operations in the urban littorals and other challenging environments. The Marine Corps' ability to conduct complex expeditionary operations (including irregular warfare, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and counterproliferation operations) has been demonstrated throughout our history. The variety of tasks required for complex operations has increased due to the presence of large numbers of noncombatants, dense urban areas, and the growing implications of information operations. Marines are specifically trained and broadly educated to understand cultures and populations, to thrive in dynamic environments, and to recognize and respond creatively to demanding situations.
6. The Corps facilitates the integration and application of all instruments of national power. The complex nature of existing security challenges demands capabilities that incorporate the strengths of all the instruments of national power. Marines are well qualified to enable the introduction of follow-on forces and facilitate the integration of military and whole-of-government initiatives. This interoperability denotes enduring relationships, capabilities, organization, and cultural awareness working in harmony across all aspects of an operation.
The Corps conducts complex expeditionary operations in the urban littorals and other challenging environments.
The Corps leads joint / multinational operations and enables interagency activities. 8

9. Strategy Objectives for 2025
Focus on the Individual Marine
Improve Training and Education for Fog, Friction, and Uncertainty
Expand Persistent Forward Presence and Engagement
Posture for Hybrid Threats in Complex Environments
Reinforce Naval Relationships
Ensure Amphibious Force Levels Meet Strategic Requirements
Create Joint Seabasing Capabilities
Lead Joint/ Multinational Operations and Enable Interagency Activities
Maintain A Ready and Sustainable Reserve
Build and Deploy Multicapable MAGTFs
Strategy Objectives for 2025
Slide Details:
Suggested text: “HERE ARE THE TOP LEVEL VISION AND STRATEGY OBJECTIVES FOR THE MARINE CORPS, AND YOU WILL SEE THEM REFLECTED IN ALL THAT FOLLOWS.”
This list starts with the individual Marine and ends with the multicapable MAGTF (“bookends”)
These ten strategic objectives are those things that must be done to achieve our idealized end-state. The accomplishment of these objectives allows us to perform our core competencies and therefore develop the Corps consistent with the themes of the Vision and Strategy Document…
Notice also that three of the objectives pertain to getting back to our naval character…
Strengthening the MAGTF for employment across the ROMO is not just a Service objective, it’s a national imperative. The intent of the 82nd Congress is for the Marine Corps to act as the nation’s force in readiness. Employment as an integrated combined arms team is how the Marine Corps meets this mandate. We are both ready, and rapidly responsive… In an a future security environment characterized by increased complexity, the expeditionary nature of the MAGTF is an absolute must…
In this brief, we discuss the Marine Corps six core competencies in some detail. The slides devoted to this show the connections between the vision, the strategy, the intermediate strategy objectives shown here, and the principal capability development initiatives that must be accomplished – in an “ends –ways- and means” approach. More on this later…
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Strengthening the MAGTF for employment across the spectrum of conflict 9

10. Capstone Operational Concept
Focused on:
Expeditionary ethos:
Fast, Austere, Lethal
Defeating Hybrid threats and challenges
Enhancing the MAGTF’s flexibility, agility, and adaptability for maneuver warfare
Enabling Marines to think faster – decide faster - act decisively
Increase the ability of the rifle company to conduct the full range of missions
Describes four operational imperatives necessary to win:
Seabasing
Persistent forward presence and engagement
Agile and adaptable forces
Multicapable across the range of military ops
…a bridge from the national strategy and overarching naval concept to service-specific operating concepts and envisioned capabilities 10 10

11. Marine Corps Organization
Supporting Establishment
Headquarters, Marine Corps (HQMC)
Recruiting, Educating, Training, Equipping
Operating Forces
Service Component Commands
Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs)
Chem / Bio Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
Marine Corps Security Force Regiment
Marine Embassy Security Command
HMX-1 Presidential Support Squadron
Marine Corps Forces Reserve
Now let’s take a look at how Marines are organized to fight. The Marine Corps is the only force whose size is set by law. Title 10 directs that the Marine Corps will consist of three divisions and three air wings with the necessary logistics support, and that there will be a similar organization in the reserves, consisting of one division and air wing with its logistical support.
**Operating Forces constitute the forward presence, crisis response, and fighting power available to the combatant commanders. About two thirds of all active duty Marines are assigned to these operating forces:
**The Fleet Marine Forces, or FMF, are the warfighters, and consists of Marine Forces Atlantic and Marine Forces Pacific, totaling approximately 107,000 Marines.
**The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade – or MEB – has also been established as a result of the September 11th attacks. It is an Anti-terrorism Brigade, designed to protect against a terror attack or respond to one, and includes the Security Force Battalion, the Marine Security Guard Battalion, the Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, and a contingency battalion that is ready to deploy worldwide in 6 hours.
**The CBIRF was originally envisioned as a first response unit in support of civil authorities, to identify and isolate a chemical or biological incident and then to lead in the early decontamination of personnel and equipment. They are now capable of deploying overseas in support of geographic combatant commanders.
**The Marine Corps Security Forces support or augmenting Navy security forces around vital naval assets worldwide, and include the Marine Barracks, Marine Corps Security Force Companies, and two Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team companies.
**The Marine Security Guard Battalion provides the detachments at 123 embassies and consulates around the globe.
**The Supporting Forces include Service headquarters, recruiting, schools and training establishments, and all bases and stations.
**The Marine Corps Reserve includes Selected Reserve, Active Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), and Stand-By Reserve. The Marine Corps Reserve is an integral component of the Marine Corps, and is designed to augment and complement the active duty forces. The main philosophy is that Reserves will be used as individual or unit replacements or augmentees to the Active Force. The Marine Corps Selected Reserve (SMCR Units and IMAs) and Active Reserve total ~36K, but when the IRR is included, the total moves closer to ~95K. 11

12. USMC Forces By Category
Active Component - Operating
Forces: ~63%
P2T2: ~15%
Supporting Establishment:
~17%
Active Reserve: ~1 %
Activated Reservists: ~4% *
Patients, Prisoners,
Transients, Trainees
Actual numbers from PP&O CurrOps brief of 12 Jan 09:
Active Component Op Forces: 97,862
Active Reserve: 2,098
Reserve Component on Active Duty: 8,215
Supporting Establishment: 67,278
P2T2: 33,685
Total: 209,138 *
TOTAL MARINES ON ACTIVE DUTY:
> 210,000
(wartime augmentation)
14 Apr 2009 12

13. Marine Forces Reserve Individual Ready Marines (~55,000)
Active Reserve Marines (~2,100)
The DoD force planning metric for Reserve Force mobilization is 1 year of mobilization with 5 years of demobilization before the next mobilization (1:5 mobilized-to-demobilized ratio).
The current USMCR reality is that this mobilization ratio is closer to 1:4 with the Marine Corps working to move towards the directed 1:5.
Selected Marine Corps Reserve (~30,000)
Individual Mobilization Augmentees (~2,900) 13

14. USMC Bases and Stations
Mountain Warfare Center Bridgeport
MCB Twenty-nine Palms
Support Activity Kansas City
HQMC
Logistics Base Barstow
Quantico
Air Station Cherry Point
Camp Pendleton
Air Station Miramar
Camp Lejeune
Air Station New River
Air Station Yuma
Recruit Depot Parris Island
Recruit Depot San Diego
Air Station Beaufort
1st Marine Brigade
Kaneohe Air Station
Marine Forces Reserve HQ
Logistics Base Albany
* Over 40 Inspector-Instructor(I&I) Units with Marine Reserve Units throughout the country in every state 14

15. Key OCONUS Locations Expeditionary Forces in Readiness
Prepositioning - Norway US
European
Command US
Southern
Command
MEU Augmentation Program - Kuwait
I MEF
II MEF
III MEF
Marine Forces Reserve HQ US
Central
Command
(Okinawa & Iwakuni) US
African
Command US
Pacific
Command
MPSRON 1 US
Southern
Command
--We as a Marine Corps are forward deployed by nature and this slide portrays the expected force lay-down of the future. Each of the combatant commanders is served by a Marine component who serves as the force provider for Marine forces operating in the combatant commander’s AOR. The three active duty MEFs are shown where we expect them to be in the future– IMEF in Camp Pendleton , IIMEF in Camp Lejeune and IIIMEF in Okinawa and Hawaii.
--Supporting our forward deployed Marine forces will be the pre-positioned equipment stocks contained in the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N), MEU Augmentation Program (MAP) in Kuwait, and the three MPSRONs based in the Mediterranean, Diego Garcia, and Guam/Saipan. These pre-positioned equipment stocks significantly increase the operational flexibility and sustainment for our forward deployed Marines.
MPSRON 2
MPSRON 3
Expeditionary Forces in Readiness
MEF : Marine Expeditionary Force
MPSRON: Maritime Prepositioning Squadron 15 15 15

16. MAGTF Elements Task Organized to Mission
Command
Element
(CE)
Aviation
Combat Element
(ACE)
Ground
Combat Element
(GCE)
Logistics
Combat Element
(LCE)
A MAGTF is always comprised of four basic elements.
**The Command Element includes the commander and his integrated staff, and provides the command, control, and communications for the planning and execution of operations. **Contained within the Command element is the Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, or elements thereof, depending on the size of the MAGTF.
**The Ground Combat Element, or GCE, conducts ground operations to support the MAGTF mission. It is formed around an infantry organization reinforced with the requisite artillery, recon, armor, light armor, amphibious assault vehicle, and engineer assets. The GCE can consist of anything from a team to one or more divisions.
**The Aviation Combat Element, or ACE, performs those functions of Marine Corps Aviation that are required for the mission. This can include Anti-air Warfare, Offensive Air Support, Assault Support, Air Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare, and Control of Aircraft and Missiles. The size of the ACE can range from a detachment of specifically required assets to one or more aircraft wings. It also contains UAVs.
**The Combat Service Support Element, or CSSE, provides the full range of support and capabilities to support the MAGTF, providing those functions not within the organic capabilities of the other elements. It can include a naval construction battalion necessary for many engineer functions not inherent within the MAGTF. The size of the CSSE can range from a detachment to more than one Marine Logistics Group (MLG). 16

17. MAGTF Capabilities Across the Range of Mil Ops “Two - Fisted Fighter”
Security Cooperation SP MAGTF
Marine Expeditionary Unit
(MEU)
Marine Expeditionary
Brigade
(MEB)
Theater Security
Cooperation
Marine Expeditionary
Force
(MEF)
NEOs
The intent of this slide is to show the utility of the MAGTF across the ROMO…from Crisis Response and Limited Contingency Operations to Major Operations and Campaigns.
This slide gives a sense of the capability that each MAGTF can provide. At the lower end of the range of military operations is the SPMAGTF and SCMAGTF. The MEU constitutes a crisis response capability and is organized and trained to respond to humanitarian crises, non-combatant evacuations, and other crises within its capabilities. Although capable of conducting security cooperation activities, the MEU is principally tailored to constitute the theater reserve for a combatant commander. Recent MEU deployments have also seen the MAGTF supporting sustained combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The MEB is the first level of MAGTF where joint forcible entry operations become realized; with more robust capabilities. MEBs can also support sustained combat operations on the lower end of the ROMO, such as COIN or act as a MEF (Fwd) to provide the first echelon of a MEF before that MAGTF arrives in theater. The MEF constitutes the Marine Corps big war-fighting punch. The MEF provides a robust joint forcible entry capability with two MEBs in the amphibious assault echelon and an additional MEB in the assault follow-on echelon. The MEF, as evidenced by Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, is capable of sustained combat operations.
An important distinction to draw from these MAGTFs is that they are multicapable and able to conduct many different types of operations across the ROMO. OSD tends to bin Marine MAGTFs as general purpose forces (GPF), but the reality is that our MAGTFs are multicapable– flexible, adaptable, and agile, Marine MAGTFs provide a myriad of capabilities to meet the requirements of the combatant commander.
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“Two - Fisted
Fighter”
Counterinsurgency
Humanitarian Assistance
Disaster Relief
Joint Forcible Entry
Mid-Intensity Conflict
Partner and Prevent
Crisis Response ……Contingency Ops
Major Combat Operations
Integrated with Combatant Commander Theater Campaign Plans 17 17

18. Scalable MAGTFs MEF MEB SP MAGTF MEU(SOC)
Forward presence and flexible MAGTFs enable the Corps to respond quickly to crises and then integrate additional capabilities and capacities as needed
MEF
Win the Nation’s Battles
20-90 K
60 Days Sustainment
MEB
Respond to Crises
3-20 K
30 Days Sustainment
MEU(SOC)
Promote Peace
And Stability
1.5-3 K
15 Days Sustainment
SP MAGTF
Theater Security Cooperation
Building Partner Capacity
The MAGTF provides a Joint Force Commander an extremely capable toolkit that can adapt to the environment as required providing the commander flexibility and multiple response options.
The MAGTF provides full spectrum supporting actions to the JFC or can function as the Main Effort in Major theater war or during sustained operations ashore.
CRISIS
The inherent C2, INTELLIGENCE, MANEUVER, FIRES, LOGISTIC, and FORCE PROTECTION of the Navy-Marine Corps team makes us the most flexible and cost-effective force-in-readiness for the Nation 18

19. Special Purpose MAGTF Specific crisis response mission
Most focused and specifically tailored MAGTF
Manning and sustainability as required by mission
Examples:
SPMAGTF LA - Riot control in Los Angeles
SPMAGTF New Orleans – Katrina Disaster relief
SPMAGTF Lebanon – Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
SPMAGTF Africa Partnership Station – Security Cooperation
The last type of Marine Air Ground task force is the Special Purpose MAGTF. These units are organized to accomplish specific missions when advance planning time allows forces to be tailored to an actual situation.
Duties may include noncombatant evacuation (NEO), disaster relief, humanitarian missions, or even combat missions, such as that performed by SPMAGTF Panama as Task Force Semper Fi in Operation Just Cause.
You can see some other examples listed here of how these specially focused forces were employed. 19

20. Security Cooperation MAGTF A SP MAGTF task organized to meet specific CCDR requirements
Additional capabilities / attachments as required:
Interagency Representatives
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
U.S. Coast Guard
Allies
Info Operations / Civil Affairs
Veterinary capabilities
Band
Others as needed
SC MAGTF
KEY to increasing forward presence and engagement
Although Marines have a long history of training and operating with foreign security forces, the advent of the SC MAGTF heralds a new approach that differs significantly from previous bi-lateral training venues. Instead of training with foreign security forces to build interoperability, the SC MAGTF will focus on building the capacity of foreign security forces to be more effective in a manner that allows those foreign security forces to handle their own country’s and region’s security challenges. These are missions that have previously been the exclusive purview of SOF. However, the nature of the current security environment and high demands being placed on SOF require that the Marine Corps take on some of these missions to help to establish a more persistent presence in areas where US building partner capacity activities will have the greatest effects.
The SC MAGTF will be specifically organized based on mission requirements and is expected to be smaller than a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU). As previously noted, the SC MAGTF is a SP MAGTF that is drawn from a conventional capability that has expertise in certain areas as required. Having capabilities, mobility, and sustainability commensurate with its requirement to train foreign security forces and alleviate some of the underlying conditions that lead to instability, the SC MAGTFs will be comprised of the same multi-capable forces that constitute MEUs, MEBs, and MEFs. While not deployed, the forces that will comprise the SC MAGTF will focus the majority of training time on building and honing their high end combat skills.
Through training & engagement with partner nations, SC MAGTFs will contribute to combatant commander efforts to build partner nation security capacity and support partner nation security efforts. The SC MAGTFs is expected to be formed around an infantry battalion from regionally focused regiments, though mission requirements may dictate that another element constitute the bulk of the MAGTF. The SC MAGTF will also have a tailored combat logistics element to provide combat service support functions as well support for training to partner nation security forces, civil military operations, including humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief. The aviation combat element will task organize for specific requirements but are expected to principally focus on mobility, training support, and when required, reconnaissance and multi-dimensional force protection to assure freedom of action in remote, austere, and less than stable environments. In keeping with our efforts to better partner with the Navy and Coast Guard, SC MAGTFs are expected to work with our maritime service partners in a manner that is both complementary and supportive. Depending on the mission, combatant commander requirements, and host nation requirements, the SC MAGTF may also have the additional capabilities you see in the yellow box. The SC MAGTF will be able to support joint, combined and interagency attachments to provide tailored capabilities to meet a variety of needs.
Task Organized Ground Combat Element
Task Organized Aviation Detachment
Task Organized Combat Logistics Element
Other Detachments 20 20

21. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
Security Force Assistance
Interagency Enabling
Raids
- Non-Combatant Evacuations (NEO)
- Tactical Recovery of Aircraft & Personnel (TRAP)
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA / DR)
- Bilateral Exercises
Forward deployed, first choice for initial crisis response
Task-organized units forward deployed aboard amphibious ships
~ 2,200 Marines and Sailors
15 days sustainability
MEU CE
Battalion Landing
Team
Composite Aviation Squadron
Combat Logistics Battalion
Marine Special Ops
Company 21

22. Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) (7 MEUs: sourced from NC, CA, OKI)
11TH MEU
CAMP PENDLETON, CA
22D MEU
CAMP LEJUENE, NC
26TH MEU
USCENTCOM
15TH MEU
CAMP PENDLETON, CA 15 22 11 24 13 26 31
24TH MEU
CAMP PENDLETON, CA
31ST MEU
USPACOM
13TH MEU
USPACOM
PRE-DEPLOYED
DEPLOYED
POST-DEPLOYED 22 22

23. Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)
Lead element for MEF
30 days sustainability
MEF deploys to the fight as MEBs
Commanded by MajGen / BGen
14, ,000 Marines and Sailors
MEB CE
Counterinsurgency
Forcible Entry
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA / DR)
- Amphibious or MPF
Regimental Landing Team
Marine Air Group
Combat Logistics Regt 23

24. Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)
MEF = principal warfighting organization
60 days sustainability
Commanded by LtGen
40,000-90,000 Marines and Sailors
Major Combat Operations (MCO)
Counterinsurgency
Forcible Entry
MEF CE
Infantry Division
Marine Air Wing
Marine
Logistics Grp 24

25. Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
Table of Organization (T/O):
MSO Battalions
MSO Advisor Group
MSO Support Group
MSO School
Mission:
Direct Support to MEUs
Direct Action
Special Reconnaissance
Foreign Internal Defense
Counterterrorism
Information Operations
Unconventional Warfare 25

26. Other Marine Forces & Support
Alert Contingency MAGTF (ACM)
Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF)
Marine Corps Prepositioning Program – Norway
MEU Augmentation Program – (MAP)
In addition to the principal combat organizations of the MEFs, MEBs, and MEUs, there are three other Marine forces you should be aware of that you see listed here. We will discuss each one individually. 26

27. Alert Contingency MAGTF (ACM)
Missions
Humanitarian assistance / disaster relief
Limited objective operations
Limited crisis response operations
Characteristics
Air deployable
Light force
Resident within each MEF
Able to respond within 18 hours
Can be used as:
Fly-in-echelon for MPF
Reinforce SP MAGTF
Reinforce MEU or amphibious force
Lead element for a MEF
Both MARFORPAC and MARFORLANT maintain air contingency MAGTFs, or ACMs, in a continuous state of readiness. **ACMs are prepared to perform Stability operations, such as presence, humanitarian assistance, security, peacekeeping, and counterinsurgency; Limited objective operations, such as NEO, airfield seizure, and anti-terrorism; and Conventional combat operations, which include operations ashore and reinforcement.
**These ACMs are organized to meet the requirements of the mission, the threat, and airlift availability. The size of the Ground combat element can range from a reinforced Rifle Company, plus a Battalion Headquarters, to a Regiment sized force. 27

28. Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF)
Three maritime prepositioning squadrons (MPSRON)
Each squadron equips a MEB-sized MAGTF
Rapid deployment and assembly
Tailorable to support Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Includes Mech and Armor
30 days of sustainment
MPSRON 1
MED
MPSRON 3
GUAM
The three MPS squadrons are strategically positioned throughout the world to reduce response time to regions critical to our national security.
**MPS-Squadron 1 operates out of the Mediterranean,** MPS 2 is in Diego Garcia, and **MPS-3 is located in Guam. This slide shows the current distribution of MPS ships between the squadrons, however, it is being reevaluated following the efforts to support Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Each ship undergoes a Maintenance Cycle approximately every 2.5 years in Jacksonville, Florida, where it offloads its equipment, supplies, and ammunition, then sails to a naval facility to be recertified by the U.S. Coast Guard. The offloaded equipment then receives all of the upgrades since the last cycle, or is replaced.
MPSRON One
SS Obregon
SS Kocak
SS Pless
MV Bobo
USNS Martin
MPSRON 2
DIEGO
GARCIA 28
MPSRON Two
MV Bonnyman
MV Hauge
MV Baugh
MV Phillips
MV Anderson
MV Carter
MV Fisher
MPSRON Three
MV Lummus
MV Button
MV Lopez
MV Williams
SS Petersburg
USNS Wheat

29. Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) : Speed and Versatility
Support Multiple Combatant Commander Security Cooperation Events
LHA(R)
MLP
3 T-AKE
3 MLP
2 Legacy T-AK
14 Ships
Diego
Garcia
JHSVs & MV22s reposition resources to support evolving missions
LHD
T-AKE
T-AKR
Legacy T-AK
SC MAGTF Afloat Model
Scty Coop, Civ-Mil Ops, IO
and …Reinforce Joint Forcible Entry Operatios
As MULTIPLE Operating Groups
JTF Enabler
At Sea Arrival & Assembly
At Sea Transfer
Joint Sustainment Hub OR
As ONE Squadron 29

30. Prepositioning Program - Norway
Formerly called Norway air-landed MEB (NALMEB)
Recent equipment usage includes OIF, OEF, HA in Georgia and USMC exercises and training
Currently being reorganized to support increased flexibility and interoperability with MPF
Current equipment deficiencies are planned for reset by 2013
Positive “burden sharing” relationship with Norwegian Government
The Norway Prepositioning Program is the only ground prepositioning program for the Marine Corps, and provides the equipment for one MEB supporting a slightly lighter force of approximately 14,000 Marines.
The program was financed by NATO and the Government of Norway during the cold war era.
Recently, the agreement has been modified to allow for the movement of equipment from Norway; and combined and joint exercises in the Baltic region have used portions of the equipment. It is also plausible to use this equipment to reconstitute an afloat MPS squadron whose equipment has been committed and whose combatant commander requires quick reconstitution. 30

31. MEU Augmentation Program (MAP)
Located in Kuwait
Reduces strategic lift requirement to deploy the MEU’s call-forward equipment from home station
Originally developed out of CENTCOM theater specific requirements
Designed to hold large, heavy theater specific equipment needed by MEUs operating in and around CENTCOM AOR like Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles
MAP will continue to evolve into a HQMC prepositioning program that supports Theater Security Cooperation activities
Kuwait
The Norway Prepositioning Program is the only ground prepositioning program for the Marine Corps, and provides the equipment for one MEB supporting a slightly lighter force of approximately 14,000 Marines.
The program was financed by NATO and the Government of Norway during the cold war era.
Recently, the agreement has been modified to allow for the movement of equipment from Norway; and combined and joint exercises in the Baltic region have used portions of the equipment. It is also plausible to use this equipment to reconstitute an afloat MPS squadron whose equipment has been committed and whose combatant commander requires quick reconstitution. 31

32. Joint Seabasing Enables Improved Global Force Laydown
A National Capability … a Joint Capability …
Exploits sea as maneuver space 365 days a year
Enables Coalition / Joint Forces / Interagency
Maximizes the effects of forward presence
Optimized footprint ashore
Supports the full range of military operations
…With Operational Flexibility
Close, Assemble, Employ, Sustain, Reconstitute – from the Sea
Freedom of movement and inherent force protection at sea
Minimizes the vulnerability of iron mountains ashore
Able to rapidly transition warfighting capabilities ashore 32 32

33. Increasing Tailored Forward Presence & Mitigating Risk
2009 Naval Operations Concept
“Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen should expect to be engaged in both preventing and winning wars”
ARG / MEU
Security Cooperation
MAGTF
Security Cooperation
MAGTF
MPS
ARG / MEU
Marines aboard GFS
Marines aboard GFS
Security Cooperation
MAGTF
Marines aboard GFS
MPS
ARG / MEU
Marines aboard GFS
Marines aboard GFS
Historical Forward Presence Initiatives
MPS = Maritime Prepositioning Squadron
MEU = Marine Expeditionary Unit
ARG = Amphibious Ready Group
New Forward Presence Initiatives
GFS = Global Fleet Station
SCMAGTF = Security Cooperation MAGTF
MPS
This is a notional future global force lay-down.
--We as a Marine Corps are forward deployed by nature and this slide portrays the expected force lay-down of the future. Each of the combatant commanders is served by a Marine component who serves as the force provider for Marine forces operating in the combatant commander’s AOR. The three active duty MEFs are shown where we expect them to be in the future– IMEF in Camp Pendleton , IIMEF in Camp Lejeune and IIIMEF in Okinawa and Hawaii.
--Three MEUs will be sourced from each MEF respectively and will continue to meet combatant commander’s requirements for crisis response forces.
--SC MAGTFs of different sizes and tailored based on requirements, will be deployed to support the geographic combatant commanders in their efforts to conduct engagement activities aimed as building our partner nations’ abilities to resolve their own security challenges, while providing a deterrent effect against potential adversaries. These SC MAGTFs will be sourced from regionally focused MEFs– it is expected that IMEF will support SC MAGTF deployments to CENTCOM and SOUTHCOM, while IIMEF will support SC MAGTF deployments to AFRICOM, EUCOM, and SOUTHCOM. Note that no SC MAGTF is planned for the PACOM AOR because MARFORPAC has assigned forces that will be sourced to support PACOM engagement activities.
--The Navy’s new Global Fleet Stations (GFS) will also be sourced from regionally focused forces– GFS are a new Navy initiative to increase the presence of maritime forces along the littoral regions of the combatant commanders’ AORs.
--Supporting our forward deployed Marine forces will be the pre-positioned equipment stocks contained in the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N), MEU Augmentation Program (MAP) in Kuwait, and the three MPSRONs based in the Mediterranean, Diego Garcia, and Guam/Saipan. These pre-positioned equipment stocks significantly increase the operational flexibility and sustainment for our forward deployed Marines.
Increasing Tailored Forward Presence & Mitigating Risk
“Naval forces can use the sea as both maneuver space and as a secure operating area — seabasing — to overcome challenges to access.”
Reservoirs of capability, task organized to support the CCDR 33

34. Nation’s Force in Readiness
Individual Marines are our most potent weapons
Forward deployed, persistently engaged forces prevent conflict, mitigate instability and prevail over adversaries
The Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) as part of a Naval force provides our Nation’s premier forcible entry force because of its sustainable power projection capability
Multicapable MAGTFs and multi-mission platforms enable rapid and efficient decisive action in the littorals
More than ever our Nation requires an expeditionary force in readiness — being expeditionary is an individual and institutional mindset
Summary slide based on the conclusion of MCV&S 2025.
Point to make here is that the Marine Corps today is responding to three primary demand signals. One signal is the current COIN/ CT fight, another is the growing need and call for TSC, and the third is the Marine Corps’ internal signal that calls for the need to return to our naval and expeditionary roots. Arguably, the first two signal feed the need for a re-emphasis on expeditionary operations, but they do not focus on a return to our naval character. In the interest of our continued value to the Nation, this is one demand signal that we must monitor.
This vision and supporting strategy establish a direction of advance and specific objectives for our institution. This effort is founded on our Congressionally-mandated functions, exploits our legacy and ethos as Marines, and responds to anticipated future challenges. As we prepare for 2025 and beyond, the Marine Corps must pay heed to combat-proven truths that have served the Nation well both in times of peril and in times of peace. It must also continue to refine its capabilities for a challenging future. Our assessment
concludes that —
a. Individual Marines are our most potent weapons and where we should continue to place our greatest emphasis. They are empowered by technology, but technology by itself is not a substitute for rigorously trained, highly disciplined, and well led warriors who are shaped by our core values and the Nation’s ideals.
b. Being truly expeditionary is based upon an institutional and individual mindset, not simply the ability to deploy overseas. We will focus on traveling fast, being lean, and functioning effectively in austere conditions.
c. Naval forces are a valuable rheostat for the President and Secretary of Defense due to their sovereign status, speed of employment, strategic mobility, and ability to conduct sustained operations for extended periods of time. They give joint force commanders
extraordinarily versatile assets that can respond to tomorrow’s challenges.
d. To prevent problems and dampen instability, there is no effective substitute for ready and flexible forces, forward deployed, persistently engaged “on station” in crisis-prone regions.
e. MAGTFs — and the amphibious ships that enable them to operate and act with decision and dispatch in the littorals — are prudent and cost effective investments.
f. More than ever, the Nation requires an expeditionary force in readiness. We see the future imposing significant expectations for a broadening set of missions. Security cooperation efforts, training and advising foreign military forces, deterring aggression, defeating hybrid threats, and preparing for large-scale conventional wars pose a wide range of requirements. This will result in a greater premium for multicapable forces that successfully perform various missions in more than one domain.
In a world of dynamic change, some constants remain. The superior performance of the Marine Corps, in every environment, is one of those constants. Our creative and innovative mindset ensures that we are agile — adept at anticipating and preparing for events in an increasingly dangerous world. This agility is another constant. Whether in the littorals, where we are most comfortable, or in the mountains of a landlocked nation – Marines will adapt and prevail. We are, and will remain, prepared to fight and win when and where our nation calls.
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35. Back Ups

36. Expeditionary Force in Readiness MAGTF: A Modular Force
Expeditionary equals:
Combined arms
Light enough to get there
Self-sustaining
Strong enough to prevail
Strategically mobile
Integrated Naval logistics
Expeditionary ethos has a training basis; example is The Basic School (TBS):
Six months of basic infantry platoon leader training
For ALL officers regardless of Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)
MAGTF : Marine Air Ground Task Force 36

37. Notional SC MAGTF Employment
12 Month SC Schedule
Jan-Feb Naval Infantry Staff
Training Mexico
Mar-May Partnership for
the Americas
Jun-Jul Counter-Guerilla
Training Colombia Jun-Dec Global Fleet Station
Jul-Aug Combined CAX Brazil
Aug-Dec UNITAS
Global Fleet Station 4
I MEF
XXX 5
III
CLE I
I I
Combined CAX 5
SC MAGTF
Arty
AAV
AH-1Z
UH-1Y
F-35B
Brazil
LCE
SOUTHCOM Focused Regiment 1 4 2 6
Naval Infantry
Staff Training 1 5
III 3 5
Partnership for
The Americas 2
...
USN
Riverine … ..
< II
LCE
DET
This slide shows one particular employment concept for the SC MAGTF. In accordance with requirements from OSD, geographic combatant commanders will establish theater campaign plans, the centerpiece of which will be phase 0 activities aimed at engaging with partner nations and deterring potential conflicts. In support of these campaign plans, a 12 month engagement plan will be developed by the combatant commander with support coming from his geographic components, including his MARFOR component, in accordance with Global Force Management guidance. The engagement plans are expected to be submitted for sourcing 18 months out from execution and assigned to the appropriate service based upon the capabilities requested. Many of these events will be assigned to Marine forces and supported with SC MAGTFs. Based upon the specific requirements of the training or operational events, the SC MAGTFs will be task organized and deployed from their home bases in CONUS.
In this notional example, for January of this year, NORTHCOM requested Marine support for a staff training event with Mexico’s Naval Infantry. Because the Mexican Naval Infantry conducts some missions that are similar to those performed by the US Coast Guard, support is also requested from that service. The mission is assigned to 5th Marines, which for the purposes of this vignette is regionally oriented on Latin America. A MTT comprised of the regimental staff and US Coast Guard staff officers are deployed for a month in Mexico to support the training request. At the conclusion of this training event, the Marines and Coastguardsmen comprising the MTT return to their home bases.
In March, SOUTHCOM requested a battalion sized SC MAGTF to support the three month Partnership for the Americas cruise down the western coast of South America. This SC MAGTF is sourced with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines for the GCE, consists of aviation assets for ship to shore movement for the ACE, an LCE that is organized to both support the MAGTF and provide maintenance training to South American military forces, and a detachment of riverine forces from the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC). Marines from 1/5 are attached to the riverine platoon to provide greater small arms and machine gun expertise, as requested by several of the countries this SC MAGTF will train with.
Upon return from the Partnership for the Americas deployment, the same battalion deploys with the 5th Marines regimental headquarters to support counter-guerrilla training in Colombia. This particular SC MAGTF has been requested to participate in counter-guerrilla training, provide training in vertical assault and sensitive site exploitation, and riverine operations. The request for vertical assault support requires a larger ACE, comprised of both CH-53s and MV-22s. Because the Marine Corps does not have a riverine capability, a detachment is provided from the NECC to support this training event. Following the conclusion of training at the end of July, the SC MAGTF returns to CONUS and 1/5 is replaced by 2/5 as the battalion that will support the next series of SC deployment requirements in the SOUTHCOM AOR.
From June through December, 2/5 is tasked to support the Navy’s Global Fleet Station in the Caribbean. For this long duration training event, the Navy has sourced a high speed vessel (HSV) which will be supported by Marines from the battalion and other Marines of IMEF. Not a generic rifle platoon, this task organized unit is 50 personnel strong and consists of a specially selected MOS mix to support requested training requirements. The platoon is commanded by a major.
During July and August, 2/5 (minus the Marines on the GFS) deploys with the 5th Marine headquarters to Brazil to conduct a combined US-Brazilian Combined Arms Exercise. The SC MAGTF will have a battalion of Brazilian infantry attached for the duration of time that the MAGTF is in Brazil. 2/5 is now reinforced with an artillery battery and AAV platoon to comprise a more robust GCE that can effectively work with the Brazilian battalion attached to the regiment for training. The ACE consists of fixed and rotary wing attack aviation, along with KC-130 refueler support. The
LCE is specifically organized with CLR elements that will both support the MAGTF and train the Brazilians in sustainment and maintenance operations.
In August, a company from 2/5 forms the core of an SC MAGTF that will support the UNITAS deployment. Since no aviation support is requested, the ACE is omitted from this MAGTF. Instead a more robust LCE is provided that will support CMO operations long the eastern coast of South America.
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LCE I I
LCE
SC MAGTF
I I
NECC
Det
Counter-Guerrilla Training 3
UNITAS 6 37
Long War

38. Expeditionary Maneuver From the Sea
Joint Seabasing is a national capability: our Commandant, Gen Conway has said he thinks it is the single most transformational initiative currently in our portfolio.
The current official definition of Seabasing is found in the Seabasing Joint Integrating Concept (JIC) and defines joint Seabasing as “the rapid deployment, assembly, command, projection, reconstitution, and re-employment of joint combat power from the sea, while providing continuous support, sustainment, and force protection to select expeditionary joint forces without reliance on land bases within the Joint Operations Area (JOA). These capabilities expand operational maneuver options, and facilitate assured access and entry from the sea.”
The Joint Sea Base will be specifically tailored to the mission requirements. A sea base can be as small as a single JHSV or LPD on a mission of theater security cooperation. On the other end of the spectrum, a sea base can be a massive fleet of ships aggregated for major combat and joint forcible entry operations. The typical sea base will contain components of some or all of the following as dictated by the mission:
Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group (E.G.), Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF), Combat Logistics Force (CLF)
Connectors: Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), Assault Connectors (JMAC, EFV)
Coalition Force and Sister Service Ships
Seabasing enables joint AND coalition operations and exercises Seabasing provides a means to move a port and airfield out to sea and mitigate access challenges to the Joint force
Enables unobtrusive or obtrusive persistent presence—rheostatic
Operate from OTH to influence activities ashore
Amphibious ships, MPF Future, surface connectors (MLP, HSV, EFV, future LCAC) – key enablers
Credible response across the spectrum of operations
Seabasing will significantly enable Phase 0 ops and building partnership capacity
Theater Security Cooperation : Building Partners and Trust
Create favorable perception…win the competition for influence
Operating across this kind of environment requires a wide range of maritime capabilities, with enough depth to meet the demand signal coming from the combatant commanders while maintaining an operational tempo that is sustainable for the long haul. The right operational mix is a blend of highly skilled people organized into effective units performing a broad range of activities using highly capable, multi-mission-capable equipment. The ability to operate from Sea Bases is key, regardless of location, degree of commitment, or permissiveness of the environment. Some of our new Navy-Marine Corps initiatives to operationalize the maritime strategy are graphically depicted here under the banner of operational reach. Global Fleet Stations made up of any number of different types of platforms will enable us to maintain an effective and low-footprint persistent presence in areas of interest. We continue to explore ways to formally and intentionally expand the lower end of the MAGTF spectrum with the Security Cooperation MAGTFs you heard Gen Natonski discuss in Session #3. High speed connectors like the JHSV and MV-22 will obviously be critical. Key enablers on the non-materiel side can best be summed up by the term “well-prepared people.” We are doing that. Key enablers on the material side include amphibious ships, an MPF(F) capability, and the connectors, both in the physical sense and the command and control sense, to tie it all into a capable package.
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39. 202K Balanced Expeditionary Capability
SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT 39