Safety Fundamentals
What is Risk Management?
Force preservation does not have a single solution;
This process is one in a range of tools to be used by personnel at all levels for minimizing risk to an acceptable level commensurate with completing the task at hand or accomplishing the mission.
Sergeant Major John Quick
-Medal of Honor Citation; Battle of Cuzco, Cuba, 14 June 1898. Quick signaled the U.S.S. DOLPHIN on three different occasions while exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy.
The Battle of Belleau Wood
June 1, 1918: Marine forces launch a lastditch close combat assault against German soldiers and completely shred the defensive counterattack. Surviving German soldiers nicknamed their adversaries “Devil Dogs,” due to their relentless fighting spirit.
Parallel Chains of Command
Service & Operational
What MAGTAF typically has 2,200 personnel and are embarked aboard Navy Amphibious ships?
Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
What are the 4 principles of Risk Managment?
-Accept Risk When Benefits Outweigh the Cost
-Accept No Unnecessary Risk
-Anticipate & Manage Risk by Planning
-Make Risk Decisions at The Right Level
Women in the Marine Corps
Women Marines became a permanent part of the regular Marine Corps on 12 June 1948 when Congress passed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act (Public Law 625). The Marine Corps Women's Reserve was established in February 1943. Before World War II ended, a total of 23,145 officer and enlisted women reservists served in the Corps. By June 1944, women reservists made up 85 percent of the enlisted personnel on duty at Headquarters, Marine Corps and almost two-thirds of the personnel manning all major posts and stations in the United States and Hawaii
Battle of Okinawa
On 1 April 1945, The objective was to secure the island, thus removing the last barrier standing between U.S. forces and Imperial Japan. American casualties reaching a staggering 49,151, of which 12,520 were killed or missing. 23 service members received the Medal of Honor for actions performed during the Battle of Okinawa. Thirteen went to the Marines and Navy corpsmen, nine to Army troops, and one to a Navy officer.
Marine Corps Operating Forces Include:
Active Component forces
Marine Corps Reserve
Security forces
Special activity forces
What is the LARGEST MAGTF and primary warfighting force
Marine Expeditionary Force
What is the five-step process of Risk Management?
-Identify Hazards
-Assess Hazards
-Make Risk Decisions
-Implement Controls
-Supervise
Hospital Apprentice First Class Robert E. Bush
Landed with 1st Marine Division during the invasion of Okinawa on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1945. On May 2nd, isregarding his own safety, suffered several wounds, including the loss of his right eye. Undeterred, he established an I.V. in his patient and then used the Marine’s rifle to neutralize the threat posed to his platoon by the onslaught of enemy soldiers. His actions in battle earned him the Medal of Honor, the youngest Navy man to do so in WWII.
Operation Strike of the Sword
July 2nd, 2009 American-led offensive in Helmand Province against the Taliban was the largest Marine operation (4k Marines from 2nd MEB and 650 Afghan Soliders) since Fallujah and involved thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan forces. Units involved: 2/8, 2nd LAR and 1/5.
G-1 / S-1: Personnel & Administration
G-2 / S-2: Intelligence & Counterintelligence
G-3 / S-3: Operations & Training
G-4 / S-4: Logistics
G-5 / S-5: Plans
G-6 / S-6: Communications
G-7 / S-7: Information Environment
G-8 / S-8: Finance & Resource Management
G-9 / S-9: Civil Affairs
G-10 / S-10: Force Preservation
Provides standardized structure across all Marine units
Enables coordination, planning, and execution of missions
Who said "Come on, you sons of B---, do you want to live forever?"
Sergeant Major Dan Daly
Describe Category II of SEVERITY.
-Significantly degraded mission capability or unit readiness
-Permanent partial disability or severe injury or illness
-Extensive damage to equipment or systems
-Significant damage to property or the environment
-Security failure
-Significant collateral damage
Montford Point Marines
On June 1, 1942, the Marine Corps began to recruit qualified "colored male citizens of the United States between the ages of 17 and 29, inclusive, for service in a combat organization.” The Marine Corps established a separate and segregated cantonment at Camp Lejeune called Montford Point Camp. The first recruits arrived on August 26, 1942. In total almost 20,000 African Americans served in the Montford Point Marine units during World War II. Of these, 12,738 were deployed overseas in defense battalions or combat support companies or as stewards in the Messman Branch.
Battle of Iwo Jima
19 Feb 1945, Marines landed on Iwo Jima in the bloodiest and largest all-Marine battle in MC history. MC suffered over 23,300 casualties. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said "Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.“
-Retired Reserve
-Standby Reserve
Corporal Jason Lee Dunham
led his Combined Anti-Armor Team towards an engagement in Husaybah, Iraq on 14 April 2004 to provide fire support to their Battalion Commander's convoy, saw a grenade being released; covered the grenade with his helmet and body. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and a US Navy Destroyer now bears his name.
Describe Category A of PROBABILITY.
-Likely to occur immediately or within a short period of time.
-Expected to occur frequently to an individual item or person
-Expected to occur continuously over a service life for a fleet, inventory of items, or group
LT Vincent R. Capodanno
December of 1965, Father Capadanno received his commission as a LT in the Navy Chaps Corps. Assigned to 1stMARDIV in Vietnam in April 1966. On 4 Sept 1967, While assigned to 3/5, during combat with enemy forces in Quang Tin Province; he left the relative safety area of the Company post and ran into open fire, administering last rites to the dying and giving medical aid to the wounded. A mortar round caused multiple injuries on him but he continued to provide encouragement. He lost his life while providing assistance and comfort to Marine causalities. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Pearl Harbor
World War II came to the United States of America on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, Like a thunderclap from a clear sky," numbering 353 aircraft from six aircraft carriers, attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in two waves. The enemy sank five battleships and damaged three; and sank a gunnery training ship and three destroyers, damaged a heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, two destroyers, two seaplane tenders, two repair ships and a destroyer tender.
Killed or missing/Wounded:
Navy - 2,008/710
Marine Corps – 109/69
Army – 218/364
Break down a Marine Expeditionary Brigade
-Mid-sized MAGTF
-Built around:
Reinforced infantry regiment (GCE)
Composite aviation group (ACE)
Combat logistics regiment (LCE)
Capable of:
Rapid response to crises
Forward presence and contingency operations
Typically 3,000–15,000 personnel
Bridges gap between MEU and MEF
Identify Navy Rates that serve with the Fleet Marine Force.
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Religious Program Specialist (RP)
Master-at-Arms (MA)
Logistics Specialist (LS)
Personnel Specialist (PS)
Navy Diver (ND)
Navy Career Counselor (NC)
Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
Intelligence Specialist (IS)
Electronics Technician (ET)
Yeoman (YN)
Boatswain Mate (BM)
Engineman (EN)