Nature of War/Theory of War
A violent clash of interests between or among organized groups characterized by the use of military force.
What is War?
These are conducted as a part of debriefs immediately after a mission or evolution to address any errors made.
What are critiques?
The MEU is an example of this part of the Hub-Spoke-Node construct.
What is a Node?
Offensive Air Support (OAS), Assault Support (AS), Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Electronic Warfare (EW), Aerial Reconnaissance (AR), Control of Aircraft and Missiles.
What are the 6 Functions of Marine Aviation?
Concept of Operation/Scheme of Maneuver, Tasks, and Coordinating Instructions make up this paragraph.
What is Execution?
The force that resists all action.
What is friction?
Should be easy to operate and maintain, reliable, and interoperable.
What is equipment?
Specialized regiments designed for distributed operations that integrate advanced command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) capabilities.
What is a Marine Littoral Regiment?
Air action against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces.
What is Close Air Support?
Higher, adjacent, and supporting are all briefed during what part of the Situation?
Style of warfare used attack from a position of advantage rather than head on, incapacitating the enemy system through tactics and tempo.
What is maneuver warfare?
Allows subordinates to exercise judgement and initiative in a way that is consistent with higher commanders' aims.
What is Commander's Intent?
Networked combat systems that connect sensors, decision-makers, and shooters so the Joint Force can rapidly find, track, target, and strike enemies in a contested environment.
What are Joint Kill Webs?
The use of aircraft to provide tactical mobility and logistic support for the MAGTF.
What is Assault Support?
This acronym is used to derive the Enemy Composition, Disposition, and Strength.
What is SALUTE.
The concept that nothing in war can be viewed in isolation, and that every event is shaped by previous events and shapes conditions of the latter.
What is fluidity?
The art and science of winning engagements and battles falls under this level of war.
What is the Tactical level of war?
A network of prepositioned logistics stocks across the IndoPacific used to reduce reliance on long supply chains
What is Global Positioning Network (GPN)?
Integrates the other 5 functions.
What is Control of Aircraft and Missiles?
This is where a fireteam’s mission is derived from in a squad level base order.
What is Tasks?
Describes the moment when the offense cannot sustain the attack and must revert to the defense.
What is the culminating point?
The methodical application of the empirical laws of nature.
What is the Science of War?
In Force Design 2030, this new mission set that enables aviation units to generate combat power from multiple, dispersed, and relocatable sites across all domain
What is Distributed Aviation Operations (DAO)?
Marine Aviation's ________ character sets it apart from all other aviation organizations.
This portion of Execution is briefed anonymously.
What is Scheme or Maneuver?