Advance Force Operations: The Middleweight Force's Essential Role in Joint Operations

THE MARINE CORPS EFFECTIVE EXECUTION OF ADVANCE FORCE OPERATIONS (AFO) ARE A CRITICALCOMPONENT IN THE MARINE CORPS ROLE IN TRANSITIONING FROM PRE-CRISIS ACTIVITIES (PCA) TO CRISISRESPONSE. AFO ARE CORE MISSION TO THE MAGTF AND CONSIST OF CLANDESTINE RECONNAISSANCE ANDSURVEILLANCE (R&S); JOINT RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT, AND INTEGRATION OF FORCES (JRSOI);INFORMATION OPERATIONS; TERMINAL GUIDANCE; AND LIMITED DIRECT ACTION OPERATIONS. ALTHOUGHMARINE CORPS HAS IN FACT DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE MAGTF CAPABILITIES, IT WOULD BENEFIT FROMHAVING AFO SPECIFIC DOCTRINE AND OPERATION CONCEPTS. THIS DOCTRINE WOULD GUIDE ITS CONDUCT ANDSYNCHRONIZE ITS EFFECTS.

• | Author: United States Marine Corps Command and S
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 52 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1508701083
• | ISBN-13: 9781508701088