1001. Marine Air-Ground Task Force Concept a. Task Organization. The Marine Corps organizes for combat by forming Marine Air-Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs) which are combined arms warfighting organizations tailored to accomplish specific missions. MAGTFs are task-organized for rapid deployment by airlift and/or sea lift. They include a command element, a ground combat element, a aviation combat unit, and a combat service support element. They are readily available, self-sustaining, combined arms combat force capable of conducting amphibious operations and defense of advanced naval bases in support of a naval campaign. The MAGTF is also capable of sustained operations ashore in support of a land campaign. MAGTFs operate across the range of military operations. b. Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
DesignationMCWP 3-14-CDRAFT
EditionJan 2000
StatusSuperseded
Pages48
FunctionDoctrine Philosophy
CollectionRecent Archive
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