personnel qualification standard (pqs) - I Marine Expeditionary ...

108 Command Element (CE)
Radio Battalion
The mission of the radio battalion is to provide tactical signals
intelligence (SIGINT), ground-based electronic attack (EA),
communications security (COMSEC) monitoring, and special
intelligence (SI) communication support to the MAGTF.
Intelligence Battalion
Activated in October 1989 at Camp Pendleton, Ca, as 1 st
Intelligence Company, 1 st Surveillance Reconnaissance
Intelligence Group (SRIG), and redesigned in November 1998 as
1 st Reconnaissance Battalion. The intelligence organizes, trains,
and equips task organized intelligence detachments for service
with MAGTFs or other commanders as directed.
Force Reconnaissance Company
The mission of the force reconnaissance company is to conduct
amphibious reconnaissance, surveillance, and limited-scale raids in
support of the MEF, other MAGTFs, or JTFs as directed.
Communication Battalion
The mission of the communication battalion is to provide
communications and information systems support to MARFOR
component headquarters and MAGTF CEs.
108.2 Discuss the concept of supporting and supported relationships.
Command relationships are not necessarily identical for all elements of the MAGTF.
Although the terms OPCON and TACON are often used in joint and combined
operations, they are not used to establish command relationships between Marine units
within the MAGTF. Rather, relationships established within the MAGTF are framed in
terms of either command or support. Elements of a MAGTF may be organic to the
MAGTF, attached, or tasked to provide support. When a Marine unit is under the
command of a senior Marine unit, the subordinate Marine unit is either organic or
attached. Support relationships are established when one element or unit of the MAGTF
provides a required capability to another element. These relationships do not imply
tactical missions or techniques of employment. Although the terms “organic” and
“attach” apply consistently throughout the MAGTF, support relationships can differ in
meaning.
A support relationship is normally identified by the MAGTF commander when planning
missions for the subordinate elements of the MAGTF. The element of the force making
the main effort is designated as the supported element; other elements are designated as
supporting. Each support relationship is designed by the MAGTF commander to fit the
situation at hand. A supporting-supported relationship allows required support to be
provided by one element of the MAGTF to another without the need to change existing
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