Naval Operations Concept - Defense Technical Information Center

commander’s efficient and effective C2 of a joint force maritime component
(JFMCC) or joint task force (CJTF). They are sized to command and
control day-to-day peacetime theater security cooperation missions and
exercises; maritime security missions including counter-proliferation,
maritime interdiction, counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and other tasking
related to irregular challenges; ISR, ballistic missile defense (BMD)
and strike missions; and diverse crisis response operations. Additionally,
the MOC’s traditional hierarchy and organization is overlaid with collaborative
cross-functional processes and is easily scalable to support the
integrated planning, preparation, execution, and assessment required for
major naval, joint, and multinational operations involving interagency,
multinational and non-governmental organizations.
Marine expeditionary force (MEF) and Marine expeditionary brigade
(MEB) commanders may be tasked to lead or form an operational level
Service component, joint force functional component or CJTF command
element. These Marine commanders are supported by readily deployable
command elements that include the communications, intelligence, and
expeditionary support capabilities necessary to establish fully functioning
headquarters afloat, in austere locations ashore, or various combinations
thereof. These expeditionary headquarters have demonstrated their
ability to provide the nucleus of a joint or multinational command and
to enable a variety of interagency and non-governmental organizations.
Presently, Marine Corps component commanders have the ability to
provide the nucleus of a joint or combined headquarters capable of commanding
and controlling a range of operations, from major multi-lateral
training exercises to combat, as well as coordinating noncombatant
evacuation and major HA/DR efforts.
Seabasing
Seabasing is the deployment, assembly, command, projection, reconstitution,
and re-deployment of joint power from the sea, without reliance on land
bases within the operational area. It provides joint force commanders with
the ability to conduct select functions and tasks at sea without dependence
on infrastructure ashore. Seabasing has wide applicability across the
ROMO—from military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence
activities to crisis response and contingency operations, to major operations and
campaigns. It is a concept that employs a single ship, or task-organized
mix of ships to achieve access and facilitate entry from the sea.
Chapter The Overarching Concept