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Planning and Execution Considerations
Multinational Force Maritime Component Commander
Notional Responsibilities
• Recommend to the multinational force commander (MNFC) the apportionment of
the joint maritime effort (after consultation with other component commanders).
• Provide maritime forces to other component commanders in accordance with
MNFC apportionment decisions.
• Control the execution of joint maritime operations, as specified by the MNFC, to
include adjusting targets and tasks for available joint capabilities/forces. The
MNFC and affected component commanders will be notified, as appropriate, if the
multinational force maritime component commander changes the planned joint
maritime operations during execution.
• Assign and coordinate target priorities within the maritime area of operations (AO)
and integrate maneuver and movement, fires, and interdiction. The multinational
force maritime component commander nominates targets located within the
maritime AO to the joint targeting process that may potentially require action by
another component commander’s assigned forces.
• Contribute to maritime domain awareness. In order to allow decision makers to
understand complex security environments, maritime components must:
Persistently monitor the maritime domain to identify potential and actual
maritime threats;
Fuse and analyze intelligence and information when possible; and
Disseminate intelligence and information in near real-time to the MNFC and
other component commanders.
• Function as the supported/supporting commander, as directed by the MNFC.
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Provide centralized direction for the allocation and tasking of forces/capabilities
made available.
• Establish a personnel recovery coordination center in the same manner as the
land component commander.
Figure III-5. Multinational Force Maritime Component Commander
Notional Responsibilities
(c) Maintenance.
(d) Supply (to include combat logistics force ships).
(e) Storage facilities.
(f) Weather and sea state conditions.
(g) Sea LOCs.
(4) Properly planned, resourced, and employed maritime forces may conduct
operations that provide the MNFC with a multifunctional force that can use the maneuver
space of the sea to provide a broad range of options, generally unfettered by the requirement
to obtain HN permissions and access. Maritime forces can provide power projection, afloat
HQ, logistics, area surveillance, and denial platforms and facilities for joint forces offering
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