Amphibious Ready Group and Marine Expeditionary Unit Overview

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ARG/MEU Combined CapabilitiesPlan and Direct Intelligence OperationsThe ARG and MEU form a cohesive intelligence team, operating fromthe LHD Joint Intelligence Center (JIC). The team draws on bothstrategic, operational, and tactical intelligence resources and, in certaincircumstances, conducts intelligence operations for the operational andstrategic levels. The ARG and MEU conduct the six intelligence functionscontinuously during the planning, decision, execution, and assessmentcycles of mission planningIntelligence CycleCoordinate to leverage intelligence capabilities outside the ARG-MEU:• Other naval intelligence platforms/systems• Theater intelligence systems• National intelligence systems• Plan Intelligence activities to support operations• Deploy collection capabilitiesCollect, process, and exploit intelligence:• Signals intelligence (SIGINT)• Human intelligence (HUMINT)• Imagery intelligence (IMINT)• Ground sensors• Force reconnaissance22
FiresEach ARG/MEU conducts extensive integrated supporting arm training.During the PTP the ARG/MEU use both assets inherent with the MEUand those from external cources, such as Naval Surface Fire Support ships,and when available, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) aviation and joint assets.MEUs deploy with the ability to plan, coordinate and control fires in thejoint/combined environment.Fires SynchronizationMEU/ARG Fires Integration & Coordination• Integrate fires with scheme of maneuver• Integrate both kinetic and non-kinetic fires• Access and leverage other forward deployednaval, joint, coalition fires:• Carrier strike and jamming aircraft• Naval gunfire and missiles• Air Force and Army aircraft• Army ground fires• Allied and coalition aircraft and weapons• Electronic attack• Coordination centers able to effectivelycontrol fires from ARG shipping as wellas ashore• Multiple, highly trained controllersand observers• 13 Joint Terminal Attack Controllers/AirControllers• 8 Joint Fires Observers/Navalgunfire observers• 12 artillery and mortar observers23
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Page 6 and 7: MAGTF DefinedThe Marine Air-Ground
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Page 10 and 11: Navy-Marine Corps TeamAmphibious Re
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Page 14 and 15: Ground Combat Element (GCE)The GCE
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Page 20 and 21: Amphibious Ready GroupThe Amphibiou
Page 24 and 25: Amphibious ShipsWasp ClassUSS Wasp
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Page 30 and 31: Humanitarian AssistanceThe ARG/MEU
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