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Navy’s Primary Role - the U.S Navy protects America at sea, they work to defend freedom, preserve economic prosperity, and keep the seas open and free

Navy’s Six Core Functions - Deterrence, Forward Presence, Sea Control (SLOCs), Power Projection, Maritime Security, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HADR)

US Coast Guard Missions - Secures ports/waterways/coastlines (domestic AND abroad), Search & Rescue, Ice Ops, Marine Environment Protection, Migrant Interdiction, Drug interdiction, Trains other nations to counter smuggling, piracy, maritime terrorism, etc., two primary missions: Law enforcement and SAR

US Coast Guard Capabilities - 41k Active Duty

Primary purpose of U.S Marine Corps - Shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide Fleet Marine Forces of combined arms…for service with the fleet in the seizure and defense of advanced naval bases…and…such land operations which may be essential to the prosecution of the naval campaign…”

Core Functions of Marine Corps -

Composition and purpose of the various Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) constructs:

Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) - Major Theater War; capable of serving as JTS HQ, ~40k Marines / 60 days sustainment

Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) - Provides the “Building Blocks” for forcible entry, ~16k Marines / 30 days sustainment

Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) - Self-contained/sustained & constantly forward-deployed, Amphibious Readiness Grp / Expeditionary Strike Grp, ~2.2k Marines / 15 days sustainment

Special Purpose MAGTF (SPMAGTF) - When specialized focus is required ; narrow mission set

Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) - Response to Strategic Competition, Operate across Spectrum of Conflict, Self-Deployable, multi-domain, mobile, 1800-2000 personnel, “Persistent in the Contact & Blunt layers,” “Within the WEZ” ops, Low signature vs MEU’s high to low sig

Three dimensions of the information environment form the JCOIE - Cognitive, Informational, Physical

Cognitive - reflects the foundation from which humans interact with each other and their environment

Informational - the way individual information systems, and groups communicate and exchange information

Physical - the material characteristics, both natural and manufactured, of the environment that create constraints and freedoms on the people and information systems

USAF Information Warfare actions:

Conceal - Showing a capability but not fully, just showing that they might know what it is and could release it publicly

Reveal - Explicitly revealing information

Expose - To bring out to public media dangerous or even illegal actions made by a foreign adversary

6 USAF Information Warfare capabilities - Strategic communications & Public Affairs (PA), Cyberspace operations, Information Operations (MISO, MILDEC, OPSEC), Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR), and Weather

U.S. Joint Forces conception of Information Warfare and the PRC “political warfare” - The US exposes the truth early and often, is restricted by laws and authorities, Freedom of Speech is protected, Open borders & networks, Preparing for major future conflict, Republic, Limited to no deliberate K-12 educational program to improve Cognitive Security. China’s political warfare includes the “China Dream”/ Peaceful national rejuvenation, Unrestricted at a global scale, Self-censorship with grave punishment for speaking against CCP, Great Firewall of China, To win without fighting, Totalitarian Sino-fascism, Hypernationalistic “patriotic education” programs are prolific.

Purpose of Special Operations Forces - Conduct missions in hostile, denied, or politically and/or diplomatically sensitive environments. (Time Sensitive and High Degree of Risk)

Unique capabilities Special Operations Forces provides the Joint Force -

Special Operations vs. Other types of military operations -

Special Operations Forces units from each service:

AFSOC- Enables the joint fight via SOF Mobility, Strike, ISR, and Air/Ground Integration options across the spectrum of competition and conflict

USASOC

NAVSPECWAR

MARSOC

Use USSOCOM missions from readings label and define each