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Marine Corps Current Operations BriefOctober
30, 2009 Col Bryan Salas, Director Public Affairs
UNCLASSIFIED
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• USMC Personnel
• --------------------------------------------------
  

UNCLASSIFIED
Active Component -Operating Forces 135,507
Prisoners, Patients, Trainees, Transients 29,229
Supporting Establishment 38,237
Activated Reservists 8,280
Active Reserve 2,172
Total Iraq 7,047 Total Afghanistan
12,556 Total on active duty 213,452
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MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNITS
15TH MEU CAMP PENDLETON, CA
26TH MEU CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
13TH MEU CAMP PENDLETON, CA
24TH MEU CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
31ST MEU USPACOM
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11TH MEU USPACOM
22D MEU USCENTCOM
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POST-DEPLOYED
DEPLOYED
PRE-DEPLOYED
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USMC in Support ofRegional Combatant Commanders
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OPERATIONS IN IRAQAND AFGHANISTAN

• Iraq
• II MEF (FWD)
• Training Teams (TTs)
• C2 of U.S. Army Advise and Assist Brigade
• Afghanistan
• 2D MEB
• MARSOC Companies
• ETTs
• Kuwait / Bahrain / Qatar
• OIF Liaison Personnel, FAST PLTs
• 22D MEU

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IRAQ/AFGHANISTANBATTLESPACE COMPARISON
IRAQ
AFGHANISTAN

• Land Mass 647,500 sq km
• Population 31,056,947 people
• Land locked, primarily agrarian economy
• Lacks both transportation and information
  infrastructure
• Restrictive terrain dominates the country

• Land Mass 432,162 sq km
• Population 26,783,383 people
• Economy dominated by the oil sector
• Comparatively developed transportation and
  information infrastructure

RC SOUTH
AL ANBAR PROVINCE

• Population 2,856,500
• 8.5 of AF
• 86 rural, 14 urban
• Size 77,891 sq mi

• Population 1,170,178
• 48 rural, 52 urban
• Size 53,208 sq mi

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UNCLASSIFIED
AFGHANISTAN

• 7 X EMBEDDED TRAINING TEAMS ISO
• COMBINED SECURITY TRANSITION COMMAND-AFGHANISTAN
• RC-E
• OPERATIONS ISO 201ST ANA CORPS

RING ROAD
RC NORTH
ETTs with 201st Corps

• MARINE SPECIAL OPERATION COMPANYS ISO
• COMBINED JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS TASK
• FORCE-AFGHANISTAN
• RC-W

RC CAPITAL
HERAT
RC WEST
RC EAST
RC SOUTH
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SANGIN
KANDAHAR
LASKAR GAH
GARMSIR
Helmand

• MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE-AFGHANISTAN
• RC-S HELMAND PROVINCE

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USMC OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
TRAIN AND MENTOR AFGHAN POLICE AND ARMY
COMBAT OPERATIONS - HELMAND PROVINCE
CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS CENTER FOB DELHI 2008
FOB OPERATIONS SOUTHERN HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN
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AFGHANISTANTRAINING AND EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT

• TRAINING
• Revised Mojave Viper (MV) emphasis
• Integrated MAGTF Training
• Language and culture
• Enemy tactics
• ISAF detainee operations
• Escalation of force policy
• Partnering and mentoring of Afghan security
  forces
• Complex terrain / dispersed operations
• Precision air delivery / persistent ISR
• Combined arms

6X6 COUGAR
4X4 COUGAR
BUFFALO
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AFGHANISTAN CHALLENGES

• Afghan Security Forces (ANSF/ANP)

• Poppy Crop

• Coalition Operations

• Afghanistan Lines of Communications

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Commandant of the Marine Corps
I dont ever talk to a group of Marines without
talking about our number one priority, and that
is support of troops at the point of the spear
and that today has us talking about Iraq and
Afghanistan. - Commandant of the Marine Corps,
Gen. James T. Conway
The most important thing coming out of Iraq Is
that the Islamic extremists who attacked us eight
years ago are in the process now of being crushed
themselves. It started in Iraq and its going to
continue in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. -
Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T.
Conway
As we come out of there (Iraq), we do so under
a victory pennant and we can be very pleased with
the results of our efforts. - Commandant of the
Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway

• The most difficult thing thats
• Happening for our Corps today is in
• Afghanistan if you all want to go to
• Afghanistan then you may well get
• that chance.
• Commandant of the Marine Corps

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CMC Priorities

• Seabasing
• Vision of future joint operations from sea
• Establishment of a port, an airfield, and
  replenishment capability at sea
• Shipbuilding
• Forcible entry capability
• 38 amphibious warfare ships
• Building multi-capable MAGTFs
• Ability to
• maintain open and secure sea lines of
  communication for this maritime nation
• maneuver over and project power from the sea
• work with partner nations and allies to conduct
  humanitarian relief or non-combatant evacuation
  operations
• conduct sustained littoral operations along any
  coastline in the world

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Forcible Entry
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The Future of the Marine Corps

• MV-22B Osprey
• Vertical / short takeoff and landing (V/STOL)
• Multi-purpose tactical aircraft
• Replace fleet of Vietnam era CH-46E CH-53D
• F-35B Joint Strike Fighter
• Capable of short takeoff and vertical landings
• Replacing fleet of AV-8 Harriers, F/A-18 Hornets
• Ex Took off in 150m, went supersonic, landed
  vertically
• Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
• Primary tactical mobility for Marine rifle squad
• Crew of 3, transport of 17 combat-ready Marines
• Replacing 1972-era AAVs
• 3x speed in water 2x the armor Superior
  firepower over older AAVs

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Projecting Power Farther, Faster
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Questions?
QUESTIONS?
Col Bryan Salas Headquarters, U.S. Marine
Corps Public Affairs [phone]
bryan.salas_at_usmc.mil
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