QUIZ

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QUIZ 1 GENERAL CONCEPTS
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QUIZ 1

• READ THE MATERIAL/LOS.
• ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW FIRST.
• GROUPS OF FOUR.

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THE BASIC SCHOOL (TBS)

• LESSONS/BRIEFS.
• OUTLINE.
• LEARNING OBJECTIVE.
• RECALL!

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ALFRED THAYER MAHAN
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HE WROTE

• SEAPOWER AND NATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD BE
  CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
• A NATION MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ITS NATIONAL
  INTERESTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

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FINALLY

• ONLY THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF A STRONG NAVY
  CAPABLE OF OPERATING FOR PROTRACTED PERIODS OF
  TIME GIVEN LOCALITY CAN THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED.

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GENERAL BOARD OF NAVY 1900

• MARINE CORPS WAS FORCE OF CHOICE!

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MARINE ADVANCED TRAINING 1901-1914

• MARINES FOCUSED ON NEW MISSION.
• MAINLY FOCUSED ON ADVANCED BASE DEFENSE.
• NEW LEADERS
• -LEJEUNE, NEVILLE, FULLER, AND RUSSELL.

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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

• STAFF STUDIES ON GALLIPOLI.
• TENTATIVE LANDING OPERATIONS MANUAL.
• HIGGINS BOAT.

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"'Andrew Higgins..'..Eisenhower said..'..is the
man who won the war for us.'  My face must have
shown the astonishment I felt at hearing such a
strong statement from such a source. Eisenhower
went on to explain, 'If Higgins had not designed
and built those LCVPs, we never could have landed
over an open beach.  The whole strategy of the
war would have been different.'"
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OVER/UNDER THE HORIZON

• Advantages?
• New technical advances ?

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OVER/UNDER THE HORIZON
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WWII

• HOW MANY LANDINGS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE PACIFIC
  DURING THE WAR FAILED?

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ANSWER

• 168 LANDINGS.
• 68 OPPOSED.
• NONE FAILED.

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NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947

• IT STATED THE CORPS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
  COORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TACTICS,
  TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT
  AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS.

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FUTURE OF AO

• OPERATIONAL MANEUVER FROM THE SEA (OMFTS).
• EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER WARFARE.
• MV-22 OSPREY.
• GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS).
• ADVANCED AMPHIBIOUS ATTACK VEHICLE (AAAV).

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QUESTIONS?