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what is the def of comm?
a means or method of conveying info from one person or place to another
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what is the purpose of tactical comm?
to serve command
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what are the tactical responsibilities related to comm?
- must have correct equipment
- best location
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what are the technical responsibilities related to comm?
proper training plan to educate everyone
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what are the four basic requirements for comm to be effective?
- FRSS
- flexibility, reliability, speed, security
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what are the different means of comm?
- radio
- wire
- sound
- visual
- physical comm
- data comm
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what is the most secure type comm?
messenger
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what is the least secure type of comm?
radio
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what type of comm varies in security strength?
data
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what energy does radio comm use?
electromagnetic waves
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what frequencies do infantry battalions operate at?
megahertz (VHF)
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which frequency has a longer wave length?
smaller
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high or low frequency- what bends around objects better?
low
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what is the near vertical incident sky waves?
directs wave at higher angle towards sky which makes the wave return faster to earth which will help eliminate skip zones
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what does HF emit?
2 to 29.999
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what does VHF emit?
- low band- 30 to 89.999
- high band- 90 to 224.999
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What does UHF emit?
225 to 511.999
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what does SINCGARS stand for?
single channel ground air radio systems.
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What are the 5 variables required to frequency hop?
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what are the four areas comsec is divided in to?
- crypto sec
- emission sec
- physical sec
- transmission sec
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what are some essential elements of friendly info?
- position
- capabilities
- operations
- friendly
- electronic warfare
- personnel
- comsec
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what word is used if someone disclosed eefi's
beadwindow
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what is the format of the MIJI report?
- TUFT
- time of interference
- unit affected
- frequencies affected
- type of interference
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what word is used if they suspect imitative deception?
gingerbread
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what is the TA-1?
wired telephone with 4 mile capability
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what is the ta-312?
battery powered tele range of 14-22 miles and compatible with ta-1
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characteristics of prc 119?
- 0-400m low power
- 400-5km med power
- 5km-10km high power
- 10 km-40km power amp
- vhf
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mrc 145 characteristics
- 2 vic mounted
- 40 km range
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prc 117 characteristics
- vhf range 0-10 miles
- uhf range los
- 100 presets
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prc 152 characteristics?
- vhf range 0-5 miles
- uhf range los
- 99 presets
- water resistant
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what is the cyz 10?
fill device
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prc 150 characteristics
- hf man-pack radio
- 200 presets
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what is tactical net?
the squad can talk to plt plt can talk to co co can talk to bat
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where do we get zulu time?`
PLGR DAGR
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what is ground to ground and what is ground to air?
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difference between permeable and non permeable?
Permeable is breathable
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four components of a permeable suit?
- chemical protective suit
- field protective mask
- overshoes
- chemical protective gloves
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what are the 3 factors you must consider for mopp level?
mission equipment marines
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what are the 6 different mopp levels?
- mopp ready- within 2 hours and second within 6 hours
- mopp 0- within arms reach
- mopp 1- protective suit worn
- mopp 2- protective suit and boots worn
- mopp 3- protective suit, boots, fpm and hood
- mopp 4- add gloves
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dif between persistent and non persistent chemicals?
- persistent- stays longer than 12 hours
- non persistent- stays less than 12 hours
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difference between persistent and non persistent attacks?
- persistent- air bursting ground contaminating (aircraft spray, air bursting munitions)
- non persistent- ground bursting, air contaminating (mortars, rockets, arty)
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what are non persistent nerve agents?
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what are persistent nerve agents?
VX
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symbol for potential nerve agent
GF
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physiological action of nerve agent on body?
interfer with signals transferred through the CNS
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different ways a nerve agent can penetrate your body?
- eyes
- respiratory system
- skin
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what are the 2 types of nerve agent medicants?
- NAAK mark 1- two injectors
- CANA- never use for self aid
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symbol for hydrogen cyanide?
AC
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symbol for cyanogen chloride?
CK
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what are the non persistent blood agents?
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what protective gear is needed for blood agent?
Mask
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symbol for levinstein mustard
H
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symbol for distilled mustard?
HD
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3 categories of blister agents?
mustards, arsencals, urticants
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all blood agents are classified as?`
non persistent
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all blister agents are classified as?
persistent
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what are the physiological action of blister agents?
- damage any tissue comes in contact with
- damage respiratory system if inhaled
- cause vomitting and diarhea
- can be lethal but mainly due to skin damage
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what agent was the first used in warfare?
Chocking
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what are chocking agents classified as?
lung damaging agent
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how are biological agents classified?
- biological type
- use
- operational effects
- physiological action
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what are the different types of biological agents?
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what are pathogens?
- disease producing micro organisms
- can be either transmissible or non transmissible
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what are toxins?
- poisonous substances
- produced as by-product of micro organisms
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whatare toxins classified as?
- neurotoxins- disruot nerve impulses
- cytotoxins- destroy cells by disrupting cell respiration and metabolism
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what is the M256a1 chem agent detect kit?
detect and classify toxic chem agents present in vapor or liquid form
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what is th ABC-M8 chem agent paper?
- detects the presence of liquid VG or H.
- yellow-presence of G agent
- Red- presence of blister agent
- green- presence of v agent
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what does the M9 chem agent detect?
all liquid
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what is the M291 Decan kit?
- complete decan of skin through absorbtion
- filled whit charcoal like substance
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what are indicators of nuclear att?
- bright flash
- enormous explosion
- high winds
- mushroom shaped cloud
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what are the four different types of alarms?
- vocal
- visual
- sound
- audio visual
- (visual is always used with sound)
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what are the 3 different types of mopp exchange?
- buddy
- individual
- triple buddy method
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steps for buddy mopp exchange?
- decon gear
- prepare for decon
- decon mask and hood
- remove over garment and boots
- remove gloves
- put on over garmet
- put on boots and gloves
- secure hood
- secure gear
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steps for individual gear exchange
- decon gear
- prepare for decon
- decon maks and hood
- remove over garmet and boots
- remove gloves
- put on over garmet
- put on boots and gloves
- secure hood
- secure gear
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unmasking with M256A1 detector?
- 2-3 unmask for 5 min
- 10 min with mask on
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unmask with M9 paper detector
- hold breath open eyes break seal 15 sec
- reseal wait 10 min
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unmask no detect kit?
- break seal eyes open with big breaths
- seal
- wait 10 min
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what is the name of the observers report for chem att?
CBRN-1
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distance away from high tension wires?
55 m
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distance from field gun, tank
18 m
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distance from tele wires/barbed wires?
10 m
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Distance from machine gun?
2 m
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distance from service rifle?
.5 m
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what are the two holds for the compass?
- center hold
- compass to cheek
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what are collecting features?
feature you plan to pass on your way to the point?
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what are limit/catching features?
a linear feature that if you pass you have gone too far. 150% of pace count
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what is dead reckoning?
following a set az for a certain pace without regards to the terrain
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what are the 3 basic techniques for land nav?
- dead rek
- terrain association
- combo method
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what is the situational technique?
- most important
- align compass with map
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how many degrees can you intentionally offset?
1-4
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black represents?
man made features
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brown represents?
terrain features
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green represents?
vegetation
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red represents?
road cond/built up areas
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what is the mil grid reference system (MGRS)
coordinates
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how close will 2 digits get you?
10 km
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how close will 10 digit get you?
1 m
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Size of large map
1;75,000 or larger
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size of med map?
smaller than 1;75,000 bigger than 1;600,000
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small map size?
1;600,000 and smaller
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small unit leaders will utilize what size map?
large scale
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what is the graphic scale?
scale used to measure distance
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what is perennial?
water more than 6 months
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what is non perennial?
contain water less than 6 months
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how is a perennial stream represented on map?
- less than 25 m wide dark thick blue line
- >25 m wide blue tint between dark thick blue lines
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intermittant stream on map looks like?
thin blue lines/ broken sometimes
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how large does a lake or sand bed need to be to be portrayed?
50m
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characteristics of woodland
- trees >3 m tall
- covers 50-100%
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Characteristics of scattered trees?
trees 3m or bigger cover 25-50%
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characteristics of scrub?
vegetation up to 3 m height with 20-50% coverage
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air field with grass surface/pavement
dashed black lines/solid black lines
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building need to be how big to be portrayed?
25 by 25m
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what do mapmakers consider and do they mean?
- selection-choosing features to be shown
- classification-grouping together, similar features
- simplification- reducing detail on map
- magnitude- shows relative size
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what are the 4 things on the map to consider?
- contour lines
- map date
- map region
- season
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what are 5 things to describe landscape?
- SOSES
- Shape
- orientation
- size
- elevation
- slope
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what are the 5 types of contour lines?
- index- heavy lines with elevation on it
- intermediate- light lines in between index
- supplementary- added lines that are half of interval
- depression- tick mark points in
- cliff
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difference between convex and concave?
- convex- gentle at top steep at base
- concave steep at top gentle at base
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what are the 3 ways to locate yourself on a map?
- inspection- find two terrain features and then compare them to your map
- intersection- determine location of an unknown point when you know your location
- resection- determine your location by using other features.
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what is terrain profiling?
an exaggerated side view of a portion of the earths surface along a line in between two points
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def of direction?
position of one point in relation to another point
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what is true north?
- point on earth where all lines of longitude converge ie. north pole.
- not used for basic land nav
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what is magnetic north?
- lensatic compass will point towards it.
- not shown on map
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what is grid north?
- parallel lines on map
- do not converge at north pole
- based on MGRS
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what is magnetic declination?
- measures from true north to magnetic north
- can be east or west
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what is grid declination?
- measures from true north to grid north
- can be east or west
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what is declination?
- angular difference between true north and grid north.
- always measured from true north
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what are the tactical tenants?
- achieving a decision
- gaining an advantage
- being faster
- adapting
- cooperating
- exploiting success and finishing
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what are the 9 principles of war?
- moosemuss
- mass
- objective
- offensive
- security
- econ of force
- maneuver
- unity of command
- surprise
- simplicity
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what are the 5 ways to increase speed?
- simplicity
- decentralization
- experience and com
- positioning
- maintain speed through time
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what are the 3 ways to exploit success and finish?
- consolidation
- exploitation
- pursuit
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what is the foundation of analytical decision making?
rational calculation
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when do we use rational calculation?
during preparatory phase
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what is the dividing force behind intuitive decision making?
experience
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will emotion always play a role in decision making?
yes, yes it will
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what are the two methods of decision making?
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difference between analytical and recognition?
- analytical- not critical, use large amounts of info,
- recognitional- critical, requires little time, requires lots of eperience
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what are the two strategies that are considered recognition?
- feature matching
- reason by analogy
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what are the decision making variables?
- chance
- risk
- information
- time
- uncertainty
- experience
- human factors
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what does ooda loop stand for?
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what are the six MAGTF core competencies?
- exped readiness
- combined arms integration
- exped ops
- sea based ops
- forcible entry from sea
- reserve integration
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what are the four core elements of a magtf
- command element
- ground combat element
- aviation combat element
- logistic combat element
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what are the six war fighting functions?
- command and control
- intel
- maneuver
- fires
- logistics
- force protection
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what is the mc principle war fighting organization?
mef
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what is a mef comprised of?
- standing Ce
- GCE of one or more divs
- ACE of one or more MAWs
- LCE of one or more MLGs
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how long can a mef sustain for and where are the located?
- 60 days
- 1 mef based in socal and arizona
- 2 mef based in nc and sc
- 3 mef based in oki jap and hawii
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why is a meb unique?
- sustain for 30 days
- smallest magtf with a fully capable aviation element
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how long can a meu sustain and who commands it?
- 15 days
- Col
- ready in 6 hours
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is a spmagtf standing or non standing?
non standing
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what is a magtf acm
- mefs force of readiness
- can be deployed withing 18 hours
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IMEF GCE located?
1st mar div camp pendleton
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IMEF ACE located?
3rd maw miramar ca
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IMEF LCE located?
1st mlg camp pendleton
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IIMEF GCE located?
2nd mar div camp lejeune nc
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IIMEF ACE located
2nd maw cherry point nc
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IIMEF LCE Located?
2nd MLG camp lejeune nc
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IIIMEF GCE located?
3rd mard div okinawa jap
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IIIMEF ACE located?
1st maw okinawa jap
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IIIMEF LCE located
3rd mlg okinawa jap
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what are the characteristics
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