Capabilities
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Amphibious Operations

  • Amphibious Assault

  • Amphibious Raid

  • Amphibious Demonstration

  • Amphibious Withdrawal
     

Maritime Special Operations

  • Direct Action

    • Seizure/Recovery of Offshore Energy Facilities (GOPLAT)

    • Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure Operations (VBSS)

  • Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP)
     

Military Operations Other Than War

  • Peace Operations

    • Peacekeeping

    • Peace Enforcement

  • Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)

  • Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
     

Supporting Operations

  • Rapid Response Planning

  • Terminal Guidance Operations

  • Enhanced Urban Operations

  • Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

    • Reconnaissance and Surveillance

    • Counter Intelligence

    • Signals Intelligence

  • Fire Support Planning, Coordination, Control in a Joint/Combined Environment

  • Provide Command, Control, Communications, Computers

  • Airfield/Port Seizure

  • Limited Expeditionary Airfield Operations

  • Security Operations

  • Enabling Operations

    • Joint Task Force Enabler

    • Chemical Biological Assessment

    • Maritime Preposition Force Enabler

    • Follow-on-Force Enabler

    • Special Operations Force Enabler

  • Employ Non-lethal Weapons

  • Tactical Deception

  • Information Operations

    • Electronic Warfare

  • Anti-terrorism

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