HUMAN DIMENSION

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HUMAN DIMENSION

• MCDP 1

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OVERVIEW

• Understanding of the physical dimensions of
  combat.

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TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• With the aid of and per the reference MCDP 1 War
  fighting, explain the elements found in the
  combat environment.

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ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• The purpose of training
• The definition of maneuver warfare
• Conduct of maneuver warfare
• Orienting of the enemy
• Philosophy of command
• Shaping the action
• Decision-Making

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• Mission Tactics
• Commanders Intent
• Main effort
• Surfaces
• Combined arms
• Violence and Danger
• Physical, Moral, and Mental Forces
• Initiative and Response

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EVALUATION

• COMP 3

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PURPOSE OF TRAINING

• Develop forces that can win in combat.
• Training provides both enlisted and officers a
  common experience, a proud heritage, and a set
  of values

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HOW DO WE TRAIN?

• Individual Skills- Basic combat skills
• Collective Training- Challenging
• Critiques- Self-analysis
• Professional Military Education

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MANEUVER WARFARE IS...

• A philosophy that seeks to shatter the enemys
  cohesion through a variety, focused, and
  unexpected actions which create a turbulent and
  rapidly deteriorating situation with which the
  enemy cannot cope.

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• Bypass the Enemys Defenses
• Relationship of Firepower to Maneuver Warfare
  Concentrate on decisive points
• Objective of Maneuver Warfare Panic, Resist
• Objective of Maneuver Warfare Enemy cannot
  function
• Need for Speed and Focus, surprise, exploitation
• Human Skills and Traits Endurance and Courage

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CONDUCT OF MANEUVER WARFARE
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ORIENTING ON THE ENEMY

• Fundamental to maneuver warfare is orienting of
  the enemy
• Attacks the enemy system
• Marine Corps concept for winning is a war
  fighting doctrine based on flexibility and
  seizing the opportunity

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FOCUS OUTWARD

• In order to penetrate the enemies system we need
  identify and attack critical vulnerabilities
• Penetrate by infiltration or a violent attack on
  narrow frontages at a weak point
• Get inside your enemys thought processes

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PHILOSOPHY OF COMMAND

• Cope with the uncertainty, and disorder
• Command and control must be decentralized
• Develop trust
• Talk directly to one another when possible
• Commanders command where they can influence the
  battle

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• Philosophy Of Command
• Thrive in an environment of chaos
• Lack of certainty
• Competency in a decentralized environment

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SHAPING THE ACTION

• Establish what we want to accomplish and why we
  want to accomplish it
• Commanders preserve momentum and control the
  tempo of operation. These events should be
  shaped with several options and not be restricted
  to one outcome

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DECISION-MAKING

• Time is the most important factor
• Intuitive process which should be based on
  awareness rather than habit
• Made in the face of uncertainty No right or
  wrong solution

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Mission tactics

• Assigning a subordinate a mission without
  specifying how to accomplish the mission
• Benefits the senior commander to focus on higher
  concerns
• Based on the mission the commander develops a
  concept of operations

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COMMANDERS INTENT

• Subordinate commanders to make decisions on their
  own initiative they must understand the
  commanders intent
• Must have a clear understanding of the intent of
  the commander at least two levels up
• Use own initiative and judgment to depart from
  original plan

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MAIN EFFORT

• Focal point upon which converges the combat power
• Priority for support
• Ensures the success of the entire mission
• Commander establishes main effort for each
  operation based on the mission, as they change
  commanders can sift their main effort
• Surfaces are hard spots-strength
• Gaps are soft spots- enemy weaknesses

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COMBINED ARMS

• Maximize combat power, we must use all available
  resources to our advantage
• For the enemy to counteract one, the enemy must
  become more vulnerable to another

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VIOLENCE AND DANGER

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VIOLENCE

• Greatest horrors known to humanity
• Should never be romanticized
• Is an essential element of war, its immediate
  result is bloodshed, destruction, and suffering
• Fear has a significant impact on the conduct of
  war. War is a human phenomenon

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DANGER

• Violent enterprise, danger is ever present
• Leaders must foster courage to over come fear
• Experience
• Self-confidence, experience, and unwillingness to
  violate the respect and trust of peers helps
  Marines to overcome fear

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PHYSICAL, MORAL,AND MENTAL FORCES

• Physical characteristics
• Loss of material, life
• Terrain lost or gained
• Supplies
• Prisoners or materiel captured
• Equipment capabilities, supplies,forced rations
  are examples

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• Physical, Moral, and Mental Forces
• Moral forces
• Emotion
• Fear
• Courage,
• Morale
• Esprit

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• Mental forces
• Ability to grasp complex battlefield situations
• Effective estimates
• Calculations
• Decisions
• Devise tactics and strategies

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INITIATIVE AND RESPONSE

• All actions are based on taking initiative or
  response
• Its through initiative that we impose our will on
  the enemy
• Reacting to the response to the opponent by
  negating, blocking, or counterattacking the
  enemys intention
• Counter-punch

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• QUESTIONS

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• What is the definition of maneuver warfare?

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• A warfare philosophy that seeks to shatter the
  enemys cohesion through a variety of rapid,
  focused, and unexpected actions which create a
  turbulent and rapidly deteriorating situation
  with which the enemy cannot cope.

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• What is the definition of commanders intent?

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• A devise designed to help subordinates
  understand the larger context of their actions.