Transcription of CLOSE AIR SUPPORT - United States Marine Corps
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Example: bankruptcy
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT - United States Marine Corps
MCWP CLOSE AIR SUPPORT Marine Corps PCN 143 000055 00 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYH eadquarters United States Marine CorpsWashington, DC 20380-177530 July 1998 FOREWORDC lose air SUPPORT (CAS) is a Marine Corps innovation. Since thefirst dive bombing attempts in World War I and subsequentoperations in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua in the1920s, Marines have realized the value of closely integratingaviation with ground combat efforts. World War II and the Koreanwar galvanized the importance of CAS.
fundamental tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) for conducting CAS today were forged in places such as Guadalcanal and the Pusan Perimeter. Today, CAS continues to be Marine aviation’ s unique contribution to the combat power available to a Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) commander.
Tags:
Information
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document: