Mission of CE
Command, control, direct, plan, and coordinate the air, ground, logistics, intel, comms and information systems (CIS) operations of assigned forces.
Cannot delegate responsibility, but can designate parts of authority.
CO has OPCON and TACON of assigned forces
Chief of Staff
C/S (often XO)
- directing, coordinating, supervising, training the staff. Routine managerial duties.
- conduit between staff/subordinate commanders and CO.
- Chief information officer
- ensures proper coordination of staff activities horizontally and vertically
Principle Staff
Section heads- coordinated by C/S (or XO). For major commands, AC/S assigned to each section.
- G1- personnel
- G2- Intel
- G3- Operations/Training
- G4- Logistics
- G5- Plans
- G6- CIS
CO can add others in if necessary.
Lower echelons have S1, S2, S3, S4, S6
Special Staff
Advise and assist CO and principle staff (legal, supply matters etc.) Duties and number vary at each command. Example is PMO who reports to C/S but might liaise w/ G1,3,4 for various functions.
Personal Staff
Work directly for CO- Aides, SgtMaj, personal secretaries.
SgtMaj- discipline, morale, welfare, conduct, leadership of enlisted personnel
Staff secretary
Admin assistant to C/S- not a member of general or special staff.
Chaplain
- morale, spiritual, and religious well-being of command.
- Under cognizance of C/S
- preps appendix 6 to annex e of OPLAN, OPORD or campaign plan
- administers command religious program (CRP).
Surgeon
- Reports directly to CG
- under cognizance of AC/S-G4 with respect to medical/medical service matters.
- Advises on effects on personnel of environment and weapons (including CBRN)
- exercises staff supervision/technical control of medical services of subordinate commands-
Environmental health, first aid, sanitation, prevmed. and ensuring credentialing of providers - monitoring EPW and civ detainee care
- supervising evac, medreg, treatment
- coordinating w/ med planner
- ensuring medical intel reported to deploying units
- report sick, injured
- member of medical coordinating committee
PAO
Public affairs officer
- PAO staff planning for FMF ops- prep annex F for OPORD
- gathers info for news/internal stories; assigns correspondents
- assists planning/scheduling CO interviews
- preps designated anniversary messages for CG
- political/military advisor to CG, especially in host nation matters; preps political/military briefing for DV visits
- coordinates w/ G5 when necessary
Comptroller
Financial manager- under c/s, only assigned to major commands. Most duties assigned to G4, except disbursing which is G1.
- budgets, reports, translates missions objectives into financial goals
- coordinates and manages external audits
- coordinates internal managment control program
- administers savings bonds program
- coordinates commerical ticket program and prot handling/inland transport
SJA
Staff judge advocate- assist processing legal matters and administering military justice.
- Under c/s and G1
- preps court martials
- reviews/recommends action on investigations and claims
- advises/legal assist for military personnel
- legal assist to CG and staff on- law of war; civ/mil relations/jurisdiction; civil affairs; international law/relations; claims, litigations, investigations, reports; local laws in AO; negotiation of contracts w/ indigenous orgs; contract/labor/environmental law
IG
Inspector General
- inspections/investigations as directed by CG
- recommends measures/actions to correct deficiencies
- processes request mast petitionsand acts as their agent by hearing request mast cases during CG inspection program
G/S-1
principal staff officer for personnel, administration, and HQ management
- personnel strength/replacement
- discipline/ law and order
- POWs
- Casualty, personnel, and HQ management
- MWR
- Op plan and OPORD
G1 staff
- Adjutant- office management (S level the S1 is their own adj)
- Career planning officer
- Disbursing officer- safekeeping al public money (falls under comptroller if there is one assigned)
- Postal officer
- MWR
- Personnel officer- personnel admin
G/S-2
Intelligence- weather, terrain, enemy capabilities/status/intentions
- Develops PIRs (priority intel requirements) and IRs
- Preps intel, CI, recon plans and orders and coordinates plans for JTF, theaters, and other orgs
- Submits intel requirments beyond MAGTF capabilities to HQ for coordination
- rapidly processes, analyzes, incorporates intel into products and disseminates to MAGTF and external units
- Evaluates outside all-source intel and adjusts IR
- ID intel deficiencies and trains to improve
- facilitates undestanding and use of intel for planning and execution of operations
G2 Staff
- G2 OpsO- intel support to current/future ops
- PlansO- intel support for future plans cell
- Intel BNCO/Support coordinator (ISC)- intel and CI planning to disseminating for commands
- Collection management/dissemination (CMDO)- sub to ISC- detailed ICR/IDR. Also validates and forwards theater/national ICR requests to MAGTF
- Surveillance and Recon Center (SARC OIC)- supervises intel/recon ops
- Production and analysis cell OIC
G/S-3
Training, plans, ops, organization (MEF level shares responsibility w/ G5 plansO)
G3 Staff
- Air O- coordinates air support, FFCC/FSCC member
- Target Intel (TIO)- in FSCC. not at Regiment or below level
- Civil Affairs O- enhance relationship w/ civ pop in AO (usually CAG CO)- all reserves
- Future ops O- detailed planning for next mission; new frago’s/ changes for sub units/ integrated planning
- current ops O- coordinates current battle and adherence to CO intent
- Information ops O (IO)- MEF level
- MEF force fire officer/fire support coordinator (FSC)- manage fires- assigned to rear area ops center
- Naval gunfire O
- Nuclear, bio, chem (NBC defense O)
- Psychological ops
- Visual info O- photography to record for future training/documentation
- Air control/AAW- tactical air control and AAW
- Assault amphibian O
- Artillery O
- aviation safety-
G/S-4
Logistics- supply, maintenance, transportation, health services, engineering support, landing support, materials handling, food services, mortuary, host-nation support. Regiment and BN levels, also manages finances. Aviation logO for ACE
G4 Staff
- SuppO
- MedO
- DentalO
- OrdinanceO
- Embarkation
- Engineer
- Fiscal (can be suppO or dispersing)
- Food service
- Ground safety
- landing support
- maintenance management
- motor T
- transportation
G/S-5
Long range/future planning and joint planning
- uses joint operations planning and execution system (JOPES)
G/S-6
Comms/information systems
G-7
Inspector general- conducts inspections/investigations and recommends actions to correct deficiencies.
- processes request mast petitions
- inspection process for if units are ready for assigned missions
- handles findings of IG complaints from higher
- reviews fraud/waste/abuse cases
G-8
Comptroller- financial management- budgeting/accounting
