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sary to accomplish the missions assigned him.   This includes, as
an alternative command and control arrangement available to him,
the designation of a Joint Force Air Component Commander to
accomplish those planning, coordinating, allocating, and tasking
functions authorized in the joint doctrine approved by the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.   The Marine Corps supports fully the doctrine
which authorizes such a designation, noting that there are
occasions when a naval task force commander or a MAGTF Commander,
as well as an Air Force component commander, might be so desig-
nated.   However, planners and operators must understand clearly
the provisions and the limitations of the approved doctrine.
Misuse or misinterpretations of specifically approved doctrine
can only lead to further friction in the field.   Accurately
applied, the provisions for designation of a JFACC accommodate
the Omnibus Agreement for employment of MAGTF aviation.

q.   The Joint Chiefs of Staff have put to rest the issue of
command and control of MAGTF aviation.   The subject is not at
issue with the Marine Corps, nor should it be in any other
quarter.   (See Appendix A for the Omnibus Agreement)

3002.   FUNCTIONAL VS SERVICE COM~ONENTS

a.   Background.  For the past several years the Air Force has
been actively proposing functional component command arrangements
to the exclusion of other approved and accepted relationships.
Recently the Army has shown considerable support for the Air
Force position as evidenced by ongoing joint doctrine development
projects such as JCS Pub 3-0, Doctrin~for Joint Operations, and
JCS Pub 3-03.1, Joint Doctrine for Follow-On Forces Attack.   The
Air Force position ignores several previous joint agreements and
much of the guidance for command arrangements contained in JCS
Pub 0-2, Unified Action Armed Forces (UNAAF).   Air Force motiva-
tion for such action seems to be adoption of Air Force doctrine
as joint doctrine and eventual control of all tactical aviation
in operations where the Air Force is a major participant.   In
some cases, Air Force planners and operators espouse prosecution
of an "air campaign" that may or may not be directly related to
the mission and threat faced by committed ground or surface
forces.

b.   10 USC 5063 (Marine Corps).  11The Marine Corps, within the
Department of the Navy, shall be so organized as to include not
less than three combat divisions and three air wings, and such
other land combat, aviation, and other services as may be organic
therein.   The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and
equipped to provide fleet Marine forces of combined arms,
together with supporting air components, for service with the
fleet in the seizure or defense of advance naval bases and for
the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the
prosecution of a naval campaign.   In addition, the Marine Corps
shall provide detachments and organizations for service on armed

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