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and Newport (LST-1 179).   A PhibRon with an embarked MEU forms an Am-
phibious Ready Group (ARO).
12. The gears of command meshed as follows: USCinCCent was designated the
theater commander and the supported unified command. USCinCPac, as one of
the   supporting unified commanders,   tasked his      component  commanders,
CinCPacFlt among them, to provide designated forces. CG FMFPac, subordi-
nate to CinCPacFlt, in turn ordered CG I MEF to ready the 1st and 7th MEBs
for deployment.  Similarly, 4th MEB received its tasking from FMFLant which
in turn had been tasked by USCinCLant through USCinCLantFlt.
13. With the U.S. Air Force insistent on the indivisibility of air power and the
requirement for centralized operational control, and the U.S. Marine Corps
equally insistent on the integrated nature of its air-ground teams, such doctrinal
differences are inevitable, and, on balance, even have a certain virtue.
14. Readers should prepare for a whole new lexicon of acronyms in use in
Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  The air-transported elements of a MAGTF are
known as the `~FIE" or "fly-in-echelon.
15. All MPS ships are named for Marine Corps recipients of the Medal of
Honor.    The 13 ships were divided among the three squadrons as follows:
MPSRon 1: MV Kocak (MPS-1), Obregon (MPS-2), Pless (MPS-3), and Bobo
(MPS-4);    MPSRon   2:  MV    Hauge  (MPS-5),     Baugh    (MPS-6), Anderson
(MPS-7), Fisher (MPS-8), and Bonnyman (MPS-9); MPSRon 3: MV Williams
(MPS-10), Lopez (MPS-1 1), Lummus (MPS-12), and Button (MPS-13).
16. 7th MEB, as with the other MAGTFS, had a standing command element or
headquarters.   The ground combat element, i.e., the reinforced 7th Marines; the
aviation combat element, Marine Aircraft Group 70; and the combat service
support element,  I3rigade Service Support Group 7;       were not permanently
assigned elements of the brigade, but all were designated and all had recently
exercised with the brigade.
17. The Harrier, a unique aircraft and uniquely suited to the Marine Corps, had
proved its excellence in the Battle for the Falklands. The RAF's Harriers may
well have been the premier tactical aircraft in that well-fought little war.  The
A-6 Intruder is an old-timer, nearing the end of a tong and successful service
life.  Earlier models distinguished themselves in Vietnam, primarily because of
their  all-weather bombing capability.  The Marines       also have the EA-6B
Prowler which is the electronic warfare version.
18. Transit Group 1: USS Shreveport (LPD-12), Trenton (LPD-14), Portland
(LSD37), and Gunston Hall (LSD-44). Transit Group 2: USS Nassau (LHA-4),
Raleigh (LPD-1), Pensacola (LSD-38), and Saginaw,         (LST-1 188).  Transit
Group 3: USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), Guam (LPH-9), Manitowoc (LST-1 180), and
Lomoure County (LST-1 194).
19. This relief had been planned months before Desert Shield.    A division is a
major general's billet and it was a special tribute to General Myatt that he was
given the command as a brigadier.    Major General John P. ("Phil") Monohan
was retiring after a distinguished 35-year career.    His last assignment was as
commanding general of both I Marine Expeditionary Force and         1st Marine
Division.   General Gray, who officiated at the 8 August ceremony, had decided