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Figure 14-3.-(Continued . . . and in the war with Barbary Powers. An official version of the Hymn was issued in 1929.
Marine Division
Marine Aircraft Wing
The Marine Division is the basic ground or-
ganization of the FMF. Organized as a combined
arms team, it includes service units needed for
sustained combat. A division consists of three in-
fantry regiments; an artillery regiment; a head-
quarters battalion with service, motor transport,
military police, and communications capabilities;
a reconnaissance battalion; a tank battalion; a light
armored infantry battalion; a combat engineer bat-
talion; and an assault amphibian battalion. Each
infantry regiment is composed of three infantry
battalions. An infantry battalion, the basic tactical
unit of the division, contains four rifle companies,
a weapons company, and a headquarters and ser-
vice company. Rifle companies are further divided
into three platoons, each with three squads of
three fire teams, and a weapons platoon.
The Marine aircraft wing (MAW) is the
highest-level tactical aviation command in
the FMF. Its structure makes it capable of
providing all types of air support required
in tactical air operations. Each of the exist-
ing wings,
although varying in size, is a
balanced combat force task-organized into
various aircraft groups. These groups are
composed of squadrons, which provide air-
craft, support equipment, and personnel re-
quired to perform assigned missions. Each
wing has a variety of aircraft—attack, fighter
attack, reconnaissance, electronic countermea-
sures, transport, and rotary wing. Depend-
ing on the model of the aircraft assigned,
a squadron will have from 10 to 24 air-
craft.
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