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  2. Island chain strategy - Wikipedia

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    The first island chain perimeter (marked in red).. The first island chain is the first string of major Pacific archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. It is principally composed of the Kuril Islands, the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan (), the northern Philippines, and Borneo, hence extending all the way from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the northeast to ...

  3. 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion - Wikipedia

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    3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion (3d LAAB) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control and air defense unit that is optimized for operations in the first island chain. The battalion is based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and falls under the command of the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division.

  4. First island chain - Wikipedia

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    The first island chain perimeter (marked in red).. The first island chain is the first string of major Pacific archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. It is principally composed of the Kuril Islands, the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan (), the northern Philippines, and Borneo, hence extending all the way from the Kamchatka Peninsula in the northeast to ...

  5. Command hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    In simpler terms, the chain of command is the succession of leaders through which command is exercised and executed. Orders are transmitted down the chain of command, from a responsible superior, such as a commissioned officer , to lower-ranked subordinate(s) who either execute the order personally or transmit it down the chain as appropriate ...

  6. 103rd Field Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the 1st Battalion, 103d Field Artillery was reassigned to the 197th Field Artillery Brigade (New Hampshire Army National Guard) in its operational chain of command and to the 43rd Military Police Brigade (Rhode Island Army National Guard) in its administrative chain of command. At the same time as the inactivation of the 103d Field ...

  7. The Secretary of Defense and the Chain of Command, Explained

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    What is the secretary of defense’s role in the chain of command? Responsibilities for the secretary of defense are laid out in Title 10 of the U.S. Code. He is “the principal assistant to the ...

  8. List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense

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    The chain of command leads from the president (as commander-in-chief) through the secretary of defense down to the newest recruits. [2] [3] The United States Armed Forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex structure of joint command and control functions with many units reporting to various commanding officers.

  9. 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion - Wikipedia

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    12th Marine Littoral Anti-Air Battalion (12th LAAB) is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control and air defense unit that is optimized for operations in the first island chain. The battalion is based at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan and falls under the command of the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division.