 Welcome to the Marine Air Ground Task Force, otherwise known as the MAGTAF. Our course task is to organize for combat in accordance with our statutory mandate to provide forces of combined arms, including aviation, by forming integrated combined arms MAGTAFs. As the name indicates, the organization of MAGTAFs is specific to the tasks at hand and is mission tailored for rapid deployment by air and or sea. No matter what their mission or mode of deployment may be, the MAGTAFs are comprised of four deployable elements supported from our bases and stations. There are four types of MAGTAFs. Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force, Command Element. Command Element contains the MAGTAF headquarters and other units that provide operations, intelligence, logistics, communications, and administrative support. As with all other elements of the MAGTAF, the Command Element is scalable and task organized to provide the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, and joint interoperability necessary for effective planning and execution of operations. Ground Combat Element. The Ground Combat Element is task organized to conduct ground operations to support the MAGTAF mission. The Ground Combat Element includes infantry, artillery, reconnaissance, armor, light armor, assault amphibian, engineer, and other forces as needed. The Ground Combat Element can vary in size and composition, and its makeup can range from a light, air-transportable, reinforced company to a relatively heavy, mechanized unit that includes one or more Marine divisions or any other type of ground combat unit that meets the demands of a particular mission. Aviation Combat Element. The Aviation Combat Element conducts offensive, defensive, and all other air operations to support the MAGTAF mission. The Aviation Combat Element is task organized to perform the six functions of Marine aviation required to support the MAGTAF mission. Assault support, anti-air warfare, offensive air support, electronic warfare, control of aircraft and missiles, and aerial reconnaissance, which could include aviation support to humanitarian assistance or disaster relief operations. The Aviation Combat Element forms around aviation headquarters with appropriate air control agencies, combat, combat support, and combat service support units. The Aviation Combat Element can vary in size and composition from an aviation detachment of specifically required aircraft to one or more Marine aircraft wings consisting of multiple fixed tilt rotor and rotary wing aircraft of several types and capabilities. Logistics Combat Element. The Logistics Combat Element is task organized to provide the full range of combat logistics functions and capabilities necessary to maintain the continued readiness and sustainability of the MAGTAF as a whole. The Logistics Combat Element forms around combat logistics headquarters and may vary in size and composition from support attachment to one or more Marine logistics groups.