An ANGLICO team on a rooftop in Iraq

ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) refers to several small units of the United States Marine Corps who specialize in coordinating artillery, naval gunfire and Close Air Support for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and allied foreign Armed Forces. ANGLICO serves as liaison unit by providing capabilities normally contained only within the Marine Corps. These small teams possess the knowledge to direct and control air support for U.S. militaries and foreign units which lack this capability. ANGLICO not only can control U.S. aircrafts, but they travel and train internationally to qualify to control foreign jets as well. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... USN redirects here. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...

While all the service try to develop this type of unit, currently only the Marine Corps and Air Force can provide the battlefield with JTAC/Facs. Occassionaly, the Navy will send a member of their SEAL community to the Marine school.

Motto

Mottos common to ANGLICO units are "Lightning from the Sky, Thunder from the Sea," and "Non Multa Sed Multum" (Not Many But Much).

Mission Statement

The official mission statement of ANGLICO is "To provide commanders a liaison capability with foreign area expertise to plan, coordinate, employ, and conduct terminal control of fires in support of joint, allied, and coalition forces."

Company Structure

ANGLICO is broken down by Brigades. While these Brigades may not be much bigger than an infantry platoon, the importance of this lies within its seniority in relation to other units (meaning ANGLICO carries a substantial amount of seniority with itself). The two Brigades are commanded by the Division Cell. At this eschaleon, the unit's Commanding Officer, a LtCol, runs the company while being co-located with the Generals. (ANGLICO is one a few special units who report directly to the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Commanding General). Each Brigade will have 2 Supporting Arms Liason Teams (SALTs); each having roughly 10 men. A SALT will function at a Battalion level. Here, the team members will run and control the Fire Support Coordination for the whole Area of Operations. Also, they will oversee the mission of the Firepower Control Teams (FCTs). The FCTs are where the units money maker. Its on these 4 to 5 man teams where the action happens. On every level, there is a JTAC who oversees the situation. But, mainly on the FCT level, are the Marines actively engaging the enemy with CAS missions. FCTs constantly patrol and are known to setup Observation Posts (OP) for anywhere between 6 hours and 3 weeks at a time. The Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) is a term used by the United States Marine Corps to describe the principal organization for all missions across the range of military operations. ...

Note: ANGLICO is never assigned its own physical AO. These teams are constantly on the move from one AO to another. ANGLICO's inherits its AO from whichever unit ANGLICO is supporting.

Battlefield Enviorment

Currently, a typical Firepower Control Team consists of no more than 4 to 5 men in Iraq. A 5th man is needed to man the gun turret in a vehicle driven mission. The primary member is a Foward Air Controller (FAC) or a Joint Terminal Air Controller (JTAC). A radio operator and forward observer will compose of 2 of the 3 remaining team members, with the last member often being a saw gunner. Even though each team member has their own "specialty", ANGLICO Marines are all proficient in each other's MOS. This proficiency is what helps to excel the ANGLICO Mission. A forward air controller (FAC) is a qualified individual who, from a forward position on the ground or in the air, directs the action of military aircraft engaged in close air support of land forces. ... A qualified (certified) Service member who, from a forward position, directs the action of combat aircraft engaged in close air support and other offensive air operations. ...

While, ANLGLICO, can perform many different tasks, Close Air Support is its main function in today's war. There are a limited number of JTACs in Iraq, and arguably the most sought out, are from ANGLICO. The Marine Corps JTAC School is one of the most academically challenging schools throughout all of the military with an unusual high standards. To pass this school, a JTAC candidate must receive 14 controls with live aircraft and pass three intense written examinations. In contrast, the U.S. Army only require their candidates to obtain controls from a simulator. But at the same time they can not call in CAS missions from Fixed Winged Aircraft unless in an emergency.

ANGLICO teams have been working with all types of units in Iraq; from a typical Marine or Army infantry company to a SEAL or Iraqi Army team. Their training at all levels allows them to easily be plugged into any environment. Most Iraqi units will have on some level, an ANGLICO team assigned to them. Also, the British Commandos have a special relationship with ANGLICO. Each year, these two units train for several weeks with each other.

Training

ANGLICO units require Marines who are proficient in a wide variety of specialized military skills. In addition to their primary MOS training necessary to coordinate fire support, such as artillery fire support, field radio operations, direct air support operations, and naval gunfire spotting; all ANGLICO Marines receive airborne training and jump qualification at the Army's Airborne School at Fort Benning, making ANGLICO one of the few Marine Corps units in which all Marines are jump-qualified. ANGLICO Marines regularly receive further advanced training in other insertion methods, fieldcraft, SERE, and other specialized and demanding activities. This, combined with the fact that ANGLICO Marines routinely serve with and must cross-train with a wide variety of US and Allied units around the world such as the British Army's 148th FOB, including Recon and Special Operations units and foreign services, makes ANGLICO units among the toughest and most highly regarded in the Marine Corps. Fort Benning is a United States Army base, located southwest of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama It is part of the Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The 148 (Meiktila) Commando Forward Observation Battery is an elite, highly trained Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation (NGSFO) unit within 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery. ...

ANGLICO units can deploy as an entire company of 150 to support the large-scale operations of an entire Marine Expeditionary Force, or, more commonly, deploy in 4 to 7 man teams to support the activities of non-Marine units.

When a Marine checks into ANGLICO, no matter what his rank is or how long he has been in the military, he will have to pass the ANGLICO Basic Course (ABC). ABC can range from 2 to 4 months depending on the ANGLICO Company. All 5 ANGLICO units have their own Standard Operating Procedures(SOP); therefor things may be done a little different on the East Coast from that of the West Coast.

History

The History of ANGLICO dates back to the formation of JASCO (Joint Assault Signals Company) units who fought in the Pacific theatre of World War II. At the time, the JASCO units were used to coordinate air, artillery and naval gunfire support between the Marines, Army and US Navy during the Pacific "island hopping" campaign. The most famous JASCO Unit is the 594th, for its actions on Okinawa(1945) and the Philippines(1944-1945). Following the reorganization of the US Armed Forces under the Department of Defense in 1947, the JASCO units were disbanded and their responsibility transferred to the US Navy. In 1949, the Marine Corps began the process of recreating the JASCO capability under the new ANGLICO designation, and 1st ANGLICO was activated on 2 March 1951 at Pearl Harbor. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the prefecture. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ...

During the mid-to-late 1980s, under Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Wills and Lieutenant General A.M. Gray (later Commandant of the Marine Corps) 2nd ANGLICO went through a period of refocusing on core skills including regular live Naval Gunfire training with the USS Iowa battleship, and more frequent mass tactical exercises with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Additionally, the 2d ANGLICO began to train in Low Intensity Confilict response with weapon systems such as the Air Force SPECTRE gunship, Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction and Fast Rope insertion methods. The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps is the highest ranking officer of the United States Marine Corps and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reporting to the Secretary of the Navy but not to the Chief of Naval Operations. ... Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Iowa in honor of the 29th state. ... The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ...

In 1999, 1st and 2nd ANGLICO were deactivated, their responsibilities transferred to Marine Expeditionary Force Liaison elements, and the two reserve units, 3rd and 4th ANGLICO were the only ANGLICO units left in the Corps. In 2003, amidst the US war in Iraq and global war on terror and a high operational tempo being demanded of the reserve ANGLICO units, 1st and 2nd ANGLICO were reactivated, followed by the new 5th ANGLICO in 2004. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda...

Current Units

At present, five ANGLICO companies currently exist in the United States Marine Corps. The two west coast ANLGICO units are 1st and 3rd. 1st ANGLICO is with IMEF at Camp Pendleton, CA and 3rd is at Long Beach, CA. Camp Lejune is home to 2nd and West Palm Beach, FL houses 4th ANGLICO. The recently "stood up" 5th ANGLICO is based out of Okinawa, Japan.

Note: This websites are maintained by the respective units. As a result from all their constant deployments to Iraq, some of these sites have not been updated in recent months,

• 1st ANGLICO
• 2nd ANGLICO
• 3rd ANGLICO
• 4th ANGLICO
• 5th ANGLICO
• ANGLICO Association

See also

• Organization of the United States Marine Corps