Per reference (a), this training and readiness (T&R)
manual, contained in enclosure (1), establishes training standards,
regulations, and policies regarding the T&R of a Marine Air-Ground
Task Force (MAGTF). The MAGTF is the Marine Corps' principal
organization for all missions across the range of military operations.
The MAGTF provides a combatant commander or other operational
commander with a versatile expeditionary force for responding to a
broad range of crisis and conflict situations. MAGTFs are balanced,
combined arms forces with organic command, ground, aviation, and
sustainment elements. There are five types of MAGTFs; Marine
Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), MEF
(forward), Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Special Purpose
MAGTFs.

Distribution Statement A