Dan or others who served in the Military, could you help the rest of us with some of the acronyms. I know a few of the basics like:
CAS = close Air Support

Here's the ones I'm curious about:

* Sea-Basing was key; also all landing was night ops only to reduce vulnerability (political as much as any) and ARG withdrew OTH each morning



* CSS gave the operation legs. Huge impact from a few CSS Marines headcount tightly managed). CSS was definitely his focus, as MEU, etc. could take care of the tactics as long as the order and intent were right. Despite distances and other myriad challenges, tactics were never constrained by CSS.

* Relationship with JFACC was key; needed to be face-to-face in order to build trust then get what you need. Can't do that through ATOs and VTCs (the latter the curse of today).

* JTF Enabler Package (C2 - theater comms package for JTF) very good.

* Thinks USMC should go inside the tier I force -- not to try to duplicate, but to establish liaison and get entry to a world that is relevant to tier II, MEU(SOC), etc.

* Questioned on whether getting rid of ANGLICO a good idea -- can't have enough liaison folks or enough teams that can employ broad spectrum of supporting arms.