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Latin
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Número 4 - 2012
OPERAÇÃO MI L I TAR
sea. This confuence is infnite
in its variations. As a result,
littoral operations are inhe-
rently challenging.
A large scale U.S. naval exercise
Exercise Bold Alligator 2012
(BA12), viewed as a way to
revitalize Navy and Marine
Corps amphibious expedi-
tionary tactics, techniques
and procedures, as well as
to reinvigorate its culture of
conducting combined Navy
and Marine Corps operations
from the sea was a live and
Naval Expeditionary Combat
Command (NECC) assim
como vários outros navios e
unidades de nações amigas,
com a França na liderança.
Nove países participaram
da BA12, fornecendo obser-
vadores terrestres, marítimos,
e unidades de terrar e aéreas.
Os países participantes com
as forças dos EUA foram
Austrália, Canadá, França,
Itália, Holanda, Nova Zelândia,
Espanha e o Reino Unido.
Mas só a França participou
com algum do seus equipa-
mentos principais, na forma
de FS M
istral
, um do três BPC
hoje em serviço em França.
Uma das prioridades do
exercício foi o de incorpo-
rar as lições aprendidas ao
longo dos últimos 10 anos
de operações de combate
desafadoras, operações de
contingência no exterior,
assistência humanitária/de-
sastre humanitário (apelidado
de HA/DR no jargão militar),
operações de evacuação de
não combatentes (NEO) e
defesa do território nacional.
synthetic, scenario-driven, si-
mulation-supported exercise.
It was especially designed to
train an Expeditionary Strike
Group and Marine units.
Stafs planned and imple-
mented a MEB-sized amphi-
bious assault from a seabase
in a medium land-and-mari-
time threat environment to
improve naval amphibious
core competencies.
The exercise ran from 30
January through 12 February,
ashore and afoat, in and of
the coasts of Virginia (in the
Chesapeake Bay and at Fort
Story) and North Carolina (at
Camp Lejeune).
“Amphibious forces are a
critical element of maritime
power projection that ought to
be a high priority for support,
even in a resource constrained
environment, because they
are a cost efective option for
accomplishing a wide range
of military operations,”
said
Admiral John C. Harvey, com-
mander, USFF, to the press.
The many units involved
included the USS E
nterprise
Carrier Strike Group (CSG),
Expeditionary Strike Group 2
(ESG-2), 2
nd
Marine Expeditio-
nary Brigade (MEB), the USS
I
wo
J
ima
Amphibious Ready
Group (ARG), 24
th
Marine
Expeditionary Unit (MEU),
Naval Expeditionary Combat
Command (NECC) as well as
various other ships and units
Um helicóptero pesado CH-53E
Super Stallion do USMC, visto na
estação naval de New River, N.C.
A USMC CH-53E Super Stallion
heavy helicopter pictured at MCAS
New River, N.C. © J.-M. Guhl
Um tanque M1A1 Abrams do
USMC rasteja na praia, depois de
desembarcar de um LCAC.
A USMC M1A1 Abrams MBT crawls
out on the beach at Camp Lejeune
after exiting a LCAC. © J.-M. Guhl
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