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COMPTUEX/JTFEX EA/OEA Final Chapter 22.3.3.4 Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)NEO training practices the evacuation of American citizens from a country or region in which their safetycannot be assured such as during a revolution or coup. It is a subset of a larger ESG operation during aCOMPTUEX/JTFEX called a Special Operations Capable (SOC) Operation. The essential elements of anNEO operation include establishing and securing a marshalling area for evacuees, moving evacuees to themarshalling area, accounting for evacuees, and moving evacuees from the marshalling area to a safehaven, often on ships at-sea. An NEO requires rapid planning, ingress with appropriate transportation (inpermissive or non-permissive environments), location, identification and securing of evacuees, and egressto a secure location. Medical support may be required en route. An NEO operation occurs at MCB CampPendleton and occasionally at SCIRC.The participants or assets in an NEO include:One-hundred and fifty to three hundred (150-300) Marines from the ESGUp to one hundred (100) civilian evacuee actorsHelicoptersBoats and craft for transport to ships (LCAC, CRRC, RHIB)Ground transportation vehicles2.3.3.5 Embassy ReinforcementEmbassy reinforcement entails the reinforcement and/or evacuation of American citizens and heads ofstate from an embassy located in a foreign country during an uprising or revolution. Like NEO, it is asubset of a SOC Operation and requires a rapid response team to establish a secure perimeter around theembassy. The response team must provide for the security of American citizens and help to defusetensions. Should an evacuation be ordered, the Embassy Reinforcement operation becomes a NEO. AnEmbassy Reinforcement occurs at SCIRC and Camp Pendleton.The participants or assets in an Embassy Reinforcement include:Twenty-five to fifty (25-50) Marines from the ESGUp to fifty (50) civilian embassy actorsHelicoptersBoats and craft for transport to ships (LCAC, CRRC, RHIB)Ground transportation vehicles2.3.3.6 Command and Control (ASHORE)A COMPTUEX/JTFEX is a complex and lengthy operation requiring support from personnel and staffsoperating ashore. Two such support functions are the Joint Exercise Control Group (JECG) and OPFORCommand and Control. The JECG has the responsibility of monitoring the progress of the operation,providing intelligence and scenario “injects” to stimulate actions by COMPTUEX/JTFEX forces, servingas umpire for tactical engagements, and ensuring operation safety. To add realism to the training, aCOMPTUEX/JTFEX includes an OPFOR that reacts to and interacts with the COMPTUEX/JTFEXforces. The OPFOR needs to have a command and control cell to direct their actions in order to ensurethat exercise and training objectives are achieved. These command and control functions last for theduration of the COMPTUEX/JTFEX. One to three facilities may be required to support these functionsashore. The facilities are existing operations centers located on military installations at NB Point Loma,NB San Diego, NB Coronado, MCAS Miramar, Camp Pendleton, Vandenberg AFB, NSWTF, Niland,and NB Ventura County.2-29 February 2007