In MAGTF concepts, what is a primary objective of the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept?

• A. To create dispersed, mobile bases that enable sustained operations from the sea and support distributed actions ashore
• B. To rely on large fixed bases ashore
• C. To eliminate the need for sea-based power projection
• D. To conduct only shipboard operations

Answer: (A)

The concept being tested is how Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations structures Marine forces: by establishing dispersed, mobile bases that can be grown, moved, and supplied as needed to sustain operations from the sea and to enable widely distributed actions on land.

This approach is about avoiding reliance on large, fixed bases. Instead, it leverages small, flexible bases—often afloat or on temporary shore facilities—that can be rapidly established and relocated. This dispersal makes it harder for an adversary to strike all bases at once, while maintaining continuous access to sea-based power projection, logistics, and fires. It also supports operating across a broad, distributed area ashore, rather than concentrating forces in a single location.

The other options run counter to this idea: large fixed bases are precisely what EABO seeks to reduce; eliminating sea-based power projection contradicts the goal of leveraging sea lines of operation; and conducting only shipboard operations misses the critical land-based, dispersed component that EABO emphasizes.