MACO Organization

This section will describe the organizational structure of the MACO, and what new Special Warfare Operators and Officers should know before getting and creating their own MACO Company (MCO).

Organization of MACO Units

From the smallest to the largest, the order of MACO units is as follows:

· Individual Special Warfare Operator/Special Warfare Officer (Operator)

· MACO Operational Detachment (MOD)

· MACO Company (MCO)

· MACO Battalion (MBN)

· MACO Group (MGRP)

· MACO Command (MACOCOM)

MACO Special Warfare Operator and Special Warfare Officer

The base of any organization is its base. For the Starfleet Task Force 31 MACO that base is its individual members. Without the individual member, the MACO cannot have the MACO Operational Detachments, and without the MACO Operational Detachments, the MACO cannot have the MACO Company and so on and so forth. It is this reason that we emphasize the importance of our Special Warfare Operators and Special Warfare Officers.

MACO Special Warfare Operators and Special Warfare Officers fall into one of two general categories: Active Duty or Reservist. An Active Duty MACO participates with their MACO Operational Detachment as well as their Starfleet Task Force 31 chapter exclusively as a Starfleet Task Force 31 MACO. They are known only by their MACO rank, they wear only their MACO uniform, etc. This is not to say that they do not participate in regular Starfleet Task Force 31 functions, but they do so as a MACO Special Warfare Operator/Officer. MACO Special Warfare Operators/Officers who still occasionally (or even frequently) participate as a “naval” Starfleet Task Force 31 member (still use their naval rank, wear their regular Task Force 31 uniform, etc.) are said to be Reserve MACO or simply reservists.

MACO Operational Detachment (MOD)

The MACO Operational Detachment is the lowest unit in MACO. This can be one single lone Special Warfare Operator/Officer up to an entire station/ship. The Special Warfare Operator/Officer in charge of the MOD is known as the “Detachment Commander” while his second in command is known as the “Deputy Detachment Commander”. The MOD for comparison purposes would be approximately a platoon size element.

The MOD is part of an already existing MACO Company that is headquartered on another Starfleet Task Force 31 station/ship. That Headquarters still accounts for the MACO Special Warfare Operators/Officers assigned to that MOD and is responsible for all administrative actions such as awards and rolls up the MOD report into the MACO Company monthly report. The MOD does not send a report to MACOCOM. The MOD maintains the Company unit identification number with a slight modification to identify it as a MOD, unit logo, “Nick name” etc. (example: The MCO-A-0301 is assigned to the USS Barry Jackson, but has a MOD assigned to the USS Victorious, that MOD would still be a part of the MCO-A-0301 and wear the same unit insignia with the exception, their ship name “VICTORIOUS” would be listed and not the ship name “BARRY JACKSON”.

MACO Company (MCO)

The MACO Company (also referred to as a MACO Team) is the basic MACO unit. The size of a MCO can be one single lone Special Warfare Operator/Officer up to two dozen or more. The Special Warfare Operator/Officer in charge of the MCO is known as the “Company Commander (also referred to as the Team Leader)” while his second in command is known as the “Executive Officer (also referred to as the Assistant Team Leader)”.

MACO Battalion (MBN) & MACO Group (MGRP)

Starfleet Task Force 31 itself is divided administratively into geographic “Sectors.” In the STF31 MACO, each Starfleet Task Force 31 Sector is called a MACO Special Warfare Group (MGRP). In other words, Sector 1 would be known in the STF31 MACO as the First MACO Special Warfare Group or in shorthand “1MGRP” or “MGRP1”. Within each MGRP, each state or providence (Depending how your country is broken down into) is considered a MACO Special Warfare Battalion. MBNs are numbered in relation to the other states in their sector— usually in alphabetical order. In our example of the 1MGRP, then, 1MBN (First MACO Battalion) is Connecticut, 2MBN is Maine, 3MBN is Massachusetts, 4MBN is New Hampshire, 5MBN is Rhode Island and 6MBN is Vermont.

Note: Currently not all MBN and MGRP level commands are manned – it exists to accommodate expansion as the STF31 MACO grows.

MACO Company Designation Number

The numbers available to be assigned to new MCO are assigned by the STF31 MACO G-3 (Operations) and determined by several factors. However, no two or more units can have the same number. The numbering priority goes to the unit in order of assignment. The STF31 MACO G-3 (Operations) will ensure duplicate numbers are not being utilized.

Each MACO unit type has a prefix identifyer before the unit identification number:

· MODA – MACO Operational Detachment- Alpha

· MODB – MACO Operational Detachment- Bravo

· MODC – MACO Operational Detachment- Charlie

· MCO – MACO Company

· MTCO – MACO Training Company

· MBN – MACO Battalion

· MGRP – MACO Group

· MACOCOM – MACO Command

Unit numbering is determined by several factors. These include the following:

MACO Group Assignment. Each MACO Group is identified by a two-digit number that corresponds to the Sector that the MACO Group is assigned to. Example: Sector 1 would be “1” whereas Sector 1 would be “01”.

MACO Battalion Assignment. Each MACO Battalion is identified by a two-digit number that is in relation to the other states in their sector— usually in alphabetical order. Example: In Sector 1, the state of Maine would be the Second Battalion and would have the numerical identification number of “02”.

MACO Company Assignment. Each MACO Company is assigned one alphabetic identification that is assigned to each MCO on a first assigned concept. Each MCO will be designated a phonetic alphabet numbering starting with A and ending with Z. Each unit will be designated in alphabetic order. Example: The first unit to be assigned to a MBN will be designated with the phonetic alphabet “A” (Alpha), then the second unit assigned will be designated with the phonetic alphabet “B” (Bravo) and so on….

MACO Operational Detachment. There are three possible MACO Operational Detachment (MOD) designations; they are A (Alpha), B (Bravo) and C (Charlie). The “A” and “B” designations only pertain to the MCO and the “C” designation only pertains to the MACO Battalion command section.

There are no set numbers as to how many MACO Operational Detachment-A (MODA) are allowed in a MCO, however each MCO will only have one (1) MACO Operational Detachment-B (MODB) which is the MCO command section.

Example: A MCO designated as “A” (Alpha Company) has a MODA assigned to another chapter. Since there is only one MODA assigned to another chapter, that MODA is designated as “1”. The MODA is designated A1. ( The “A” identifies the MCO and the “1” identifies the MODA.

Putting It Together

Here is an example of how a MCO fits into the STF31 MACO organization. We will demonstrate each level of the STF31 MACO, as it applies to a single unit, Alpha Company “Strike Eagles”, stationed aboard the USS George Washington and a MODA assigned to the USS Excalibur, both located in Sector 1, in the state of Rhode Island.

MACO Operational Detachment: All the MACO Special Warfare Operators/Officers from the crew of the USS Excalibur make up the MACO Operational Detachment-Alpha and since there is only one MODA assigned, the MODA would be designated as MODA1.

· MACO Company: All the MACO Special Warfare Operators/Officers from the crew of the USS George Washington and the USS Excalibur make up the MACO Company which has been identified as Alpha Company.

· MACO Battalion: Sector 1 is made up of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. That makes Connecticut 1st Battalion, Maine 2nd Battalion, Massachusetts 3rd Battalion, New Hampshire 4th Battalion, Rhode Island 5th Battalion, and Vermont 6th Battalion. This makes Rhode Island the 5th Battalion. Now we have Alpha MACO Company, 5th MBN.

· MACO Group: The Alpha MACO Company is in the 1st MACO Group, since Rhode Island is in Sector 1. So Alpha MACO Company total unit designation is Alpha Company, 5MBN, 1MGRP (in short MCO-A-0501) (the MODA from the above example would look like MODA-A1-0501).

· MACO Training Company: MACO Training Company (MTCO) is a designation for a MACO Company in which the MCO Commander (Team Leader) is not certified as a MACO Team Leader at the time the request to activate a MCO is submitted. The MCO Commander will have one (1) year to become certified otherwise the MTCO will be deactivated. Once a MTCO has been deactivated due to the circumstances mentioned above, the MTCO Commander will have to become certified before allowing the MTCO to be re-activated as either a MTCO or MCO.

Current MACO Sector Coverage Areas

Chain of Command (COC)

The purpose of the Chain of Command is to show a clear path of authority. This starts with the individual Special Warfare Operator and moves up through his superiors then up to the Headquarters Staff, then to the MACO Commander. The Chain of Command exists to facilitate the transfer of authority, responsibility, and information from one level to the next.

If you have a problem or an idea which you would like for us to hear and consider, please follow the Chain of Command to contact the appropriate person. This is to ensure that whoever is asked about this will be informed of what the issue or idea is about.

The Chain of Command needs to be followed from Operator all the way up through Detachment Commander to MACO Commander.

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