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ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies) are fire support and liaison units of the United States Marine Corps. The mission of ANGLICO is "To provide Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Commanders a liaison capability, with foreign area expertise, to plan, coordinate, and conduct terminal control of fires in support of joint, allied, and coalition forces (JP 3-09.3)“. As this mission statement shows, ANGLICO Marines are not designed to support USMC maneuver elements, as these units have their own fire support observers and coordinators.  Instead, the doctrinal purpose of ANGLICO is to provide fire support and coordination in support of units adjacent to the MAGTF.

Although ANGLICO Marines are best known for their ability to control Close Air Support (CAS), they are equally well trained in ground based fires to include cannon artillery, rocket artillery, precision guided munitions (such as GMLRS), naval gunfire support, and fire support coordination. This makes ANGLICO firepower control teams unique in the United States Department of Defense: they are the only full time fires practitioners who are trained to control and coordinate fire support from the air, land, and sea.