Commands

II Marine
Expeditionary Force
The II Marine Expeditionary Force, one of three MEFs in the Marine Corps, is a combined arms force consisting of four elements: command, ground, aviation and logistics. It possesses the capability for projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days.

With more than 60,000 Marines and Sailors, II MEF is representative of the largest and most powerful Marine Air-Ground Task Force, a MAGTF. II MEF is comprised of four basic components: (1) II MEF Headquarters Group containing personnel and equipment necessary for effective planning and execution of operations; (2) a ground combat element, the 2nd Marine Division; (3) an aviation combat element, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing; and (4) logistics combat element, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.

While II MEF is included within the operational force structure of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and engages in operations and exercises throughout the MARFORCOM area, it routinely provides operating forces in support of other U.S. unified and NATO commands. II MEF is, in fact, available for and prepared to respond to contingency requirements worldwide.

The MEF can be employed in its entirety or in task-organized MAGTFs of lesser size such as: a Marine Expeditionary Brigade, a MAGTF built around a regimental landing team and about one-third the size of a MEF; or, a Marine Expeditionary Unit, a MAGTF built around a battalion landing team and about one-third the size of a MEB. The size and composition of any MAGTF is dependent upon the mission assigned. One mission that could be assigned to the MEB would be assignment for planning, deployment and utilization of equipment stored aboard Maritime Propositioning Ships.

The routinely deployed, forward-presence MAGTFs, the 22nd, 24th and 26th MEUs, deploy on a rotating basis to be a Geographic Combatant Commander's force in readiness. A MEU consists of approximately 2,200 Marines and Sailors, is capable of rapid response in a variety of possible contingencies and if the situation requires, can serve as the forward element of a larger MAGTF.

2nd Marine Division
The 2nd Marine Division is the ground combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. Its backbone is the individual Marine infantryman whose basic mission is to locate, close with and destroy or capture the enemy.

The Division is comprised of more than 15,000 enlisted Marines and Sailors and 1,000 officers who form the 2nd, 6th and 8th Marine Regiments (infantry) and elements of the 9th Regiment, which fall under the 2nd, 6th and 8th Regiments; 10th Marine Regiment (artillery); 2nd Tank Battalion; 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion; 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion; Headquarters Battalion; 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion; and 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

The origins of this division lay in the activation of the 2nd Marine Brigade as part of the Fleet Marine Force on July 1, 1936. A year later the brigade deployed to Shanghai, China, returning in 1938 to San Diego. On Feb. 1, 1941, the unit was re-designated as the 2nd Marine Division. Its component regiments, the 2nd, 6th, 8th and 10th Marines, brought with them impressive histories of service in Vera Cruz (Mexico), World War I in France and the Caribbean. In World War II, elements of the division served in Iceland, in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor and on Samoa. The full division deployed to the Pacific for the Guadalcanal campaign, followed by the bloody assault of Tarawa for which it was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. The division fought valiantly at Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa.

Division units began regular deployments to the Mediterranean as Landing Forces for the U.S. 6th Fleet. The units have also deployed to Korea as replacements during the Korean War and to the Middle East to evacuate Americans and prevent civil war during the Mideast crisis. Second Marine Division warriors deployed in support of multinational peacekeeping efforts in Beirut and for Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada, Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf.

Most recently, the 2nd Marine Division provided forces for operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Liberia, Afghanistan and Iraq. The 2nd Marine Division—the "Follow Me" Division—is an integral part of America's force in readiness.

2nd Marine
Logistics Group
The 2nd MLG conducts general and direct supply support operations and receives, stores, distributes and manages supply material and information. It also provides health and dental service support, military police support to include maneuver and mobility, area security and law and order interment operations to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

The 2nd MLG's mission also includes providing support for deployed units by transporting gear via land and air. They provide engineering support of a deliberate nature to Marine Expeditionary Forces and intermediate maintenance support for Marine Corps forces furnished by tactical ordinance, engineer, motor and repairable support to include stocking, storing and fiscal accounting for normal accounting.

The 2nd MLG is comprised of more than 8,000 Marines and Sailors. It is composed of Combat Logistics Regiment 27, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, Combat Logistics Regiment 2 and 2nd Dental Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special
Operations Command (MARSOC)
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, is the Marine Corps component of U.S. Special Operations Command. As such, it trains, organizes, equips and, when directed by the Commander USSOCOM, deploys task-organized, scalable and responsive Marine Corps Special Operations Forces worldwide in support of combatant commanders and other agencies.

In October 2005, the secretary of defense directed the Marine Corps to form a service component of USSOCOM and begin providing forces to the commander of USSOCOM. Formally established Feb. 24, 2006, MARSOC is headquartered at Camp Lejeune, and will ultimately grow to approximately 2,600 Marines, Sailors and civilian employees. MARSOC includes three subordinate commands: the Marine Special Operations Regiment consisting of three Marine Special Operations Battalions (1st MSOB at Camp Pendleton, Calif, and 2nd MSOB and 3rd MSOB at Camp Lejeune, N.C.); Marine Special Operations Support Group; and the Marine Special Operations School.

A Marine Corps Major General commands MARSOC with a supporting staff designed to be compatible in all functional areas with both USSOCOM and Headquarters Marine Corps. The MARSOC headquarters is responsible for identifying Marine Special Operations-unique requirements, developing MARSOF tactics, techniques, procedures and doctrine, and executing assigned missions in accordance with designated conditions and standards. Since August 2006, MARSOC has conducted 108 operational overseas unit deployments, continuously providing Marine Special Operations Teams and Marine Special Operations Companies in support of all of the Geographic Combatant Commanders. Missions have included conducting combat operations in Afghanistan and training foreign SOF in Africa, Asia, South America, Central Asia and the Middle East.

Marine Corps
Installations East
Marine Corps Installations East, located on Camp Lejeune, is the regional command for Marine installations located on the East Coast. These commands include: Marine Corps Air Facility, Quantico; Marine Corps Air Stations Cherry Point, New River and Beaufort; Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune; Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany and Blount Island Support Facility Command.

Marine Corps Base
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is an element of Marine Corps Installations East. The Base provides tenant operating forces, supporting establishment commands, and other activities as well as resident families' support facilities and services to support operational readiness, mission accomplishment and quality of life. The Base provides substantial support of training exercises aboard the Base, throughout the United States and abroad, as well as to operations by tenant units worldwide. Additionally, Marine Corps Base hosts resident, formal, occupational specialty-qualifying school training of approximately 36,000 Marines and occupational specialty or similar enhancement training for another 8,000 Marines, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Department of Defense employees annually. Enhancement training spans a vast range including areas such as computer use, operational risk management, equal opportunity and leadership.

Wounded Warrior
Battalion - East
The Wounded Warrior Battalion-East was formally activated on June 29, 2007, and is one of two battalions under the Wounded Warrior Regiment, which is located at Quantico, Va. Wounded Warrior Battalion-East was established to develop and maintain a comprehensive program that tracks and supports all ill and injured Marines who are resident east of the Mississippi River. The Battalion provides assistance to these Marines and their families until they have been returned to duty, have been medically discharged, or successfully re-established in civilian life. WWBn-E supports nearly 1,000 active duty Marines and their families.

A new Wounded Warrior Complex is currently designed and has an estimated completion date of 2012. The new complex will boast a 200-Marine BEQ, resource center, staff headquarters and a Fisher House for families.

WWBn-E provides continuous, far-reaching leadership to wounded, ill, or seriously injured Marines and designated Sailors worldwide in order to ensure all wounded warriors and their families successfully transition back to full duty or civilian life.

School of Infantry - East
The School of Infantry-East is located at Camp Geiger, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Comprised of Infantry Training Battalion, Marine Combat Training Battalion, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, and Headquarters and Support Battalion, the entire command consists of more than 900 permanent personnel. SOI-E trains Marines to serve in combat as riflemen, infantrymen and infantry leaders to provide the Marine Corps the war fighters who will win our nation's battles.

Combat Instructor School is tasked with the important duty of training and developing Marines selected for assignment as a Combat Instructor. The mission of Combat Instructor School is to screen, develop and sustain Marines' leadership, character, fitness and values in the training of students while enhancing the programs of instruction, in accordance with MCO 1553, in order to succeed as combat instructors and lead the school in the future advancement of infantry tactical and technical expertise. Simply put, Combat Instructor School trains the trainers who are responsible for preparing entry-level Marines to enter the operating forces proficient in the Marine Corps common skills.

After recruit training at Parris Island, Marines assigned to the Occupational Field 0300 (Infantry) report to SOI-E for further training with ITB. The mission of ITB is to train and qualify infantry Marines in one of the following military occupational specialties; 0311 Marine Rifleman, 0331 Machine Gunner, 0341 Mortarman, 0351 Assaultman or 0352 Antitank Guided Missileman. After recruit training, all other entry level Marines report to SOI-E for further training with MCT Bn. The mission of MCT Bn is to train non-infantry Marines in common combat skills so they are able to operate effectively in a combat environment. MCT Bn trains Marines to employ a multitude of weapons, conduct combat patrols, construct defensive perimeters and perform limited offensive operations.

Training at SOI-E is not exclusively entry level. AITB offers 11 courses for advanced training of infantry Marines. Most of AITB's students are from 2nd MarDiv, but some are also from 1st, 3rd and 4th MarDiv. The courses AITB offers are: Squad Leaders, Unit Leaders, Machine Gun Leaders, Mortar Leaders, Martial Arts Instructors, Scout Sniper Basic, Anti-Armor Leaders, Marine Combat Instructor, Operations Chief, Combat Hunter and Train the Trainer.

Headquarters and Support Battalion provides administrative, operational and logistical support for the three training battalions and their students. What is unique about SOI's H&S Bn is that it includes a student administrative company that focuses on the requirements of the students that are not in training. These include medical rehabilitation, legal separations and Marines awaiting training. SOI-E trains more than 21,000 Marines annually.

Marine Corps Engineer School
The Marine Corps Engineer School Battalion was activated in May 1941 at Quantico, VA and relocated to its present location at Courthouse Bay, Camp Lejeune, in 1942. The Marine Corps Engineer School Battalion was disbanded in 1947 and reactivated in 1949. In 1955 the school name was changed from Engineer School Battalion to Marine Corps Engineer School.

The mission of the MCES is to prepare officer and enlisted personnel for duty with the operating forces by providing approved programs of formal instruction and practical application in the engineer field at the entry-, NCO-, and supervisory-level and support the USMC as the MAGTF engineer advocate. The MCES curriculum offers 15 separate courses: Combat Engineer Officer, Utilities Officer, Engineer Operations Chief, Utilities Chief, Advanced Water Support Technician, Electrician Noncommissioned Officer, Combat Engineer NCO, Basic Electrician, Basic Engineer Equipment Electrical Systems Technician, Basic Water Support Technician, Basic Combat Engineer, Urban Breacher's Course, Reserve Combat Engineer Officer, Reserve Combat Engineer NCO and Reserve Basic Combat Engineer.

In 2004 to 2005, the Marine Corps Engineer School added the Marine Corps Engineer Center of Excellence, later renamed the Marine Corps Engineer Center. The MCEC serves as the focal point for engineer issues within the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities process in order to meet MAGTF engineer training requirements. Additionally, the MCEC offers pre-deployment and sustainment training in the following 10 courses: Master Lesson File-1: Individual Preparedness in an Improvised Explosive Device Environment; Master Lesson File-2: Small Unit Leader Considerations for Movement in an IED Environment; Master Lesson File-3A: USMC CREW Operators Course; Master Lesson File-3B: USMC CREW Trainer/Leaders Course; Master Lesson File-3C: U.S. Army CREW Systems Operators Course; Master Lesson File-4A: Metal Detector Operators Course; Master Lesson File-4B: Metal Detector Leaders Course; Master Lesson File-5: Route Clearance Operations in an Explosive Hazard Environment; Master Lesson File-6: Operate a Robot in an IED Environment; and Master Lesson File-7: Homemade Explosives. The MCEC serves as the primary resource for training Marines in countering the IED threat.

Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
MCCSSS is located aboard historic Camp Johnson, which is adjacent to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Camp Johnson was the sole recruit depot for African-American Marines before desegregation of the armed services in the late 1940s. Today, Camp Johnson annually hosts more than 10,000 Marines attending training in one or more of the 45 different programs of instruction offered by MCCSSS.

The command is comprised of four Military Occupational Specialty Schools including Personnel Administration School, Logistics Operations School, Financial Management School and Supply School. In addition to that training, the Combat Water Survival Swimming School-East is also attached to MCCSSS to provide professional military training. A number of major tenant commands are located aboard Camp Johnson, including the Field Medical Training Battalion-East, the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Train the Trainer School, Marine Corps Non-Appropriated Fund Audit Service, Marine Corps Administrative Analysis Team-East, the Manpower Information Systems Support Office-02, Logistics Modernization Team-East and the East Coast Food Management Team.

Field Medical Training Battalion - East
Field Medical Training Battalion - East is located on Camp Johnson (Montford Point), Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, just off Lejeune Boulevard/Route 24, southwest of the main gate. The mission of FMTB-E is to train Navy Medical Department and Religious Program personnel in the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to serve with and support the Marine Corps.

Although the largest numbers of personnel trained are Hospital Corpsmen, the school also trains Religious Program Specialists, Chaplains and Medical Department Officers (Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps). All courses of instruction are designed to introduce students to the organizational and operational aspects of the operating forces along with instruction on tactical combat casualty care that will enable them to successfully survive and function in a combat environment. Current training programs conducted for Navy officer and enlisted, active duty and reserve personnel include:
Field Medical Services Technician Course, where HMs earn the 8404 Navy Enlisted Classification.
Chaplain and Religious Program Specialist Expeditionary Skills Training—Religious Program Specialist Course, where RPs earn the 2401 NEC.
Fleet Medical Service Officer Course.
Chaplain and Religious Program Specialist Expeditionary Skills Training—Chaplain Course.
Tactical Combat Casualty Care/Combat Live Saver—Trainer Course.
The school is recognized as a formal school under the Commandant of the Marine Corps, with operational control exercised through the Commander, Training Command, Quantico, Va.

Joint Maritime Training Center
The Coast Guard Special Mission Training Center (SMTC) is the Coast Guard element of the Joint Maritime Training Center (JMTC). JMTC also includes a Navy element which delivers a Riverine course and training, and a Marine Corps element that delivers a small craft mechanics course and training. JMTC is commanded by a Coast Guard captain (O-6) and is comprised of more than 240 Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy personnel. The three units of the JMTC share resources, but each element provides its own training platforms, curriculum and training staff. SMTC's mission is to provide relevant and credible maritime security training and Operational Testing and Evaluation in support of Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security missions.

Deployment
Processing Command-East/Reserve
Support Unit
Under the operational control of Marine Corps Installations East, Deployment Processing Command East is responsible to administratively and medically process active component individual augmentees and all mobilizing and demobilizing Reserve Component Marines, Sailors and DoD contractors while providing them all necessary pre-deployment training. Additionally, DPC-E coordinates and supports all Reserve Component unit training aboard Camp Lejeune and manages the base's four Individual Mobilization Augmentee Detachments.

During Operation Desert Shield/Storm, from August 1990 to January 1991, DPC-E was the primary facilitator for the successful mobilization and integration of Selected Marine Corps Reserve units and the primary mobilization asset for thousands of Individual Ready Reserve Marines for duty with active forces. Today, DPC-E remains at the forefront of mobilization support. Currently, the DPC-E is responsible for sustained mobilization efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle. Since 2005, DPC-E has mobilized more than 9,500 Marines, Sailors and civilians in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

2nd Dental
Battalion/Naval Dental Center
Camp Lejeune
The Naval Dental Center was established as the Dental Department, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in the early 1970s. On Jan. 1, 1975, it became a tenant command and was renamed the Naval Regional Dental Center. The name was changed again June 30, 1985, to the Naval Dental Clinic as part of the reorganization of the Naval Medical Command. It was then renamed once more as the Naval Dental Center on Oct. 1, 1990, with the reintroduction of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. On July 19, 1994, the Naval Dental Center and 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, merged under one command element providing comprehensive dental support to the active duty military personnel of II MEF, Marine Corps Base and Marine Corps Air Stations.

Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune is a teaching facility. The staff is committed to serving our growing military community through excellence in patient and family-centered care, readiness and professional development. The hospital strives to be the number one military hospital for patient and staff satisfaction and medical training. The beneficiary population includes over 118,000 Marines, Sailors, active duty family members, retirees and their family members. Since it opened in May 1943, the hospital has provided general clinical and hospitalization services for active duty, retirees and family members. Naval Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organization.

The current facility was constructed in 1983 on 162 acres of land on the banks of the Northeast Creek. The main hospital has approximately 420,000 square feet of floor space and is supported by a facilities management department and a helicopter pad.

Approximately 2,000 personnel are assigned to the hospital. The staff mix includes 279 officers, 686 enlisted, 592 civilians, 435 contract personnel, and 60 volunteers. To better serve our patients, the hospital features a 24-hour Nurse Advice Line. Patients can call 450-HELP (4357) to schedule medical appointments or to speak to a nurse to address their medical concerns.

An average day at the hospital includes 1,569 outpatient visits, seven surgical cases, six ambulatory procedures, five births, 12 inpatient admissions, inpatient census of 29, 127 emergency department visits, 415 radiology exams, 2,852 laboratory tests and 2,293 pharmacy scripts.

The hospital is staffed to provide coverage for 82 inpatient beds in addition to extensive primary care and specialty outpatient clinics. Primary Care services are provided via the Family Medicine and Pediatric Clinics in the main hospital as well as Family Medicine Clinic at the Marine Corps Air Station New River. Other services offered by the hospital include Anesthesiology, Dental Care, Dermatology, Emergency Department, Ear, Nose and Throat, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Mental Health, Pulmonary, OB-Gyn, Occupational Health, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Surgery, Physical Therapy and Urology. In addition to the core hospital, there are six branch medical clinics: Hadnot Point, MCAS New River, Camp Johnson, French Creek, Camp Geiger and HM3 Wayne M. Caron Clinic at Courthouse Bay.

The hospital continues to look for opportunities to increase access to care and improve overall services to beneficiaries. Future improvements and hospital expansion includes the addition of a new Outpatient Clinic that will include Audiology, Mental Health, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Chiropractic, Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Primary Care and Family Medicine. A new Magnetic Resource Imaging Center is also being added to the hospital.  read more...

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