thedrifter
09-05-05, 07:31 PM
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Camp Lejeune Information
August 27,2005
Camp Lejeune, the largest Marine Corps installation on the East Coast, makes its home in Onslow County.
Touted as the "Home of Expeditionary Forces in Readiness," Camp Lejeune often has its troops on the front lines when the nation responds to crises throughout the world. This has been especially true since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. In 2003, nearly 20,000 Lejeune-based forces went to the Persian Gulf for combat in "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Thousands of Marines and sailors have returned to Iraq during 2004 and 2005. Others have been deployed to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa as part of the ongoing War on Terrorism.
The base originated in the late 1930s when a War Department selection board decided that the New River area of eastern North Carolina was the ideal location for a Marine amphibious training base. Onslow County was chosen because of its proximity to airstrips at Cherry Point and deep-water ports at Morehead City and Wilmington.
Construction started in April 1941 after the War Department purchased an initial 11,000-acre tract of land. The next month, Lt. Col. W.P.T. Hill became the first commanding officer of what then was known as Marine Barracks, New River.
In December 1942, the installation was named in honor of Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, who died on Nov. 29, 1942. Lejeune was the 13th commandant of the Marine Corps.
The base's first warehouse was a converted tobacco barn. A summer cottage housed base headquarters.
Today, Lejeune occupies 246 square miles - 156,439 acres - with 14 miles of beach on the Atlantic Ocean.
Camp Lejeune is home to more than 40,000 Marines and sailors from around the world. As an element of the Marine Forces Atlantic supporting establishment, Camp Lejeune provides the operating forces and Camp Lejeune community support and services that enhance operational readiness and the quality of life.
Camp Lejeune provides housing, training, and facilities. During exercises, it provides active and reserve warfighting commands with support such as logistics, transportation, and coordination for deployments.
It is also responsible for the resident formal school training of approximately 36,000 Marines and provides annual job enhancement training for 8,000 Marines and Department of Defense employees.
An estimated 143,000 people directly benefit from association with Camp Lejeune, including active-duty and retired military, their families and civilian employees. That figure is expected to grow in late 2005 with the anticipated arrival of nearly 3,000 additional troops to the base.
The Naval Command centers on the base include the Naval Hospital and the Naval Dental Center.
II MEF
The II Marine Expeditionary Force, one of three MEF's in the Marine Corps, is a combined arms force consisting of ground, air and logistics. It possesses the capability for projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat with external assistance for 60 days.
With a strength in excess of 47,000 Marines and sailors, II MEF is representative of the largest Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
2nd Marine Division
The 2nd Marine Division is the ground combat element of II MEF. Its backbone is the Marine infantryman, whose basic mission is to locate, 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), 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.
2nd FSSG
The 2nd Force Service Support Group is the combat service support element of II MEF. 2nd FSSG provides the major sources of heavy combat service support for the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and the command element of II MEF. The support provided by 2nd FSSG includes the functions of supply, maintenance, transportation, engineering, landing support, health services and other special services.
The 2nd FSSG is comprised of more than 7,600 Marines and sailors.
4th MEB (AT)
In September 2001, then-Marine Corps commandant Gen. James L. Jones directed the reactivation of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade as an anti-terrorism organization within the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic.
The mission of the 4th MEB (Anti-Terrorism) is to provide unified combatant commanders with rapidly deployable and sustainable specialized anti-terrorism forces. It is organized with Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force and an anti-terrorism battalion. Additionally, the MEB includes the resources and capabilities of Marine Security Guard Battalion and Marine Corps Security Force Battalion.
2nd MEB
The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade provides a tailored, combined arms force with the flexibility to perform missions across the spectrum of conflict in an expeditionary environment. The force is capable of executing numerous deployment and employment options to include amphibious forcible entry and maritime pre-positioning force operations.
II MACE
The II Marine Expeditionary Force Augmentation Command Element is located at the II MEF headquarters. It functions as a Selected Marine Corps Reserve unit whose mission is to provide pre-trained Marines in support of, or to reinforce the Command Element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Ellie
http://p089.ezboard.com/bthefontmanscommunity
Camp Lejeune Information
August 27,2005
Camp Lejeune, the largest Marine Corps installation on the East Coast, makes its home in Onslow County.
Touted as the "Home of Expeditionary Forces in Readiness," Camp Lejeune often has its troops on the front lines when the nation responds to crises throughout the world. This has been especially true since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. In 2003, nearly 20,000 Lejeune-based forces went to the Persian Gulf for combat in "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Thousands of Marines and sailors have returned to Iraq during 2004 and 2005. Others have been deployed to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa as part of the ongoing War on Terrorism.
The base originated in the late 1930s when a War Department selection board decided that the New River area of eastern North Carolina was the ideal location for a Marine amphibious training base. Onslow County was chosen because of its proximity to airstrips at Cherry Point and deep-water ports at Morehead City and Wilmington.
Construction started in April 1941 after the War Department purchased an initial 11,000-acre tract of land. The next month, Lt. Col. W.P.T. Hill became the first commanding officer of what then was known as Marine Barracks, New River.
In December 1942, the installation was named in honor of Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, who died on Nov. 29, 1942. Lejeune was the 13th commandant of the Marine Corps.
The base's first warehouse was a converted tobacco barn. A summer cottage housed base headquarters.
Today, Lejeune occupies 246 square miles - 156,439 acres - with 14 miles of beach on the Atlantic Ocean.
Camp Lejeune is home to more than 40,000 Marines and sailors from around the world. As an element of the Marine Forces Atlantic supporting establishment, Camp Lejeune provides the operating forces and Camp Lejeune community support and services that enhance operational readiness and the quality of life.
Camp Lejeune provides housing, training, and facilities. During exercises, it provides active and reserve warfighting commands with support such as logistics, transportation, and coordination for deployments.
It is also responsible for the resident formal school training of approximately 36,000 Marines and provides annual job enhancement training for 8,000 Marines and Department of Defense employees.
An estimated 143,000 people directly benefit from association with Camp Lejeune, including active-duty and retired military, their families and civilian employees. That figure is expected to grow in late 2005 with the anticipated arrival of nearly 3,000 additional troops to the base.
The Naval Command centers on the base include the Naval Hospital and the Naval Dental Center.
II MEF
The II Marine Expeditionary Force, one of three MEF's in the Marine Corps, is a combined arms force consisting of ground, air and logistics. It possesses the capability for projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat with external assistance for 60 days.
With a strength in excess of 47,000 Marines and sailors, II MEF is representative of the largest Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
2nd Marine Division
The 2nd Marine Division is the ground combat element of II MEF. Its backbone is the Marine infantryman, whose basic mission is to locate, 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), 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.
2nd FSSG
The 2nd Force Service Support Group is the combat service support element of II MEF. 2nd FSSG provides the major sources of heavy combat service support for the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and the command element of II MEF. The support provided by 2nd FSSG includes the functions of supply, maintenance, transportation, engineering, landing support, health services and other special services.
The 2nd FSSG is comprised of more than 7,600 Marines and sailors.
4th MEB (AT)
In September 2001, then-Marine Corps commandant Gen. James L. Jones directed the reactivation of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade as an anti-terrorism organization within the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic.
The mission of the 4th MEB (Anti-Terrorism) is to provide unified combatant commanders with rapidly deployable and sustainable specialized anti-terrorism forces. It is organized with Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force and an anti-terrorism battalion. Additionally, the MEB includes the resources and capabilities of Marine Security Guard Battalion and Marine Corps Security Force Battalion.
2nd MEB
The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade provides a tailored, combined arms force with the flexibility to perform missions across the spectrum of conflict in an expeditionary environment. The force is capable of executing numerous deployment and employment options to include amphibious forcible entry and maritime pre-positioning force operations.
II MACE
The II Marine Expeditionary Force Augmentation Command Element is located at the II MEF headquarters. It functions as a Selected Marine Corps Reserve unit whose mission is to provide pre-trained Marines in support of, or to reinforce the Command Element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Ellie