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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/225px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="437" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> is organized within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>, which is led by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> (SECNAV). The most senior Marine commissioned officer is the <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>, responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that it is ready for operation under the command of the <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">unified combatant commanders</a>. The Marine Corps is organized into four principal subdivisions: <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a>, the Operating Forces, the Supporting Establishment, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">Marine Forces Reserve</a>. </p><p>The Operating Forces are further subdivided into three categories: Marine forces assigned to <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Unified Combatant Commands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Security_Force_Regiment" title="Marine Corps Security Force Regiment">Marine Corps Security Forces</a> guarding naval installations, and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Security_Guard" title="Marine Security Guard">Marine Security Guard</a> detachments at American embassies. Under the "Forces for Unified Commands" memo, Marine forces are assigned to each of the regional unified combatant commands at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense and with the approval of the President. Since 1991, the Marine Corps has maintained component headquarters at each of the regional unified combatant commands.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marine Corps Forces are further divided into <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Command">Marine Forces Command</a> (consisting of <a href="/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="II Marine Expeditionary Force">II Marine Expeditionary Force</a>) and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Pacific" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific">Marine Forces Pacific</a> (<a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a>). The commander of the former also serves as commanding general for <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Atlantic" title="Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic">Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Europe">Marine Corps Forces, Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_South" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, South">Marine Corps Forces, South</a>, Marine Corps Forces, Strategic, and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Installations_East" title="Marine Corps Installations East">Marine Corps Installations East</a>; while the latter serves as commander of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific" title="Fleet Marine Force, Pacific">Fleet Marine Force, Pacific</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Forces_Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Forces Central Command">Marine Forces Central Command</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Installations_West" title="Marine Corps Installations West">Marine Corps Installations West</a>. </p><p>The Supporting Establishment includes <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Development_Command" title="Marine Corps Combat Development Command">Combat Development Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">Recruit Depots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Logistics_Command" title="Marine Corps Logistics Command">Marine Corps Logistics Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_installations" title="List of United States Marine Corps installations">Marine Bases & Air Stations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruiting_Command" title="Marine Corps Recruiting Command">Marine Corps Recruiting Command</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_other_uniformed_services">Relationship with other uniformed services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Relationship with other uniformed services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army both believe that their combat capabilities overlap each other, they have both historically viewed the other branch as encroaching on their capabilities and have competed for money, missions, and fame. The Marines grew to a field strength of six divisions during World War II, including the <a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Marine Division (United States)">5th Marine Division (United States)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/6th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="6th Marine Division (United States)">6th Marine Division (United States)</a>. Both were disbanded after the war. </p><p>Most significantly, in the aftermath of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Army efforts to restructure the American defense establishment involved the dissolution of the Marine Corps and the folding of its capabilities into the other services. Leading this movement were such prominent Army officers as General <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Dwight Eisenhower</a>, who later became the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Army Chief of Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. Marshall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Krulak_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krulak-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a> (CNO) and <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a> (CMC), heads of their respective services, report directly to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> (SECNAV). As a result, the Navy and Marine Corps have a close relationship, more so than with other branches of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>. Recent whitepapers and promotional literature have commonly used the phrase "Navy-Marine Corps Team".<sup id="cite_ref-Seapower21_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seapower21-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-EnduringFreedomVid_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnduringFreedomVid-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This relationship stems from the Navy providing transport, logistical, medical, and religious service as well as combat support to put Marine units into the fight where they are needed. Conversely, Marines are responsible for conducting land operations to support naval campaigns, including the seizure of naval and air bases. All Marine Aviation programs except for specific command and control and air defense programs are funded by the Navy. Marine Corps officers are assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations#Organization_of_the_Office_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_(OpNav)" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Office of Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV)</a> Air Warfare Branch (N98) to represent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine Aviation</a> interests and serve as <a href="/wiki/Operations_(military_staff)" title="Operations (military staff)">"action officers"</a> (viz., staff members).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By Congressional mandate, the OPNAV Director, Expeditionary Warfare Branch (N95) is filled by a Marine general. </p><p>The Marine Corps cooperates with the Navy on many institutional support services. The corps receives a significant portion of its officers from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps">Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC)</a>, which are partially staffed by Marines. Marine Corps drill instructors contribute to training naval officers in <a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">Officer Candidate School</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine aviators</a> are trained in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Aviation training</a> pipeline, and utilize naval-weapons and test-pilot schools. Currently, Navy <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft carriers">aircraft carriers</a> deploy with a Marine <a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">Hornet</a> squadron alongside Navy squadrons. The Navy's <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> flight team includes at least one Marine pilot and is supported by a Marine <a href="/wiki/C-130" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130">C-130</a> Hercules aircraft and crew. </p><p>Since the Marines do not train <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Chaplain_Corps" title="United States Navy Chaplain Corps">chaplains</a> or <a href="/wiki/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Navy)" title="Medical Corps (United States Navy)">medical personnel</a>, officers and enlisted sailors from the Navy fill these roles. Some of these sailors, particularly <a href="/wiki/Hospital_Corpsmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Hospital Corpsmen">Hospital Corpsmen</a>, generally wear Marine uniforms emblazoned with the Marine insignia but US Navy name tags in order to be distinct to compatriots but indistinguishable to enemies. The Marines also operate a network security team in conjunction with the Navy. Marines and sailors share the vast majority of branch-specific awards, with Marines earning the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a>, the highest honor awarded short of the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> (which Marines also are awarded, in the Navy version of the Medal of Honor), and other like medals; while an example of the few Marine-only awards is the <a href="/wiki/Good_Conduct_Medal_(United_States)" title="Good Conduct Medal (United States)">Good Conduct Medal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_(MAGTF)"><span id="Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_.28MAGTF.29"></span>Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_Organization.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_Organization.png/250px-Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_Organization.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="423" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_Organization.png 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="431" /></a><figcaption>Basic structure of a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Today, the basic framework for deployable Marine units is the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a> (MAGTF), a flexible structure that can vary in size. A MAGTF is composed of four elements: the <a href="/wiki/Command_element" class="mw-redirect" title="Command element">command element</a> (CE), the <a href="/wiki/Ground_combat_element" title="Ground combat element">ground combat element</a> (GCE), the <a href="/wiki/Aviation_combat_element" title="Aviation combat element">aviation combat element</a> (ACE) and the <a href="/wiki/Logistics_combat_element" title="Logistics combat element">logistics combat element</a> (LCE).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A MAGTF can operate independently or as part of a larger coalition. It is a temporary organization formed for a specific mission and dissolved after completion of that mission. </p><p>The MAGTF structure reflects a strong tradition in the Corps towards self-sufficiency and a commitment to <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a>, both essential assets to an expeditionary force often called upon to act independently in discrete, time-sensitive situations. The history of the Marine Corps as well has led to a wariness towards relying too much on its sister services, and towards joint operations in general<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p><p>A MAGTF varies in size from the smallest, a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Unit">Marine Expeditionary Unit</a> (MEU), based around a reinforced infantry <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> and a composite <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>, up to the largest, a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Force">Marine Expeditionary Force</a> (MEF), which ties together a <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Wing_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (air force unit)">Air Wing</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Logistics_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Logistics Group">Logistics Group</a> under a MEF Headquarters Group. </p><p>The three Marine Expeditionary Forces are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a> located at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Pendleton" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="II Marine Expeditionary Force">II Marine Expeditionary Force</a> located at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Lejeune" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a> located at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Courtney" title="Camp Courtney">Camp Courtney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Expeditionary_Unit_(MEU)"><span id="Marine_Expeditionary_Unit_.28MEU.29"></span>Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Marine_Expeditionary_Units" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Marine Expeditionary Units">List of Marine Expeditionary Units</a></div> <p>Each of the seven MEUs are assigned to their respective Navy fleet as components of the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a>: three to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Atlantic Fleet">Atlantic Fleet</a> (based at Camp Lejeune), and four to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a> (three based at Camp Pendleton and one in Okinawa). Each is commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> with a combat arms background thus, <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> or <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Aviator">aviator</a>. The MEU components consist of a command element, ground combat element, aviation combat element, and a logistics combat element each commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a>. MEU rotations are staggered so that while one MEU is on deployment, another is training to deploy, and one is standing down to refit and exchange units. Each MEU is trained during its workup evolution to perform special operations tasks and is then designated as an MEU(SOC) (<a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit_(special_operations_capable)" title="Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable)">Special Operations Capable</a>). Each MEU can tailor its equipment to the expected tasking. </p><p>MEU Components: </p> <ul><li>Command Element</li> <li>Aviation Combat Element (a composite squadron organized with a variety of platforms)</li> <li>Ground Combat Element (an infantry battalion, known as the "Battalion Landing Team", task-organized and reinforced with other organic elements such as armor, artillery, and engineers)</li> <li>Logistics Combat Element (provides the six functional areas of combat service support to the MEU)</li></ul> <p>Typically, a MEU falls under the operational control of but no longer deploys as part of an <a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_Strike_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Expeditionary Strike Group">Expeditionary Strike Group</a> (which replaced the <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Ready_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious Ready Group">Amphibious Ready Group</a>), composed of Navy amphibious ("L-class") ships (a <a href="/wiki/LHD_(hull_classification_symbol)" class="mw-redirect" title="LHD (hull classification symbol)">LHD</a> or <a href="/wiki/LHA_(hull_classification_symbol)" class="mw-redirect" title="LHA (hull classification symbol)">LHA</a> to serve as the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of the Amphibious Squadron, <a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">LSD</a>(s), and <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">LPD</a>(s) that embark the MEU), escort ships (such as the <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_cruiser" title="Ticonderoga-class cruiser"><i>Ticonderoga</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles-class_submarine" title="Los Angeles-class submarine"><i>Los Angeles</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a>), and the requisite landing vehicles to transport the MEU ashore, such as the <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion" title="Landing Craft Air Cushion">LCAC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Utility" title="Landing Craft Utility">LCU</a> surface craft, <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious Assault Vehicle">Amphibious Assault Vehicle</a> (though the MEU can utilize its helicopter lift assets embarked aboard the LHD or LHA). The theater component commander can use the ESG in its entirety or detach units as needed, though the MEU usually remains aboard the ships of the ESG to use it as their principal base of operations. This ability to remain at sea and "over the horizon" until called is a unique capability of the ESG/MEU. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ground_Combat_Elements_(GCE)"><span id="Ground_Combat_Elements_.28GCE.29"></span>Ground Combat Elements (GCE)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ground Combat Elements (GCE)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions" title="List of United States Marine Corps battalions">List of United States Marine Corps battalions</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_Regiments" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Marine Corps Regiments">List of United States Marine Corps Regiments</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_Divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Marine Corps Divisions">List of United States Marine Corps Divisions</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ground_Combat_Element" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Combat Element">Ground Combat Element</a></div> <p>The basic organization of Marine Corps infantry units follows the "rule of threes", which places three subordinates under a commander, not counting support elements.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization and weapons are from the Marine Corps <a href="/wiki/Table_of_Organization_and_Equipment" class="mw-redirect" title="Table of Organization and Equipment">Table of Organization and Equipment</a> (TOE) standard. Note that these are principles, but according to manpower and mission needs units can deviate from the TOE (e.g. with four subordinate units instead of three, or a commander who is a rank above or below the rank specified). Supporting units will have their own organization and equipment, but generally also follow the "rule of threes". </p> <ul><li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Fire_team#United_States_Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire team">fire team</a></b>, is the basic element of the GCE. It consists of four Marines: the team leader, <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a> (E-4) (M4/M16 with attached <a href="/wiki/M203_grenade_launcher" title="M203 grenade launcher">M203</a>), one rifleman, rank of Pvt/E-1 (M4/M16), one assistant automatic rifleman, rank of PFC/E-2 (<a href="/wiki/M4_carbine" title="M4 carbine">M4</a>/<a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16</a>), and one automatic rifleman, rank of LCpl/E-3 (<a href="/wiki/M27_Infantry_Automatic_Rifle" title="M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle">M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle</a> or <a href="/wiki/M249_light_machine_gun" title="M249 light machine gun">M249 light machine gun</a>).</li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Squad" title="Squad">rifle squad</a></b>, usually led by a <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a>, is made up of three identical fire teams.</li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Platoon#United_States_organization" title="Platoon">rifle platoon</a></b>, commanded by a 2nd or 1st <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a>, consists of three rifle squads, and a headquarters element made up the <a href="/wiki/Platoon_commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Platoon commander">platoon commander</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Platoon_sergeant" title="Platoon sergeant">platoon sergeant</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Platoon_guide" title="Platoon guide">platoon guide</a>, and a messenger. (One or more <a href="/wiki/Hospital_Corpsman" class="mw-redirect" title="Hospital Corpsman">Navy Medical Corpsman</a> are usually attached to the platoon from the battalion's medical platoon.) The platoon sergeant, usually a <a href="/wiki/Staff_sergeant" title="Staff sergeant">staff sergeant</a>, advises the commander and serves as the second-in-command. The platoon guide, usually a sergeant, serves as the assistant platoon sergeant. A rifle platoon is capable of integrating attachments from the weapons platoon (e.g., assault squad or machine gun squad) and may include a two-man mortar forward observer team attached from the battalion's 81-mm mortar platoon.</li></ul> <dl><dd>A <b><a href="/wiki/Platoon#United_States_organization" title="Platoon">weapons platoon</a></b>, usually commanded by a 1st lieutenant and assisted by a <a href="/wiki/Gunnery_sergeant" title="Gunnery sergeant">gunnery sergeant</a> as the platoon sergeant, will substitute for the rifle squads:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>a 60 mm mortar <a href="/wiki/Section_(military_unit)" title="Section (military unit)">section</a>, with a staff sergeant as section leader and consisting of three mortar squads, with each squad led by a corporal as squad leader and containing one <a href="/wiki/M224_mortar" title="M224 mortar">M224 mortar</a> and three Marines.;</li> <li>an assault section, led by a sergeant as section leader and consisting of three assault squads, with each squad led by a corporal and containing two teams, with each team consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Shoulder-launched_Multipurpose_Assault_Weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon">SMAW</a> and two Marines; and</li> <li>a medium machine gun section, led by a staff sergeant as section leader and consisting of three machine gun squads, with each squad led by a sergeant as squad leader and containing two teams, which each team led by a corporal as team leader and containing one <a href="/wiki/M240_machine_gun#M240G" title="M240 machine gun">M240G</a> and three Marines).</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)#Marine_Corps" title="Company (military unit)">rifle company</a></b>, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">captain</a> as the commanding officer (CO) and assisted by a 1st lieutenant as the <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer#United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Executive officer">company executive officer</a> (XO) who serves as second-in-command, consists of three rifle platoons, a weapons platoon, and a company headquarters, which, in addition to the two officers, includes the <a href="/wiki/First_sergeant" title="First sergeant">first sergeant</a>, company gunnery sergeant, property NCO, and a messenger/driver.</li></ul> <dl><dd>A <b><a href="/wiki/Weapons_company" title="Weapons company">weapons company</a></b>, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a> and assisted by a captain as XO, will substitute for the rifle platoons an <a href="/wiki/M252_mortar" title="M252 mortar">81 mm mortar</a> platoon, an anti-armor platoon, and a heavy machine gun platoon. In deference to the more extensive training requirements and complicated tactical considerations necessitated by the crew-served weapons employed by the weapons company, its platoon commanders are usually 1st lieutenants and the platoon sergeants are gunnery sergeants. The company headquarters includes a <a href="/wiki/Master_sergeant" title="Master sergeant">master sergeant</a> as the operations chief (in lieu of the company gunnery sergeant) and an additional messenger/driver.</dd> <dd>A <b><a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_service_company" title="Headquarters and service company">headquarters and service company</a></b>, commanded by a captain and assisted by a 2nd or 1st lieutenant as the XO, contains the <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_Service_Company#Battalion_Headquarters" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters and Service Company">battalion headquarters</a>, which includes the command section (including the battalion CO, battalion XO, and the <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_major" title="Sergeant major">sergeant major</a>), the executive staff sections (S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, & S-6), and the chaplain section. The company consists of a company headquarters section, a scout sniper platoon, a communications platoon, a service platoon, and a medical platoon.</dd></dl> <ul><li>An <b><a href="/wiki/Battalion#United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Battalion">infantry battalion</a></b>, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a> and assisted by a major as the battalion XO, consists of three rifle companies, a weapons company, and a <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_Service_Company#Battalion_H&S_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters and Service Company">headquarters and service company</a>.</li> <li>An <b><a href="/wiki/Regiment#United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Regiment">infantry regiment</a></b>, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a> and assisted by a lieutenant colonel as the regimental XO, consists of three battalions, and a <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_Service_Company#Regimental_H&S_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters and Service Company">regimental headquarters company</a>.</li> <li>A <b><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Marine division</a></b>, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> as the commanding general (CG) and assisted by a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> as the assistant division commander, usually consists of three infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, several separate battalions (i.e., reconnaissance, assault amphibian, tank, light armored reconnaissance, and combat engineer), and a <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_Service_Company#Headquarters_Battalion,_Marine_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters and Service Company">headquarters battalion</a>.</li></ul> <p>The unit designation <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> is only used in the Marine Corps in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Brigade">Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a> (MEB), an intermediate sized <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air_Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air Ground Task Force">Marine Air Ground Task Force</a> (MAGTF). The MEB is usually commanded by a brigadier general as CG, who is assisted by a colonel as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff#in_the_United_States" title="Chief of staff">chief of staff (CoS)</a> of the MEB's general staff and who is "dual-hatted" as the MEB's second-in-command. The MEB consists of three regimental equivalent combat elements (ground, air, and logistics) and a battalion-sized headquarters element. The ground combat element (GCE) consists of a <a href="/wiki/Regimental_Combat_Team#U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Regimental Combat Team">Regimental Combat Team</a> (RCT), which is a heavily reinforced infantry regiment (including field artillery, infantry reconnaissance, amphibious assault vehicle, tank, light armored reconnaissance, and combat engineer units), itself roughly equivalent to a US Army Infantry <a href="/wiki/Brigade_Combat_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigade Combat Team">Brigade Combat Team</a>. The air, or aviation, combat element (ACE) consists of a composite Marine Aircraft Group containing several helicopter, tilt rotor, tactical fixed wing, and UAV squadrons and/or detachments, as well as aviation ground support, command and control, and air defense units. The MAG is roughly equivalent in terms of numbers of aircraft and personnel to a US Army Combat Aviation Brigade. The logistics combat element (LCE) consists of a combat logistics regiment (CLR) consisting of combat logistics battalions (CLB), and specialized logistical companies and detachments to support the MAGTF. The headquarters, or command, element (CE) consists of specialized companies and detachments that perform various command, control, communications, surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, law enforcement, and liaison functions. </p><p>Two unique unit designations to the Marine Corps are <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Unit">Marine Expeditionary Unit</a> (MEU) and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Force">Marine Expeditionary Force</a> (MEF) MAGTFs. The MEU is the smallest MAGTF and consists of approximately 2,200 personnel. Commanded by a colonel with a lieutenant colonel as XO, it consists of a battalion landing team (BLT), a reinforced infantry battalion, as its GCE and a Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM), reinforced with detachments of helicopters, tactical fixed wing, and UAV aircraft, as well as aviation ground support, command and control, and air defense detachments, as its ACE. The MEU's LCE consists of a CLB, and its CE is a company-sized version of the MEB's battalion-sized headquarters group. The MEF is the Marine Corps's equivalent tactical command level to an army corps. The MEF has a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">lieutenant general</a> as CG with a major general as deputy CG. The MEF consists of a <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_Divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Marine Corps Divisions">Marine Division</a> as its GCE, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation#Wings" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine Aircraft Wing</a> as its ACE, a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Logistics_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Logistics Group">Marine Logistics Group</a> as its LCE, and a regimental-sized <a href="/wiki/Command_element_(United_States_Marine_Corps)#Organization" title="Command element (United States Marine Corps)">MEF Headquarters Group (MEF HQG)</a> as its CE. </p><p>Battalions, and larger units commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Field_grade_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Field grade officer">field grade officer</a>, have an executive officer as the second-in-command and an <a href="/wiki/Military_staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Military staff">executive staff</a> consisting of: <a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">Manpower / Administration & Personnel (S-1)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intelligence (S-2)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operations_(military_staff)" title="Operations (military staff)">Operations, Plans & Training (S-3)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">Logistics (S-4)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_affairs" title="Civil affairs">Civil Affairs</a> (wartime only) (S-5), and <a href="/wiki/Military_communications" title="Military communications">Communications (S-6)</a> sections. Units commanded by a <a href="/wiki/General_officers_in_the_United_States" title="General officers in the United States">general officer</a> have a chief of staff and a general staff in which the staff sections are designated as G-1, G-2, etc. Battalions and larger units replace the company (and battery) first sergeant with a sergeant major, as the senior enlisted advisor to the unit commander. </p><p>The four Marine divisions are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Marine Division (United States)">2nd Marine Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Marine Division (United States)">3rd Marine Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Courtney" title="Camp Courtney">Camp Courtney</a> in <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Marine Division (United States)">4th Marine Division</a>, a reserve unit headquartered in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, with units scattered throughout the United States.</li></ul> <p>In <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, two more Marine Divisions were formed: the <a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Marine Division (United States)">5th</a> and <a href="/wiki/6th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="6th Marine Division (United States)">6th</a>, which fought in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. These divisions were disbanded after the end of the war. The 5th Marine Division was reactivated for service in Vietnam but was disbanded again in the early 1970s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aviation_combat_element_(ACE)"><span id="Aviation_combat_element_.28ACE.29"></span>Aviation combat element (ACE)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aviation combat element (ACE)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">United States Marine Corps Aviation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aviation_combat_element" title="Aviation combat element">Aviation combat element</a></div> <p>The mission of Marine Corps aviation is to provide the MAGTF commander with an aviation combat element (ACE) capable of conducting air operations in support of the seizure and defense of advanced naval bases, and conducting such land operations as may be directed by the Joint Force commander. </p><p>The ACE supports the MAGTF by providing the six functions of Marine aviation: <a href="/wiki/Assault_support" class="mw-redirect" title="Assault support">assault support</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-air warfare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">offensive air support</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Command_and_Control_(Military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Command and Control (Military)">control of aircraft and missiles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">aerial reconnaissance</a>. </p><p>Aviation units are organized into: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">Squadrons</a> of 5–27 aircraft (depending upon aircraft type), tactically organized into sections of 2–3 aircraft and divisions of 2–3 sections, as needed for mission requirements (squadrons may also be organized with one or more detachments, containing two or more aircraft, for deployment requirements), commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">lieutenant colonel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force unit)">Groups</a> of 4–12 squadrons (average of 7 squadrons per group) and a group headquarters, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wing_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (air force unit)">Wings</a> of two or more Marine aircraft groups (MAG), a Marine air control group, and Marine wing headquarters squadron, and a Marine wing headquarters, commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> as the wing CG with a brigadier general as the assistant wing commander.</li></ul> <p>The four Marine aircraft wings are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="1st Marine Aircraft Wing">1st Marine Aircraft Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Smedley_D._Butler" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler">Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="2nd Marine Aircraft Wing">2nd Marine Aircraft Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Cherry_Point" title="Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point">Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="3rd Marine Aircraft Wing">3rd Marine Aircraft Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Miramar" title="Marine Corps Air Station Miramar">Marine Corps Air Station Miramar</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="4th Marine Aircraft Wing">4th Marine Aircraft Wing</a>, a reserve unit, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, with units scattered throughout the United States</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logistics_Combat_Element_(LCE)"><span id="Logistics_Combat_Element_.28LCE.29"></span>Logistics Combat Element (LCE)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Logistics Combat Element (LCE)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Logistics_combat_element" title="Logistics combat element">Logistics combat element</a></div> <p>Beyond logistics (i.e., motor transport, supply, and maintenance), the LCE provides engineer support (i.e., heavy equipment, bulk fuel and water, utilities, bridging, explosive ordnance disposal, and reinforcement to combat engineer units), medical and dental personnel, and other specialized units (e.g., aerial delivery and landing support). </p><p>The four Marine logistics groups are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="1st Marine Logistics Group">1st Marine Logistics Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Pendleton" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="2nd Marine Logistics Group">2nd Marine Logistics Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Lejeune" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="3rd Marine Logistics Group">3rd Marine Logistics Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Kinser" title="Camp Kinser">Camp Kinser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="4th Marine Logistics Group">4th Marine Logistics Group</a>, a reserve unit, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, with units scattered throughout the United States.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marine_Corps_Special_Operations_Components">Marine Corps Special Operations Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Marine Corps Special Operations Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit_(special_operations_capable)" title="Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable)">Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable)</a></div> <p>Although the notion of a Marine special warfare contribution to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">U.S. Special Operations Command</a> (USSOCOM) was considered as early as the founding of USSOCOM in the 1980s, it was resisted by the Marine Corps. Then Commandant <a href="/wiki/Paul_X._Kelley" title="Paul X. Kelley">Paul X. Kelley</a> expressed the popular belief that Marines should support Marines, and that the Corps should not fund a special warfare capability that would not support Marine operations.<sup id="cite_ref-WThomasSmith_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WThomasSmith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, resistance from within the Marine Corps dissipated when Marine leaders watched the Corps' "crown jewels"—the <a href="/wiki/15th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="15th Marine Expeditionary Unit">15th</a> and <a href="/wiki/26th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="26th Marine Expeditionary Unit">26th MEU (Special Operations Capable)</a> {MEU(SOC)s}—sit on the sidelines during the early stages of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> while other special warfare units led the way.<sup id="cite_ref-Priddy_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Priddy-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a three-year development period, the Marine Corps agreed in 2006 to supply a 2,700-strong unit, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Forces_Special_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Forces Special Operations Command">Marine Forces Special Operations Command</a> (MARSOC), which would answer directly to USSOCOM.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley_Graham_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley_Graham-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Special_Operations_Command">Marine Special Operations Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Marine Special Operations Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_(MARSOC).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_%28MARSOC%29.svg/100px-Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_%28MARSOC%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_%28MARSOC%29.svg/150px-Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_%28MARSOC%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_%28MARSOC%29.svg/200px-Seal_of_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command_%28MARSOC%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="715" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command">United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command</a></div> <p>The Marine Special Operations Command is the Marine Corps's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Special Operations Forces">special operations component</a> that reports to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">United States Special Operations Command</a> (USSOCOM). Currently, MARSOC trains, organizes, equips and, when directed by the Commander, USSOCOM, deploys task organized, scalable, and responsive U.S. Marine Corps special operations forces worldwide in support of combatant commanders and other agencies. </p><p>The MSOAG, formerly the FMTU, has been operating since 2005, before MARSOC formally existed. MARSOC was formally activated during a February 24 ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where MARSOC is now headquartered. Fox Company, 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, was the first of the Marine Special Operations Battalions' companies to activate in the Spring of 2006. Drawing its manpower from the core of 2nd Force Reconnaissance Co., Fox Company's creation came at the expense of 2nd Force Reconnaissance Co., which stood down upon the transfer of its platoons to both MARSOC's 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, and a new company (Delta) of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. </p> <ul><li>A fireteam is the basic element of the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Special_Operations_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Special Operations Regiment">Marine Special Operations Regiment</a>. Like fireteams in the infantry, MSOR fireteams consist of four Marines; a team leader/grenadier, an automatic rifleman, an assistant automatic rifleman and a rifleman.</li> <li>A Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT) is made up of three fireteams, in addition to a captain as a team leader, a radio operator and a Navy corpsman.</li> <li>A Marine Special Operations Company (MSOC), made up of four MSOTs and commanded by a major.</li> <li>A Marine Special Operations Battalion, made up of four MSOCs and commanded by a lieutenant colonel.</li></ul> <p>The three Marine Special Operations Battalions (MSOBs) are: </p> <ul><li>1st Marine Special Operations Battalion at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.</li> <li>2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.</li> <li>3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.</li></ul> <p>MARSOC also contains a Marine Special Operations Support Group (SOSG) that trains, equips, structures, and provides specially qualified Marine forces, including operational logistics, intelligence, multipurpose canines, Firepower Control Teams and communications support in order to sustain worldwide special operations missions as directed by Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (COMMARFORSOC). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=9" 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href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals">Marine Corps four-star generals</a></li> <li>Marine Corps three-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960">1942–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_since_2010" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals since 2010">2010–present</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="US_Congress" scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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Seapower">Seapower subcommittee</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Seal of the United States Marine Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/160px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Major <br /> commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Organization of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Command">Marine Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="II Marine Expeditionary Force">II Marine Expeditionary Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Pacific" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific">Marine Forces Pacific</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">Marine Forces Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Atlantic" title="Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic">Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific" title="Fleet Marine Force, Pacific">Pacific</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Development_Command" title="Marine Corps Combat Development Command">Marine Corps Combat Development Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Training_and_Education_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command">Training & Education Command</a> (TECOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Warfighting_Laboratory" title="United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory">United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Systems_Command" title="Marine Corps Systems Command">Marine Corps Systems Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Auxiliary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_installations" title="List of United States Marine Corps installations">Bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions" title="List of United States Marine Corps battalions">Battalions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_regiments" title="List of United States Marine Corps regiments">Regiments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_brigades" title="List of United States Marine Corps brigades">Brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_divisions" title="List of United States Marine Corps divisions">Divisions</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MEF/Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit" title="Marine expeditionary unit">Marine expeditionary unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Security_Guard" title="Marine Security Guard">Marine Security Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Forces_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Raiders" title="Marine Raiders">Marine Raiders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Raider_Regiment" title="Marine Raider Regiment">Marine Raider Regiment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_Reconnaissance" title="United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance">Recon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance" title="United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance">Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reconnaissance_Battalions" title="United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions">Division</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel<br />and training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">Rank insignia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_MOS" title="List of United States Marine Corps MOS">MOS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marines" title="List of United States Marines">Notable Marines</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_United_States_Marines" title="List of historic United States Marines">Historical Marines</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_astronauts" title="List of United States Marine Corps astronauts">Marine Astronauts</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Criminal_Investigation_Division" title="United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division">Criminal Investigation Division</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Judge_Advocate_Division" title="United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division">Judge Advocate Division</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Chaplain of the Marine Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Category:Organizations_associated_with_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Category:Organizations associated with the United States Marine Corps">Associated organizations</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">Recruit Training</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_School_of_Infantry" title="United States Marine Corps School of Infantry">School of Infantry</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">Officer Candidates School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Martial_Arts_Program" title="Marine Corps Martial Arts Program">Martial Arts Program</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms<br />and equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">Vehicles and aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">Individual equipment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History<br />and traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Culture of the United States Marine Corps">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions" title="List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions">Acronyms and terms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_birthday" title="United States Marine Corps birthday">Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_Sergeant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps">Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor" title="Eagle, Globe, and Anchor">Eagle, Globe, and Anchor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">Marine Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Drum_and_Bugle_Corps" title="United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps">Drum and Bugle Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horse_Marines" title="Horse Marines">Horse Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_One" title="Marine One">Marine One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Color_Guard" title="United States Marine Corps Color Guard">Color Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Silent_Drill_Platoon" title="United States Marine Corps Silent Drill 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">• <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Marine Division (United States)">2nd Marine Division</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="2nd Marine Aircraft Wing">2nd Marine Aircraft Wing</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="2nd Marine Logistics Group">2nd Marine Logistics Group</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)" title="2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)">2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/22nd_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit">22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/24th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="24th Marine Expeditionary Unit">24th Marine Expeditionary Unit</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/26th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="26th Marine Expeditionary Unit">26th Marine Expeditionary Unit</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> • <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MARFOREUR-AF.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/MARFOREUR-AF.png/25px-MARFOREUR-AF.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/MARFOREUR-AF.png/38px-MARFOREUR-AF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/MARFOREUR-AF.png/50px-MARFOREUR-AF.png 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="688" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa">Marine Forces, Europe and Africa</a><br />• <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMARFORSOUTH.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/USMARFORSOUTH.png/25px-USMARFORSOUTH.png" decoding="async" width="25" 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style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">• <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="3rd Marine Aircraft Wing">3rd Marine Aircraft Wing</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="1st Marine Logistics Group">1st Marine Logistics Group</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)" title="1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)">1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/11th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="11th Marine Expeditionary Unit">11th Marine Expeditionary Unit</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/13th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="13th Marine Expeditionary Unit">13th Marine Expeditionary Unit</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/15th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="15th Marine Expeditionary Unit">15th Marine Expeditionary Unit</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:19em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IIIMEFLogo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/IIIMEFLogo.jpg/25px-IIIMEFLogo.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/IIIMEFLogo.jpg/38px-IIIMEFLogo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/IIIMEFLogo.jpg/50px-IIIMEFLogo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="410" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">• <a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Marine Division (United States)">3rd Marine Division</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="1st Marine Aircraft Wing">1st Marine Aircraft Wing</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="3rd Marine Logistics Group">3rd Marine Logistics Group</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)">3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a><br />• <a href="/wiki/31st_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="31st Marine Expeditionary Unit">31st Marine Expeditionary Unit</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> • <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MARCENT_insignia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/MARCENT_insignia.jpg/25px-MARCENT_insignia.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/MARCENT_insignia.jpg/38px-MARCENT_insignia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/MARCENT_insignia.jpg/50px-MARCENT_insignia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Forces_Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Forces Central Command">Marine Forces, Central Command</a><br />• <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MARFORK_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/MARFORK_logo.png/25px-MARFORK_logo.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/MARFORK_logo.png/38px-MARFORK_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/MARFORK_logo.png/50px-MARFORK_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Korea" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Korea">Marine Forces, Korea</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operating Contingent Forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:19em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MarforresLogo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/MarforresLogo.jpg/25px-MarforresLogo.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/MarforresLogo.jpg/38px-MarforresLogo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/MarforresLogo.jpg/50px-MarforresLogo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1405" data-file-height="1400" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">By ancestry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List 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football">Nuclear football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">Electronics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joint_Electronics_Type_Designation_System" title="Joint Electronics Type Designation System">designations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Flags of the United States Armed Forces">Flags</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Flag of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons 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