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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is home to more than 43,000 Marines and Sailors from around the world. These servicemen and women serve with hundreds of company-size units that compose several major commands aboard base. Also, biographies of Significant Commanders are available at the links.
The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), one of three MEF's
in the Marine Corps, is a combined arms force consisting of ground,
air, and logistics forces possessing the capability of projecting
offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat
without external assistance for a period of 60 days. For more information
on II MEF's deployed Marines and sailors, visit http://www.mnfwest.usmc.mil.
 The
II Marine Expeditionary Force Augmentation Command Element (II MACE)
is located at the II MEF headquarters. It functions as a Selected
Marine Corps Reserve unit whose mission is to provide pre-trained
Marines in support of, or to reinforce, the Command Element of II
Marine Expeditionary Force. Prior to October 1995, II MACE was known
as the Reserve Marine Air/Ground Task Force and was previously known
as the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Its history dates back to
1979 when then Brigadier General A.M. Gray recommended that a Marine
Amphibious Brigade be formed from assets of the Marine Corps Reserve. II MACE is staffed by 16 active duty Marines and approximately 200
Selected Marine Corps Reservists.
 The 2d Marine Division is the ground combat element of II MEF. Its backbone is the individual Marine infantryman whose basic mission
is to locate, close with, attack and destroy, or capture the enemy.
The 2d MAW is equipped with fighters, attack jets, electronic countermeasures aircraft, helicopters, and refueling and transport aircraft. The three main aviation groups at Cherry Point that make up the 2d MAW include Marine Aircraft Group 14, Marine Wing Support Group 27 and Marine Air Control Group 28. Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 provides command, administrative and support for a Marine Wing Headquarters and certain elements of the Marine Air Control Group.
 The
2nd MLG conducts general and direct supply support operations and
receives, stores, distributes and manages supply material and information.
They also provide health and dental service support, military police support
including maneuver and mobility, area security and law and order
interment operations to the Marine Air Ground Task Force. The 2nd
MLG’s mission also includes providing support for deployed
units by transporting gear via land and air. They provide engineering
support of a deliberate nature to Marine Expeditionary Forces and
intermediate maintenance support for Marine Corps furnished by
tactical ordnance, engineer, motor, repairable support to include
stocking, storing and fiscal accounting for normal accounting.
The 2nd MLG is comprised of more than 8,000 Marines and sailors.
It is composed of Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Combat Logistics
Regiment 27, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 8th Engineer Support
Battalion, and 2nd Dental Battalion.
 In November 1999, the CG of II MEF activated the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade as a command element. Larger than a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), the MEB is uniquely qualified for sustained combat operations and can project offensive combat power ashore and remain self-sustaining without external support for a period of up to 60 days.
 For nearly 40 years, the unit currently known as the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit has been conducting exercises and deployments in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas as well as the Atlantic Ocean and other locations in the eastern hemisphere.
During these deployments, the unit has responded to a number of crisis that have tested the Marines' capabilities and proven they are ready to accomplish any given mission.
 The Marine Expeditionary Unit is a Marine Air Ground Task Force. With a strength of about 2,200 personnel, the MEU consists of a command element, a reinforced infantry battalion, a composite helicopter squadron and a MEU service support group.
The mission of the MEU is to provide geographic combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, rapid-response force capable of conducting conventional amphibious and selected maritime special operations at night or under adverse weather conditions from the sea, by surface and/or by air while under communications and electronics restrictions.
The Marine Expeditionary Unit is a Marine Air Ground Task Force. With a strength of about 2,200 personnel, the MEU consists of a command element, a reinforced infantry battalion, a composite helicopter squadron and a MEU service support group.
The mission of the MEU is to provide geographic combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, rapid-response force capable of conducting conventional amphibious and selected maritime special operations at night or under adverse weather conditions from the sea, by surface and/or by air while under communications and electronics restrictions.
 Marine
Corps Installations East (MCIEAST) implements policies, develops
regional strategies and plans, prioritizes resources and
provides services, direction,
and oversight through assigned U.S. Marine Corps Installations
in order to support the Operating Forces, tenant commands
and activities.
Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST) will provide the Operating Forces
and tenant commands with the highest quality of continuous, effective
service and support to meet present and anticipate future joint
and expeditionary warfare requirements.
 Marine
Corps Base Camp Lejeune, as an element of the Marine Forces
Command supporting establishment, provides the operating
forces and Camp Lejeune community
support and services that enhance operational readiness and
quality of life. Marine Corps Base provides housing, training
and facilities. During
exercises, Marine Corps Base provides active and reserve
warfighting commands with logistics and
transportation support as well as coordination for deployments.
Marine Corps Base is also responsible for the resident formal
school training of approximately 39,000 Marines and provides
job enhancement training for
8,000 Marines and Department of Defense employees annually.
Courses range from formal Military Occupational Specialty
schools and computer training to total
quality leadership classes.
 The school's mission is to prepare officer and enlisted personnel for duty with Fleet Marine Forces by providing Commandant of the Marine Corps approved programs of formal instruction and practical application in the engineer field at the basic, journeyman and supervisory levels. In addition, they provide personnel for ceremonial units/honors to visiting dignitaries and to provide housing, logistics, fiscal and administrative support for personnel assigned.
 Established February 24, 2006, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is the Marine Corps component of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). It is headquartered at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and includes approximately 2,600 Marines and sailors. MARSOC performs the functions of manning, organizing, training, and equipping Marine Special Operations Forces to accomplish its mission. The MARSOC headquarters is responsible for identifying Marine Special Operation unique requirements; development of MARSOF tactics, techniques, procedures, and doctrine; and execution of assigned missions in accordance with designated conditions and standards. A Marine Corps Major General commands MARSOC with a supporting staff designed to be compatible in all functional areas with both USSOCOM and Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC). The MARSOC HQ is a non-deployable unit, the MARSOC commanding general and members of his staff may "battle roster" as needed to deploy in support of USSOCOM tasks to form, deploy, and employ a Joint Special Operations Task Force. MARSOC includes five subordinate commands: The Foreign Military Training Unit, Marines Special Operations Battalions East and West, the Marine Special Operations Support Group and the Marine Special Operations School. For additional information contact the MARSOC Public Communications Team at: MARSOC, Attn: PAO,PSC Box 20116, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 28542 Telephone: 910-451-2900 or 451-2870 E-mail: marsocpao@usmc.mil
 The School of Infantry (SOI) is located at Camp Geiger, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Comprised of two training battalions - Infantry Training Battalion (ITB) and Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCTBn), SOI trains more than 18,000 Marines annually.
 MCCSSS is located aboard Camp Johnson, which is adjacent to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. MCCSSS serves as the primary Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) training site for those Marines who have been designated in the fields of Personnel Administration/Legal Services, Logistics Operations, Financial Management and Ground Supply. In addition to that training, the Combat Water Survival Swimming School-East and Instructional Management School East are also located aboard Camp Johnson and provide professional military training.
 The Reserve Support Unit, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune has a long standing tradition of excellence in the seamless integration of Selected Marine Corps Reserve units and Individual Ready Reserve personnel into the regular Fleet Marine Forces. This was never more evident than during the massive mobilization for Operation Desert Shield/Storm, from August 1990 to January 1991. During this period, the RSU was the primary facilitator for the successful integration of SMCR units and the primary mobilization asset for literally thousands of IRR Marines for duty with active forces.
Since that time, the RSU has remained at the forefront. The RSU was again instrumental in the mobilization and training of nearly 500 SMCR Marines to participate in Operation Sea Signal, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from September to November 1994, as a part of Joint Task Force 160. Since then, the RSU has assisted in the mobilization of hundreds of Marines for duty in Bosnia, Haiti, Peru, Venezuela and the recent crisis in the former Yugoslavia.
 The Naval Hospital Command at Camp Lejeune is almost as old as the base itself, having been activated May 1st, 1943. But the hospital facility is one of the newest in the South.
Camp Lejeune's Naval Hospital provides general clinical and hospitalization services primarily for active duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel, their dependents and retirees.
The hospital is an integral part of the Naval and Tri-Service Regional Health Care Systems and cooperates with military and civil agencies in the local area during disasters and other emergencies.
Within this ultra-modern facility are spaces for 80 health care practitioners in suites consisting of an office and one or two examining rooms. The Surgical Suite consists of five operating rooms. The hospital has a modern eight-bed Intensive Care Unit. A new Nuclear Medicine Service and expanded laboratory and Radiology Services give the hospital the latest in diagnostic capabilities.
 The mission of FMTB is to train Navy Medical Department and Religious
Ministry personnel in preparation for their initial assignment to ground,
aviation, and combat service support units of the Fleet Marine Force (FMF).
Although the largest numbers of personnel trained are Hospital Corpsmen, the
school also trains Religious Program Specialists, Chaplains, and Medical
Department officers including Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps
and Nurse Corps Officers.
 Weapons Training Battalion has been a center for marksmanship excellence since its inception on Jan. 1, 1943.
Over the years, the Stone Bay personnel have provided quality training for annual qualification with service grade weapons and specialized training for units preparing to function in operations across the globe.
Entering Stone Bay will take Marines back in time to when Marines preparing for World War II conducted similar training to go forth and defeat the enemy. As training has evolved with the Marine Corps, tried and true marksmanship fundamentals are still the hallmark of training at Stone Bay. However, new technology has given way to better training. Stone Bay is fully equipped with an ISMT Center, Messing Facilities, Special Services, and sufficient barracks to support a full battalion of Marines in order to conduct whole-unit training.
 The Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center (SMTC) is located at Courthouse Bay, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The primary mission of the SMTC is to train Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST), Port Security Units (PSU), U.S. Navy Mobile Security Forces (MSF), as well as Coast Guard Cutter fast boat teams conducting counter drug operations. Formal courses include Basic Combat Skills, Tactical Boat Coxswain, Crew Served Weapons and Cutter Boat Over the Horizon fast boat tactics. The SMTC is also the Coast Guard center for testing and evaluating non-lethal weapon technology.
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