The United States Marine Corps today includes 3 expeditionary formations of the Marine Corps ( Marine Air-Ground Task Force ). The total strength of the Marine Corps as of 2010 is estimated at 203,000 people of the basic composition [1] and 40,000 reserves [2] .
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Marine Corps Expeditionary Corps (EKMP)
The following is a list of US Marine Corps expeditionary forces:
| Official name | Emblem | Dislocation | Formation history | Composition |
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( I Marine Expeditionary Force ) | San Diego ( California ) | Formed on November 8, 1969 in the territory of the prefect. Okinawa (Japan) as a U.S. ILC force in Japan. He received the name of the 1st Expeditionary Force of the United States Marine Corps (1st EKMP). ( English I Marine Expeditionary Force ). In 1970, it was renamed the 1st Marine Corps (1st DKMP) ( I Marine Amphibious Force, I MAF ). In 1988, the original name was returned to the compound — the 1st Expeditionary Force of the United States Marine Corps (1st ECMP) [3] . [4] . |
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( II Marine Expeditionary Force ) | (state of North Carolina ) | The 2nd division of the Marine Corps was formed on 01. 02. 1941 [6] . |
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( III Marine Expeditionary Force ) | ( Okinawa Prefecture, Japan ) | Formed on October 8, 1942 at the camp base of the Camp-Elliott CMP (San Diego, California) to participate in hostilities at the Pacific Theater of War (in New Caledonia). In 1944, it was renamed the 3rd Marine Corps (3rd DKMP) ( Eng. III Marine Amphibious Force, I MAF ). Withdrawn from the United States Commission in 1946 Formed again as the 3rd ECMP in 1965 in the Republic of Vietnam (Danang city), it was soon again renamed the 3rd ECMP. In 1971 he was transferred to Japan ( Camp Courtney , Okinawa Prefecture). In 1988, he changed the designation to the 3rd EKMP. [7] . |
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Marine Corps Expeditionary Brigades (ebrmp)
Marine Corps Expeditionary Units
The following is a list of US Marine Corps Expeditionary Forces:
| Official name | Emblem | Affiliation | Dislocation | Formation history | Composition |
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( 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit ) | (1st ECMP) | San Diego ( California ) | It was formed in 1979 as the 17th expeditionary detachment of the Marine Corps (17 units) to participate in the combat training of the expeditionary forces of the United States Marine Corps on the Pacific coast. The main units of the 17th EMP were assigned to it on a rotational basis from the 1st Marine Brigade ( Camp Smith ( Hawaii ). In 1983, he was reassigned to the 1st Marine Corps (1st DKMP) and renamed the 11th Marine Corps (11th Crew). | (2200 people)
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Notes
- ↑ Armed Forces Strength Figures for October 31, 2010 (PDF) (link not available) . Military Personnel Statistics: Active Duty Military Strength by Service . US Department of Defense (October 2010). Date of treatment December 13, 2010. Archived February 5, 2009.
- ↑ Reserve Force Figures (PDF). The Continental Marine Magazine - Almanac 2010 . Marine Forces Reserve (2010). - “The Selected Marine Corps Reserve has approximately 39,600 Marines; the Individual Ready Reserve has approximately 60,000 Marines. ” Date of treatment December 27, 2010. Archived November 17, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 3 I Marine Expeditionary Force . GlobalSecurity.org. Date of treatment September 22, 2014.
- ↑ History of the 1st Marine Division . United States Marine Corps. Date of treatment November 21, 2007. Archived on September 15, 2007.
- ↑ 1 2 Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF ) . GlobalSecurity.org. Date of treatment September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Johnston, Richard. Follow Me: The Story of the Second Marine Division in World War II. - New York: Random House, 1948.
- ↑ Rottman, Gordon L. US Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle - Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War .. - Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002 .-- ISBN 0-313-31906-5 .