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Command element (United States Marine Corps)
Headquarters component of U.S. Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force

In the United States Marine Corps, the command element (CE) is the command and control force of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). It provides C3I for the MAGTF.

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Role within the MAGTF

The Command Element (CE), a headquarters unit organized into a MAGTF (MEU, MEB, MEF) headquarters (HQ) group, that exercises command and control (management and planning for manpower, intelligence, operations and training, and logistics functions) over the other elements of the MAGTF. The HQ group consists of communications, intelligence, surveillance, and law enforcement (i.e., military police) detachments, companies, and battalions, and reconnaissance (Force Reconnaissance), and liaison (ANGLICO) platoons, detachments, and companies.

Organization

The size of the CE varies in proportion to the size of the MAGTF. A Marine Expeditionary Force has a MEF Information Group, approximately the size of a regiment. A Marine Expeditionary Brigade holds a battalion-sized MEB Information Group. The various Marine Expeditionary Units command a company-sized MEU Information Group. Generally, MEF postings are permanent, while MEBs and MEUs rotate their GCE, ACE, and LCE twice annually.

Hierarchy of Marine command units

I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group

CE of I Marine Expeditionary Force
InsigniaNameLocation
I MEF Support Battalion1Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
1st Intelligence BattalionMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
1st Radio BattalionMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
9th Communication BattalionMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California

II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group

CE of II Marine Expeditionary Force
InsigniaNameLocation
II MEF Support Battalion2Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd Intelligence BattalionMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd Radio BattalionMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
8th Communications BattalionMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Chemical Biological Incident Response ForceIndian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, Maryland
2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group

CE of III Marine Expeditionary Force
InsigniaNameLocation
III MEF Support Battalion3Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
3rd Intelligence BattalionCamp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
3rd Radio BattalionMarine Corps Base Hawaii
7th Communication BattalionCamp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyCamp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Marine Forces Reserve CE units

Force Headquarters Group
InsigniaNameLocation
Intelligence Support Battalion4New Orleans, Louisiana
4th Law Enforcement Battalion
6th Communications BattalionNote: also fall under 4th Marine Logistics GroupNew York City, New York
1st Civil Affairs GroupMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
2nd Civil Affairs GroupNaval Support Facility Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
3rd Civil Affairs GroupNaval Station Great Lakes, Illinois
4th Civil Affairs GroupHialeah, Florida
3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyLong Beach, California
4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyWest Palm Beach, Florida
6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison CompanyConcord, California
3rd Force Reconnaissance CompanyNote: Operational Control (OPCON) to II Marine Expeditionary ForceMobile, Alabama
4th Force Reconnaissance CompanyNote: Operational Control (OPCON) to I Marine Expeditionary ForceMarine Corps Base Hawaii

See also

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps. Web

References

  1. "I MEF Support Battalion". I MEF Information Group. Retrieved 28 September 2022. https://www.imef.marines.mil/Units/I-MIG/I-MSB/ ↩

  2. "II MEF Support Battalion". II MEF Information Group. Retrieved 28 September 2022. https://www.iimef.marines.mil/Units/MEF-Support-Battalion/ ↩

  3. "III MEF Support Battalion: the newest battalion in the Marine Corps". III Marine Expeditionary Force. Retrieved 28 September 2022. https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/Content/Press-Releases/Article/1475195/iii-mef-support-battalion-the-newest-battalion-in-the-marine-corps/ ↩

  4. Reserve Unit Directory Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/docs/Units/Units.pdf ↩