Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT) is an American maritime landing force that is spread across the Atlantic Ocean. It is headquartered at
Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about of waterfront space and of pier and wharf space of the Hamp ...
and directs and commands all the subordinate elements of the
Navy Expeditionary Strike Force and
Marine Air-Ground Task Force
Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF, pronounced MAG-TAF) is a term used by the United States Marine Corps to describe the principal organization for all missions across the range of military operations. MAGTFs are a balanced air-ground, combined ar ...
components that follow under the
2nd
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Mathematics
* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
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(Disestablished and merged with US Fleet Forces Command on 30 September 2011),
4th, and
6th Fleet and the
Marine Forces Command (MarForCom). The Commanding General of Marine Forces Command is dual-posted as the Commanding General of the Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. FMFLANT is under operational control of the Commander-in-Chief,
United States Fleet Forces Command
The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces. The naval resources may be allocated to Combatant Commanders such as United Stat ...
, when deployed.
Organization
Reporting directly to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (CG FMFLANT) are the Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), the Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), and the Commanding Officers of three Marine Expeditionary Units (22d, 24th, 26th MEUs). The Commanding General, II MEF, exercises operational control over the
2d Marine Division, the
2d Marine Aircraft Wing, and the
2d Marine Logistics Group.
Hierarchy of Fleet Marine Force units
Naval Support Activity
Norfolk, Virginia
Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM)
Marine Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH)
Marine Forces, Europe (MARFOREUR)
History
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Advanced Base Force
The United States Marine Corps's Advanced Base Force (Advance Base Force in some references) was a coastal and naval base defense force that was designed to set up mobile and fixed bases in the event of major landing operations within, and beyond ...
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East Coast Expeditionary Force
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Etymology
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See also
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Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
The United States Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) is the largest maritime landing force in the world. Its units are spread across the Pacific Ocean and reports to the United States Pacific Command. It is headquartered at MCB Camp H. M ...
(FMFPAC)
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Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC)
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Marine Corps Forces Command (MARCORCOM) ''
ormerly Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic (MARFORLANT)'
External links
*http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1989/SJH.htm
*http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1995/MJS.htm
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