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USMC Combat Operations Center

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

Role within the MAGTF[]

The CE provides all headquarters functions for the MAGTF: command, operations, plans, and administration. It also often holds units which do not fit within the ground combat element, aviation combat element, or logistics combat element.

Organization[]

The size of the CE varies in proportion to the size of the MAGTF. A Marine Expeditionary Force has a MEF Headquarters Group, approximately the size of a regiment. A Marine Expeditionary Brigade holds a battalion-sized MEB Headquarters Group. The various Marine Expeditionary Units command a company-sized MEU Headquarters 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 Headquarters Group
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CE of I Marine Expeditionary Force

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Insignia Name Location
1stIntelBattalionInsignia
1st Intelligence Battalion
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
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9th Communication Battalion
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
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1st Radio Battalion
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
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1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California

II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
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CE of II Marine Expeditionary Force

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Insignia Name Location
2ndIntelligenceBattalion
2nd Intelligence Battalion
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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8th Communications Battalion
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2RadBn
2nd Radio Battalion
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2ANGLICO
2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, Maryland

III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
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CE of III Marine Expeditionary Force

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Insignia Name Location
3rdintelbn
3rd Intelligence Battalion
Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
7thcommbn
7th Communication Battalion
Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
3RadBnNew2
3rd Radio Battalion
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
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5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Headquarters Battalion
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CE of Marine Forces Reserve

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Insignia Name Location
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Intelligence Support Battalion[1]
New Orleans, Louisiana
6thcomm
6th Communications Battalion
Note: also fall under 4th Marine Logistics Group
New York City, New York
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3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Long Beach, California
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4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
West Palm Beach, Florida
3rd FORECON
3rd Force Reconnaissance Company
Mobile, Alabama
4th FORECON
4th Force Reconnaissance Company
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
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3rd Civil Affairs Group
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
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4th Civil Affairs Group
Naval Support Facility Anacostia, Washington, D.C.

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References[]

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