Command element (United States Marine Corps)

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[]

CE of I Marine Expeditionary Force

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

II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group[]

CE of II Marine Expeditionary Force

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

III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group[]

CE of III Marine Expeditionary Force

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

Headquarters Battalion[]

CE of Marine Forces Reserve

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

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