The United States Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLant) is the maritime landing force that are spread across the Atlantic Ocean and reports to the United States Atlantic Command

United States Atlantic Command

United States Atlantic Command was a Unified Combatant Command of the United States Department of Defense. In 1999, U.S. Atlantic Command was renamed and given a new mission as United States Joint Forces Command.-History:USLANTCOM was active from the 1947 to 1993 as a primarily U.S...

. It is headquartered at Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean...

 and directs and commands all the subordinate elements of the Navy Expeditionary Strike Force

Expeditionary Strike Group

The Expeditionary Strike Group, or ESG, is a concept introduced in the U.S. military in the early 1990s, based on the Naval Expeditionary Task Force. The U.S. Navy fields 12 Expeditionary Strike Groups and 11 Carrier Strike Groups, in addition to surface action groups...

 and Marine Air-Ground Task Force

Marine Air-Ground Task Force

The Marine Air-Ground Task Force 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 arms task organization of Marine Corps forces under a single commander that...

 components that follow under the 2nd, 4th, and 6th Fleet and the Marine Forces, Command

United States Marine Corps Forces Command

Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command , headquartered at Naval Support Activity Norfolk, Virginia, commands Service retained-operating forces; executes force sourcing and synchronization to affect force generation actions in the provisioning of joint capable Marine Corps forces, and directs...

 (MarForCom). It is under operational control of the Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet Forces Command

United States Fleet Forces Command

The United States Fleet Forces Command is an Atlantic Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval resources that are under the operational control of the United States Northern Command...

, when deployed.

Organization

Reporting directly to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (CG FMFLant) are the Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), 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, the 2d Force Service Support Group, the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and the 6th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB).

Commander, United States Fleet Command
(COMFLTFORCOM)

Naval Support Activity
Norfolk, Virginia

Marine Forces, Command (MARFORCOM)

Landing Force, Second Fleet (LF2F)
Combined Task Force 22 (CTF-22)		Naval Base Point Loma Naval Base Point Loma Located in Point Loma, a neighborhood of San Diego, California, Naval Base Point Loma was established on 1 October 1998 when Navy facilities in the Point Loma area of San Diego were consolidated under Commander, Navy Region Southwest... San Diego, CA
Combined Task Force 23 (CTF-23)
II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF)		MCB Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allows for fast deployments.The main base is supplemented by five satellite... North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , United States

Marine Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH)

Landing Force, Fourth Fleet (LF4F)
		Mayport Naval Station Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
II Marine Expeditionary Force		MCB Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allows for fast deployments.The main base is supplemented by five satellite... North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , United States

Marine Forces, Europe (MARFOREUR)

Landing Force, Sixth Fleet (LF6F)
Task Force 61		Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Support Activity Naples is a United States Navy base, at Naples Airport in Naples, Italy. It is home to United States Naval Forces Europe and the United States Sixth Fleet.-History:... Naples, Italy
Task Force 62
Task Force 68
II Marine Expeditionary Force		MCB Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allows for fast deployments.The main base is supplemented by five satellite... North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , United States

See also

• Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
  Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
  The United States Fleet Marine Force, Pacific 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)
• Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
  United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific
  Marine Forces Pacific are the forces from the United States Marine Corps that fall under the United States Pacific Command. It is the largest field command in the Marine Corps. Headquartered at Camp H. M...
  
   (MARFORPAC)
• Marine Corps Forces Command
  United States Marine Corps Forces Command
  Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command , headquartered at Naval Support Activity Norfolk, Virginia, commands Service retained-operating forces; executes force sourcing and synchronization to affect force generation actions in the provisioning of joint capable Marine Corps forces, and directs...
  
  (MARCORCOM) [formerly 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