Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST) is the regional authority tasked with providing support and oversight of seven United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

 installations on the East Coast

East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...

. The purpose behind MCIEAST is to ensure warfighters receive a level of support that exceeds expectations while at the same time realizing cost and resource savings for the Corps. As the parent command of the east coast installations, MCIEAST has the regional authority to allow the Marine Corps to more quickly take advantage of economies of scale, improve fixed asset utilization, improve support of ranges, and centralize strategic planning of regional priorities, as well as a realign redundant overhead.

Mission

Implement policies, develops regional strategies and plans, prioritizes resources and provides services, direction, and oversight through assigned U.S. Marine Corps Installations in order to support the Operating Forces, tenant commands and activities.

Subordinate commands

• Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany
  Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany
  Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany is a United States Marine Corps base located just outside Albany, Georgia. The primary mission of the units on the base is to rebuild and repair ground combat and combat support equipment and to support installations on the East Coast of the United States...
  
  
• Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
  Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
  Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort or MCAS Beaufort is a United States Marine Corps air base located three miles northwest of the central business district of Beaufort, a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States...
  
  
• Blount Island Command
  Blount Island Command
  Blount Island Command is responsible for the United States Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning Ships Maintenance Cycle operations and oversight of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway .-History:...
  
  
• Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
  Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
  Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, USA, in the eastern part of the state...
  
  
• Marine Corps Base 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...
  
  
• Marine Corps Air Station New River
  Marine Corps Air Station New River
  Marine Corps Air Station New River is a United States Marine Corps helicopter base in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in the eastern part of the state. In 1972, the airfield was named McCutcheon Field for Brigadier General Keith B. McCutcheon, one of the fathers of Marine Corps helicopter aviation...
  
  
• Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico
  Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico
  Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. It was commissioned in 1919 and is currently home to HMX-1, the squadron that flies the President of the United States. The airfield is also known as Turner Field,...
  
  

Purpose

MCIEAST standardizes the quality of support and service Marines receive on the various bases and stations. As the parent command for these installations, MCIEAST takes the best practices from its subordinate commands and apply them to all the other commands. It also strives to better supports the Corps’ warfighting requirements by returning more Marines to the operational forces. The restructuring of base and station management enables MCIEAST to support deploying units more efficiently and with fewer Marines. By standardizing support practices, MCIEAST eliminates manpower redundancies throughout the bases and stations. Finally, MCIEAST better supports the Corps’ warfighting requirements by saving money. By managing bases and stations more efficiently through the basic warfighting precept of centralized command and decentralized execution, MCIEAST will have oversight of regional funds and resources and allocate them just where they are needed. As a regional command, MCIEAST seeks to eliminate resource redundancies throughout the bases and stations and ensures that funds are utilized effectively while continuing to provide thorough support to the operational units.

See also

• Marine Corps Installations West
  Marine Corps Installations West
  Marine Corps Installations West is the regional authority tasked with providing support and oversight of seven United States Marine Corps installations on the West Coast. The purpose behind MCI WEST is to ensure warfighters receive a level of support that exceeds expectations while at the same...
  
  
• Marine Corps Installations Pacific
  Marine Corps Installations Pacific
  Marine Corps Installations Pacific is the regional authority tasked with providing support and oversight of all United States Marine Corps installations within the Pacific Area of Operations.-Mission:...
  
  
• Marine Corps Installations Command

External links

• MCIEAST official website