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Veteran of Battle of Iwo Jima and Vietnam War; Led 3rd Marine Division to Vietnam; later served as commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force or Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations at Headquarters Marine Corps; Silver Star, two awards of Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and Joint Service Commendation Medal. [17] 22 Lewis W. Walt
II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) Major General William H. Swan [36] U.S. Marine Corps: Subordinated to III Marine Expeditionary Force: 3rd Marine Division: Commanding General, 3rd Marine Division: III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) Major General Christian F. Wortman [37] U.S. Marine Corps: 1st Marine Aircraft Wing: Commanding ...
Commanded by a lieutenant general with its headquarters at Camp Courtney, III MEF's mission is to provide forward based and deployed forces to the commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, to conduct Phase 0 engagement and theater security cooperation events, support contingencies and emergent requirements, and prepare to rapidly execute existing operations plans in support of the theater and ...
The 3rd Marine Division is a division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa, Japan.It is one of three active duty infantry divisions in the Marine Corps and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1stMAW) and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG) forms the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF).
Roger B. Turner Jr. is a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who has served as the commanding general of the III Marine Expeditionary Force since 26 January 2024. [1] He previously served as the acting Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations.
James W. Bierman Jr. is a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served as the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Forces Japan from 2021 to 2024. [1] He most recently served as Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Division from 12 August 2020 to 8 November 2021. [2]
It is composed of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). Each MEF comprises a command element (CE), a ground combat element (GCE) (1st and 3rd Marine Divisions), an aviation combat element (ACE) (1st and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wings), and a logistics combat element (LCE) (1st and 3rd Marine ...
Reporting directly to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (CG FMFPAC) are the Commanding Generals of two Marine Expeditionary Forces (I MEF and III MEF), the Commanding Generals of two Marine Expeditionary Brigades (1st MEB and 3rd MEB), and the Commanding Officers of four Marine Expeditionary Units (11th, 13th, 15th, and 31st ...