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The United States Marine Corps doctrine dictates that any active fireteam will include at least one 2-man gunnery-team and summarizes its fireteam organization with the mnemonic "ready-team-fire-assist", the following being the arrangement of the fireteam when in a column: Rifleman: acts as a scout for the fireteam; "ready".
This category is for organizations that are associated with the United States Marine Corps. For commands and units in the Marine Corps, use Category:United States Marine Corps organization or Category:Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps instead.
The United States Marine Corps is organized within the Department of the Navy, which is led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). The most senior Marine commissioned officer is the Commandant of the Marine Corps, responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that it is ready for operation under the command of the unified combatant commanders.
This is a list of United States Marine Corps divisions. Active. Official Name Insignia Active Headquarters; 1st Marine Division. 1 February 1941 - Present .
This is a list of United States Marine Corps brigades. Marine Expeditionary Brigades. 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade;
The 6th Marine Division was activated on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands on September 7, 1944. [4] [5] The 6th Division was formed from three infantry regiments, the 4th, 22nd, and 29th Marines and other units such as engineer, medical, pioneer, motor transport, tank, headquarters, and service battalions. [4]
United States Marine Corps schools (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "United States Marine Corps organization" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
It was established on 13 July 1992 as Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic (MARFORLANT), and was renamed Marine Corps Forces Command on 30 December 2004. Between 1994 and 1997 its headquarters was briefly moved to Camp Lejeune , North Carolina , before returning to Norfolk.