Marine Expeditionary Force

En Marine Expeditionary Force (förkortning: MEF) är den största formationen i USA:s marinkår. En MEF motsvarar ungefär storleksmässigt en armékår.^[1]

Varje MEF består av en MEF Information Group (MIG) som ledningsfunktion, en Marine Division (MARDIV) som markstridskomponent, en Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) som flygkomponent samt en Marine Logistics Group (MLG) som logistik- och trängkomponent.

Marinkåren får, enligt federal lag, inte bestå av mindre än tre divisioner med tillhörande flyg och andra enheter som är organiska däri.^[2]

Lista över Marine Expeditionary Forces

I Marine Expeditionary Force

I Marine Expeditionary Force ingår i United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.

Namn	Förkortning	Högkvarter	Notering
I Marine Expeditionary Force	I MEF	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien	^[3]
1st Marine Division	1st MARDIV	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing	3rd MAW	Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Kalifornien
1st Marine Logistics Group	1st MLG	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade	1st MEB	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit	11th MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien
13th Marine Expeditionary Unit	13th MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit	15th MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Kalifornien

II Marine Expeditionary Force

II Marine Expeditionary Force ingår i United States Marine Corps Forces Command.

Namn	Förkortning	Högkvarter	Notering
II Marine Expeditionary Force	II MEF	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina	^[4]
2nd Marine Division	2nd MARDIV	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing	2nd MAW	Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina
2nd Marine Logistics Group	2nd MLG	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade	2nd MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit	22nd MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit	24th MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit	26th MEU	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

III Marine Expeditionary Force

III Marine Expeditionary Force ingår i United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.

Namn	Förkortning	Högkvarter	Notering
III Marine Expeditionary Force	III MEF	Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan	^[5]
3rd Marine Division	3rd MARDIV	Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan
1st Marine Aircraft Wing	1st MAW	Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan
3rd Marine Logistics Group	3rd MLG	Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan
3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade	3rd MEB	Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit	31st MEU	Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan

Reservförband

Dessutom tillkommer en fjärde MEF som kan mobiliseras genom olika reservförband som ingår i Marine Forces Reserve. Högkvarteren är belägna i New Orleans, men de ingående reservförbanden är spridda över kontinentala USA.^[6]

Namn	Förkortning	Högkvarter
4th Marine Division	4th MARDIV	New Orleans, Louisiana
4th Marine Aircraft Wing	4th MAW	New Orleans, Louisiana
4th Marine Logistics Group	4th MLG	New Orleans, Louisiana

Se även

Referenser

Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, Marine expeditionary force, tidigare version.

^ Halberstedt, Hans (1993). ”U. S. Marine Corps” (på engelska). sid. 52. https://books.google.se/books?id=-fMzRJnvVtkC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22MEF%22+%22equivalent+of+an+Army+Corps%22&source=bl&ots=lwStNLhH0u&sig=ACfU3U0tE4821PrczaVpLoB-pzf5ybuR4A&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipvMig4YfyAhWRvIsKHawzABMQ6AEwAnoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%22MEF%22%20%22equivalent%20of%20an%20Army%20Corps%22&f=false. Läst 29 juli 2021.
^ 10 U.S.C. § 8063
^ ”I Marine Expeditionary Force” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.imef.marines.mil/. Läst 3 augusti 2021.
^ ”What is II MEF?” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.iimef.marines.mil/About/What-is-II-MEF/. Läst 3 augusti 2021. ”II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) is one of three MEFs in the Marine Corps. I MEF is in California and III MEF is in Okinawa.
A MEF is a combined arms force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces. It possesses the capability for projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days.
With more than 47,000 Marines and Sailors, II MEF is representative of the largest and most powerful Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The MAGTF concept is flexible and scalable under single commander. MAGTFs provide Joint Force Commanders the following capabilities:
-Humanitarian support and natural disaster relief operations
-Rapid crisis response
-Ability to operate independent of established airfields, basing agreements, and over-flight rights
-Ability to train with allied forces as part of a theater engagement plan
-Forward deployed, credible deterrent force
II MEF is comprised of four basic components:
(1) II MEF Information Group containing personnel and equipment necessary for the effective planning and execution of operations.
(2) A ground combat element, the 2d Marine Division.
(3) An aviation combat element, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
(4) A combat service support element, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.”
^ ”III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/. Läst 3 augusti 2021. ”III MEF provides the United States with a forward-deployed force in readiness in the Pacific Theater, as a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), capable of generating, deploying, and employing forces for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns.”
^ ”Mission” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.marforres.marines.mil/About/Mission-Statement/. Läst 3 augusti 2021. ”Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (COMMARFORRES) commands and controls assigned forces for the purpose of augmenting and reinforcing the Active Component with trained units and individual Marines as a sustainable and ready operational reserve in order to augment and reinforce active forces for employment across the full spectrum of crisis and global engagement.”

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Marine Expeditionary Forces

[1] Halberstedt, Hans (1993). ”U. S. Marine Corps” (på engelska). sid. 52. https://books.google.se/books?id=-fMzRJnvVtkC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=%22MEF%22+%22equivalent+of+an+Army+Corps%22&source=bl&ots=lwStNLhH0u&sig=ACfU3U0tE4821PrczaVpLoB-pzf5ybuR4A&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipvMig4YfyAhWRvIsKHawzABMQ6AEwAnoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%22MEF%22%20%22equivalent%20of%20an%20Army%20Corps%22&f=false. Läst 29 juli 2021.

[2] 10 U.S.C. § 8063

[3] ”I Marine Expeditionary Force” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.imef.marines.mil/. Läst 3 augusti 2021.

[4] ”What is II MEF?” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.iimef.marines.mil/About/What-is-II-MEF/. Läst 3 augusti 2021. ”II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) is one of three MEFs in the Marine Corps. I MEF is in California and III MEF is in Okinawa.
A MEF is a combined arms force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces. It possesses the capability for projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days.
With more than 47,000 Marines and Sailors, II MEF is representative of the largest and most powerful Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The MAGTF concept is flexible and scalable under single commander. MAGTFs provide Joint Force Commanders the following capabilities:
-Humanitarian support and natural disaster relief operations
-Rapid crisis response
-Ability to operate independent of established airfields, basing agreements, and over-flight rights
-Ability to train with allied forces as part of a theater engagement plan
-Forward deployed, credible deterrent force
II MEF is comprised of four basic components:
(1) II MEF Information Group containing personnel and equipment necessary for the effective planning and execution of operations.
(2) A ground combat element, the 2d Marine Division.
(3) An aviation combat element, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
(4) A combat service support element, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.”

[5] ”III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/. Läst 3 augusti 2021. ”III MEF provides the United States with a forward-deployed force in readiness in the Pacific Theater, as a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), capable of generating, deploying, and employing forces for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns.”

[6] ”Mission” (på engelska). U.S. Marine Corps. https://www.marforres.marines.mil/About/Mission-Statement/. Läst 3 augusti 2021. ”Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (COMMARFORRES) commands and controls assigned forces for the purpose of augmenting and reinforcing the Active Component with trained units and individual Marines as a sustainable and ready operational reserve in order to augment and reinforce active forces for employment across the full spectrum of crisis and global engagement.”

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