United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Not to be confused with Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.

Marine Forces Pacific
MARFORPAC insignia
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Size	84,000 Marines and sailors
Part of	United States Pacific Command
Garrison/HQ	Camp H. M. Smith
Motto	"In Any Clime and Place!"
Colors	Marine Corps Colors
Commanders
Current commander	LtGen John A. Toolan

Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) is the United States Marine Corps service component command of United States Pacific Command. It is the largest field command in the Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp H. M. Smith in Hawaii.

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 Logistics Groups).

Mission

As the assigned service component to United States Pacific Command area of responsibility, Marine Forces Pacific is responsible for the support, planning, and provision of forces in the PACOM AOR or elsewhere as required and may be designated as an executive agent for standing responsibilities or named operations.

Longstanding missions for MARFORPAC include building partner capacity in support of regional cooperation and capacity-building efforts, as well as the defense of South Korea (via subordinate command MARFORK) and Japan. Marine Forces Pacific also provided combat units to support Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Notable former commanders

Notes

References

"Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC)". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
Cole, William (August 23, 2008). "New commander for Marine Forces Pacific". The Honolulu Advertiser (MarineCorpsTimes.com). Retrieved 2008-08-23.
Marion, Lance Cpl. Brian A. (August 22, 2008). "Goodman relinquishes command of MarForPac". marines.mil. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
Agostini, Cpl. Luis R. (August 4, 2003). "OIF/OEF Marine Commander Relinquishes Command of Pacific". military.com. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
"Lieutenant General Libutti Takes MARFORPAC Helm". highbeam.com. June 24, 1999. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
"MarForPac general passes the torch". marines.mil. September 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
"MARFORPAC bids farewell to Robling, welcomes Toolan". marines.mil. October 1, 2014.

External links

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"Marine Forces Pacific website". Retrieved 2010-03-28.

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Major commands	Organization of the Marine Corps Headquarters Marine Corps Marine Forces Command II Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Forces Pacific I Marine Expeditionary Force III Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Forces Reserve Fleet Marine Force Atlantic Pacific

Structure	Marine Air-Ground Task Force Bases Battalions Regiments Brigades Divisions MEF/Corps Marine aviation Marine expeditionary unit Special Operations Marine Raider Regiment Recon Force Division

Personnel and training	Personnel Rank insignia MOS Notable Marines Historical Marines Criminal Investigation Division Judge Advocate Division Chaplain of the Marine Corps Hispanic Marines Associated organizations Training Recruit Training School of Infantry Officer Candidates School The Basic School Martial Arts Program

Uniforms and equipment	Uniforms Awards Badges Weapons Vehicles and aircraft Individual equipment

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Major Commands of the United States Marine Corps

Headquarters Marine Corps

Operating Forces

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Marine Corps Forces Command

II Marine Expeditionary Force	2nd Marine Division 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 2nd Marine Logistics Group 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Fleet Marine Force, Pacific

Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

I Marine Expeditionary Force	1st Marine Division 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing 1st Marine Logistics Group 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

III Marine Expeditionary Force	3rd Marine Division 1st Marine Aircraft Wing 3rd Marine Logistics Group 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marine Forces Central Command

Other Operating Forces

Marine Forces Reserve	4th Marine Division 4th Marine Aircraft Wing 4th Marine Logistics Group 3rd Civil Affairs Group 4th Civil Affairs Group

others	Marine Corps Security Forces Marine Security Guard MARSOC

Support Establishment

Support Establishment

Marine Corps Installations Command

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