Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Not to be confused with Marine Forces Atlantic.

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
File:FMFLANT.png Unofficial seal of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic.
Active	December 1933 – present
Country	United States of America
Type	Maritime general and special purpose landing force
Role	Amphibious warfare, expeditionary warfare
Part of	U.S. Department of the Navy
Garrison/HQ	NAVSTA Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

Main article: Fleet Marine Force

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLant) is an American maritime landing force that is spread across the Atlantic Ocean and reports to the United States Atlantic Command. It is headquartered at Naval Station Norfolk and directs and commands all the subordinate elements of the Navy Expeditionary Strike Force and Marine Air-Ground Task Force components that follow under the 2nd, 4th, and 6th Fleet and the Marine Forces, Command (MarForCom). It is under operational control of the Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet Forces Command, when deployed.

Organization

Reporting directly to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (CG FMFLant) are the Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and the Commanding Officers of three Marine Expeditionary Units (22d, 24th, 26th MEUs). The Commanding General, II MEF, exercises operational control over the 2d Marine Division, the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing, the 2d Force Service Support Group, the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and the 6th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB).

Hierarchy of Fleet Marine Force units

Commander, United States Fleet Command (COMFLTFORCOM)

Naval Support Activity
Norfolk, Virginia

Marine Forces, Command (MARFORCOM)

Landing Force, Second Fleet (LF2F)
Combined Task Force 22 (CTF-22)	File:Fleet-2.gif	Naval Base Point Loma San Diego, CA
Combined Task Force 23 (CTF-23)
II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF)		MCB Camp Lejeune North Carolina, United States

Marine Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH)

Landing Force, Fourth Fleet (LF4F)
		Mayport Naval Station Jacksonville, Florida
II Marine Expeditionary Force		MCB Camp Lejeune North Carolina, United States

Marine Forces, Europe (MARFOREUR)

Landing Force, Sixth Fleet (LF6F)
Task Force 61		Naval Support Activity Naples Naples, Italy
Task Force 62
Task Force 68
II Marine Expeditionary Force		MCB Camp Lejeune North Carolina, United States

History

• Advanced Base Force
• East Coast Expeditionary Force

See also

• Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC)
• Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC)
• Marine Corps Forces Command (MARCORCOM) [formerly Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic (MARFORLANT)]

External links

• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1989/SJH.htm
• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1995/MJS.htm