command element (United States Marine Corps)
{{Short description|Headquarters component of the U.S. Marine Corps' Marine Air-Ground Task Forces}}
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In the United States Marine Corps, the command element (CE) is the command and control force of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). It provides C3I for the MAGTF.
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Role within the MAGTF
The Command Element (CE), a headquarters unit organized into a MAGTF (MEU, MEB, MEF) headquarters (HQ) group, that exercises command and control (management and planning for manpower, intelligence, operations and training, and logistics functions) over the other elements of the MAGTF. The HQ group consists of communications, intelligence, surveillance, and law enforcement (i.e., military police) detachments, companies, and battalions, and reconnaissance (Force Reconnaissance), and liaison (ANGLICO) platoons, detachments, and companies.
Organization
The size of the CE varies in proportion to the size of the MAGTF. A Marine Expeditionary Force has a MEF Information Group, approximately the size of a regiment. A Marine Expeditionary Brigade holds a battalion-sized MEB Information Group. The various Marine Expeditionary Units command a company-sized MEU Information Group. Generally, MEF postings are permanent, while MEBs and MEUs rotate their GCE, ACE, and LCE twice annually.
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= Hierarchy of Marine command units =
== I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group ==
{{center|CE of I Marine Expeditionary Force
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| |{{center|I MEF Support Battalion}}{{cite web |title=I MEF Support Battalion |url=https://www.imef.marines.mil/Units/I-MIG/I-MSB/ |publisher=I MEF Information Group |access-date=28 September 2022}}
|{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California}} |
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|{{center|1st Intelligence Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California}} |
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|{{center|1st Radio Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California}} |
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|{{center|9th Communication Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California}} |
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|{{center|1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California}} |
== II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group ==
{{center|CE of II Marine Expeditionary Force
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! Insignia !! Name !! Location |
| |{{center|II MEF Support Battalion}}{{cite web |title=II MEF Support Battalion |url=https://www.iimef.marines.mil/Units/MEF-Support-Battalion/ |publisher=II MEF Information Group |access-date=28 September 2022}}
|{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina}} |
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|{{center|2nd Intelligence Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina}} |
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|{{center|2nd Radio Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina}} |
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|{{center|8th Communications Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina}} |
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|{{center|Chemical Biological Incident Response Force}} |{{center|Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, Maryland }} |
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|{{center|2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina}} |
== III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group ==
{{center|CE of III Marine Expeditionary Force
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| |{{center|III MEF Support Battalion}}{{cite web |title=III MEF Support Battalion: the newest battalion in the Marine Corps |url=https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/Content/Press-Releases/Article/1475195/iii-mef-support-battalion-the-newest-battalion-in-the-marine-corps/ |publisher=III Marine Expeditionary Force |access-date=28 September 2022}}
|{{center|Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan}} |
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|{{center|3rd Intelligence Battalion}} |{{center|Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan}} |
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|{{center|3rd Radio Battalion}} |{{center|Marine Corps Base Hawaii}} |
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|{{center|7th Communication Battalion}} |{{center|Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan}} |
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|{{center|5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company}} |{{center|Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan}} |
== [[Marine Forces Reserve]] CE units ==
{{center|Force Headquarters Group
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See also
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071231173153/http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/MHG/ I MHG official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820001948/http://www.iimefpublic.usmc.mil/public/iimefpublic.nsf/sites/2mhg II MHG official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920144849/http://www.iiimef.usmc.mil/mhgwebpage/iiimhg.html III MHG official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071129085544/http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/ MFR official website]
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