Fleet Marine Force, Pacific

Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
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Active	Since December 1941'
Country	United States
Branch	Department of the Navy
Type	maritime general and special purpose landing force
Role	Amphibious Warfare  · Expeditionary Warfare
Garrison/HQ	MCB Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii

Main article: Fleet Marine Force

The United States Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPac) is the largest maritime landing force in the world. Its units are spread across the Pacific Ocean and reports to the United States Pacific Command. It is headquartered at MCB Camp H. M. Smith, HI 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 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet and the Marine Forces, Pacific (MarForPac). It is under operational control of the Commander, United States Pacific Fleet (ComPacFlt), when deployed.

FMFPac was established by General 'Howling Mad' Smith in 1944 to assume command of very large USMC forces in the Pacific, of the order of 500,000.

Hierarchy of fleet marine force units

Commander, United States Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)

Camp H. M. Smith
Salt Lake, Hawaii

Marine Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC)

Landing Force, Third Fleet (LF3F)
Task Force 36	100px	Naval Base Point Loma San Diego, CA
Task Force 39
I Marine Expeditionary Force		MCB Camp Pendleton California, United States

Marine Forces, Central (MARCENT)

Landing Force, Fifth Fleet (LF5F)
Task Force 56	100px	Naval Support Activity Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain
Task Force 59
I Marine Expeditionary Force		MCB Camp Pendleton California, United States
III Marine Expeditionary Force		Camp Courtney Okinawa, Japan

Marine Forces, Korea (MARFORK)

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Landing Force, Seventh Fleet (LF7F)
Task Force 76	80px	U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka Yokosuka, Japan
Task Force 79
III Marine Expeditionary Force		Camp Courtney Okinawa, Japan

History

• Advanced Base Force
• West Coast Expeditionary Force

Notes

See also

• Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT)
• 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