CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF 18 Dec 2014 PHOTO: U.S. Marines lead a foot patrol Dec. 9 during Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Japan military partnership, solidify regional security agreements and improve individual and unit-level skills. The Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Warren Peace/Released)

Outline USMC Personnel Global Force Disposition COCOMS Marine Expeditionary Units 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit USMC Future Force Posture 2014-2020

USMC Personnel Total on active duty: ~188,800 Total Deployed: ~31,500 Total Afghanistan: ~120 USMC PERSONNEL SLIDE: Numbers derived from daily M&RA reporting Numbers for deployed reflect Marine equity only (Sailors are not counted in this or the GFD slide) USMC counts deployed as those Marines forward deployed ISO registered Combatant Commander Requirements – supporting operations, exercises or TSC events. ~31,500 deployed, ~120 in Afghanistan. Afghanistan numbers reflect our full complement of Marines and their contributions across Afghanistan as depicted on the next slide. Approximately 37% of Marines are lance corporals and below – our most junior ranks in the Marine Corps. Approximately 61% of Marines are 25 years old or younger. Approximately 6% of our Marines are female. Approximately one out of every nine Marines is an officer. Active Component - Operating Forces: ~109,400 Trainees, Transients, Patients, Prisoners: ~27,100 Supporting Establishment: ~49,100 Activated Reservists: ~760 Active Reserve: ~2,200 Total on active duty: ~188,800

Global Force Disposition (As of 18 Dec 14) Operations ~4,800 Amphibious Ops ~6,600 Exercises ~250 TSC ~1,600 WEST OF IDL ~21,800 Total Deployed** ~31,500 NORTHCOM: ~2,400 EUCOM: ~700 AFGHANISTAN: ~120 OTHER CENTCOM: ~5,100 GLOBAL FORCE DISPOSITION SLIDE: “Expeditionary Force 21 envisions a posture in which one-third of the Marine Corps’ operating forces will be persistently positioned forward, with a greater variety of unit types distributed appropriately across areas of command responsibility. This gives each GCC the three-fold advantages of forward presence: the recurring dividends available from “soft power”; deterrence derived from credible and capable response; and the freedom of action created by expanded operational reach and tactical flexibility. The Marine Corps will continue the process of tailoring our forward presence. This will enhance our ability to conduct sustained security cooperation activities and develop and maintain interoperability with partner nations, facilitate access, promote stability, deter adversaries, enhance the security of global commerce, and respond to crises as directed by the GCCs. Maintaining a forward-deployed posture to meet crisis response requirements and conduct theater security cooperation activities will require a total force effort to maintain a sustainable 1:2 deployment-to-dwell ratio for active forces and the operational use of reserve forces with a deployment-to-dwell ratio of 1:4.” (EF 21) **Slide Construct: Numbers across the top will not add up to the total deployed. This is because some units are double counted. For example, the 31st MEU is captured in Amphibious Ops and in West of IDL numbers. West of IDL – West of International Date Line, Marines forward deployed in PACOM AO. FAST PLTS USEUCOM USCENTCOM USPACOM USNORTHCOM USSOUTHCOM OPERATIONS AMPHIB OPERATIONS EXERCISE/TSC SOUTHCOM: ~100 AFRICOM: ~1,100 PACOM: ~21,900 4 4 4

JORDAN OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-cC DET: 5th MAR, 2/7, vma-211, vmm-363, clb-5 ~2,400 pax Kuwait/bahrain/JORDAN isat ~15 PAX IRAQ JORDAN OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM DET: IAs OPCON TO SPMAGTF-CR-CC ~20 pax JORDAN OEF-AFGHANISTAN IAs ~120 pax AMEMB SECFOR Det: spmagtf-cr-cc ~150 PAX BAGHDAD, IRAQ AMEMB SECFOR Det: msau ~20 PAX erbil, IRAQ CENTCOM SLIDE: 11th MEU - Currently operating in the CENTCOM AOR. OEF-Afghanistan – RC(SW) formal end of operations on 28 October; remaining count depicts Individual Augments supporting USFOR-A requirements Security Cooperation Team participating in the Jordan Operational Deployment Program (JODP) to develop Jordanian soldiers’ proficiency in individual and collective skills. Security Cooperation Team in UAE. AMEMB SECFOR- Marines providing security to the American Embassies in Baghdad and Erbil, Iraq and Sana’a Yemen. Iraq Security Assessment Team (ISAT) – Individual augments conducting assessments of Iraq Security. Special Purpose MAGTF - Crisis Response – CentCom (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) - In response to the Joint Staff New Norm EXORD, SPMAGTF-CR-CC provides the Combatant Commander additional Crisis Response capability. UAE SECURITY COOPERATION Det: MARCENT (FWD) ~50 PAX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 11th MEU ~2,500 PAX CENTcom amemb SECFOR DET: spmagtf-cr-cc (2/7) ~100 PAX AMEMB SANA’A, YEMEN OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 13

U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND PACOM SLIDE: PACOM WEST OF IDL TOTAL ~21,900 PAX OPFOR ~19,800 PAX BASES/STATIONS ~2,100 PAX KMEP 15-15 DET: 4th MAR ~100 PAX KOREA 31st MEU ~2,000 PAX USPACOM OEF-P JSOTF DET: 3d MARDIV, 3d RAD BN ~50 PAX PHILIPPINES HMA DET: III MEF ~10 PAX CAMBODIA PACOM SLIDE: 31st MEU – Currently operating in the PACOM AOR, retrograded to Okinawa, Japan. OEF- Philippines - Operational support from III MEF Korean Marine Exchange Program (KMEP) – Conducting joint and Combined TACP/JTAC with ROKMC counterparts. Forest Light – Marines execute training with Japanese forces to increase interoperability and strengthen bilateral relationships. PACOM West of International Date Line – Includes permanent personnel stationed in PACOM AO in the operating forces (MEU CE, 4th Mar, Combat Assault Battalion) and bases and stations. Does not include Marines stationed in Hawaii. Humanitarian Mine Action – Assistance in developing indigenous EOD and TTT capabilities. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 13

U.S. AFRICA COMMAND AFRICOM SLIDE: SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET: 26th MEU, 2/2, VMM-264, CLB-2 ~1,400 pax MORON, SPAIN / nassig, Italy Cjtf-hoa DET: MARFORAF ~50 PAX djibouti AMEMB SECFOR DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET ~50 PAX BANGUI, CAR OP ONWARD LIBERTY DET: MARFORAF ~20 PAX LIBERIA LOGISTCS / ENGINEER TRAINING DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~50 PAX UGANDA / BURUNDI AFRICOM SLIDE: CJTF HOA Comm Det and IA’s supporting enduring OEF missions in the Horn of Africa. Operation ONWARD LIBERTY (OOL) – Liberian Defense Sector Reform (LSDR); commenced in Jan of 2002 and continues through 2015. MARFORAF provides mentorship and training to the Armed Forces of Liberia IOT professionalize the force. Special Purpose MAGTF - Crisis Response – Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) - In response to the Joint Staff New Norm EXORD, SPMAGTF-CR-CC provides the Combatant Commander additional Crisis Response capability. SPMAGTF-CR-AF’s headquarters is located in Moron, Spain and has detachments located in Sigonella, Italy and MK, Romania. American Embassy SECFOR – A SPMAGTF-CR-AF det conducting security operations in support of newly opened Embassy in Bangui. Logistics/engineer training – directed to train and equip local forces IOT prepare them for future African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployments. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 14

U.S. EUROPE COMMAND EUCOM SLIDE: Black sea rotational force DET: 2/2 ~250 PAX romania SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET ~200 PAX ROMANIA Georgia deployment program-isaf 2 DET: MARFOREUR ~50 PAX georgia EUCOM SLIDE: Georgia Deployment Program – Resolute Support Mission (RSM) – Execute a program to organize, train, equip, deploy and redeploy three Georgian Infantry BN’s in order to conduct force protection and Quick Reaction Force (QRF) missions in support of (ISO) the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan. The execution of GDP-RSM is intended to continue improving the government of Georgia’s ability to initiate and sustain the deployment of its forces to Afghanistan while increasing Georgia’s additional force contribution in support of the Afghanistan mission. GDP-RSM constitutes a combination of the training program of Georgian forces for ISAF. Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF) – deploys in support for COMMARFOREUR crisis and contingency response while also conducting TSC activities in the EUCOM AO. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Det B– Force protection company OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

U.S. SOUTH COMMAND SOUTHCOM SLIDE: Continue of planning for upcoming Military-to-Military engagement in order to improve interoperability between US and South American Armed Forces and also improve the host nation’s operational proficiency. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 15

U.S. NORTH COMMAND NORTHCOM SLIDE: 15th MEU Pre-deployed Camp PENDLETON 24th MEU ~2,000 PAX DEPLOYED JR OFFICER COURSE / TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE DET: MFS ~50 PAX MISSISSIPPI NORTHCOM SLIDE: 24th MEU – Deployed and in transit to 6th Fleet 15th MEU - Pre-Deployed in Camp Pendleton conducting MEU exercises Jr. Officer Course / Train the Trainer Course – USMC conducting institutional development of the Mexican Marine Corps and the Royal Bahamian Defense Force. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

Marine Expeditionary Units 13th MEU CAMP PENDLETON, CA 26th MEU CAMP LEJEUNE, NC 22d MEU CAMP LEJEUNE, NC 15th MEU CAMP PENDLETON 24th MEU CAMP LEJEUNE 11th MEU CENTcom 31st MEU PAcom Photos (from left to right): U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice buddy-rushing techniques during realistic urban training aboard Camp Roberts, Calif., Dec. 14, 2014. RUT prepares the 15th MEU’s Marines for their upcoming deployment, enhancing their combat skills in environments similar to those they may find in future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released) U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Engagement Team from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a live fire training exercise, Oct. 11, 2012. The engagement team is a platoon-sized group of Marines from the 24th MEU who are conducting a variety of unilateral and bilateral training events with the Jordanian Marines in southern Jordan. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tucker S. Wolf/Released) Santa Claus asks a child about her Christmas wishes during the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Christmas party Dec. 10, 2014, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released) PRE-DEPLOYED DEPLOYED POST-DEPLOYED 11 11 11

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit INTEROPERABILITY TRAININIG COL R. DASMALCHI BLT 2/4, VMM-262 (REIN), VMA-231, CLB–31 DEPLOYMENT DATES: NOV 14 – MAY 15 USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6) USS GREEN BAY (LPD-20) USS ASHLAND (LSD-48) 14.2/15.1 TURNOVER NOV 14 MEU EX DEC 14 INTEROPERABILITY TRAININIG DEC 14

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit COL M. G. TROLLINGER BLT 2/1, VMM-163 (REIN), CLB-11 DEPLOYMENT DATES: JUL 2014 – FEB 2015 USS MAKIN ISLAND (LHD-8) USS SAN DIEGO (LPD-22) USS COMSTOCK (LSD-45) R2P2 CAMP PENDLETON JAN 2014 COUGAR VOYAGE CENTCOM OCT 2014 PMINT CAMP PENDLETON APR 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING KUWAIT OCT - NOV 2014 COMPTUEX CAMP PENDLETON MAY 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING DJIBOUTI OCT - NOV 2014 CERTEX CAMP PENDLETON JUN 2014 BILATERAL TRAINING SUDI ARABIA DEC 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING HAWAII JUN - AUG 2014 MALAYSIA MAREX PACOM AUG - SEP 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING SEP - OCT 2014

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit CAMP LEJEUNE/FT. EUSTIS COL S. F. BENEDICT BLT 3/6, VMM-365 (REIN), CLB-24 DEPLOYMENT DATES: DEC 2014 – JUL 2015 USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) USS NEW YORK (LPD-21) USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD-43) COMPOSITE CAMP LEJEUNE MAY 2014 RUT CAMP LEJEUNE/FT. EUSTIS JUL 2014 PMINT CAMP LEJEUNE AUG 2014 ARG MEU EX CAMP LEJEUNE SEP 2014 COMPTUEX CAMP LEJEUE OCT 2014 IN TRANSIT 6TH FLEET DEC 2014 BOLD ALLIGATOR OCT- NOV 2014

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit COL V. L. CRYER BLT 3/1, VMM-161 (REIN), CLB-15 DEPLOYMENT DATES: APR 2015 – NOV 2015 USS ESSEX (LHD-2) USS ANCHORAGE (LPD-23) USS RUSHMORE (LSD-47) COMPOSITE CAMP PENDLETON OCT 2014 CONDUCTING PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING OCT 2014 REALISTIC URBAN TRAINING DEC 2014

USMC Future Force Posture 2014-2020 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO USMC Future Force Posture 2014-2020 The Nation’s Crisis Response Force forward deployed and poised to rapidly respond to Crises within the arc of instability and within regions of anticipated future conflicts. In an era of fiscal austerity, force reductions, and uncertainty associated with the “New Norm” environment, the USMC Future Force Posture Plan thickens the forward deployed Marine force posture and provides more flexibility in employing the ARG/MEU within each Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) coupled with an inherent reach-back capability for additional USMC CONUS-Based CR Forces providing the NSS and Joint Staff with myriad Crisis Response options while gaining efficiencies in meeting GCC Security Cooperation and Security Force Assistance requirements. MCPP-N CONUS-Based 1st & 2nd MEB CR SPMAGTF-CR-CC SPMAGTF-CR-AF III MEF Alert Contingency MAGTF Elements of III MEF FUTURE FORCE POSTURE SLIDE: The Command Element for SPMAGTF-CR-AF will be Infantry Regiment HQs/Off-Cycle MEUs HQs of II MEF that will rotate on an approximate six month basis after a ~three month PTP/work-up between 2d Marines, 6th Marines, 8th Marines, 22d MEU, 24th MEU, and 26th MEU. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is allocated is allocated (OPCON/TACON) to USAFRICOM with a portion of the SPMAGTF-CR-AF, BSRF, allocated (OPCON/TACON)to USEUCOM-approximately 270 Marines). The forces supporting the USEUCOM BSRF requirement will remain postured in Constanta, Romania. The FY15 GFMAP also included a SPMAGTF-CR-CC allocated to USCENTCOM combining all of the Theater Security Cooperation/Security Force Assistance (TSC/SFA), SECFOR, RFF-1200 requirements, and a Crisis Response Force. It will be based on the Infantry Regiment HQs/Off-Cycle MEU HQs of I MEF: 1st Marines, 5th Marines, 7TH Marines, 11th MEU, 13th MEU, and 15th MEU. Planning is ongoing for SPMAGTF-CR-SOUTHCOM (SC) for a FY15 initial deployment. ARG/MEU ARG/MEU MCRF-S MPSRON 3 Elements of SPMAGTF CR MRF-Guam MPSRON 2 SPMAGTF-CR-SC MRF-Darwin Choke Points Piracy Regions of Naval Maneuver Current force posture Current Basing Support MPSRON Future force posture Arc of instability Updated: 10 Oct 2014 The Future Force Posture Plan (multiple forward deployed tailored MAGTFs) gains efficiencies and provides a sustainable, enduring, world-wide CR capability.

CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF THIS CONCLUDES THE CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF PHOTO: A Marine search and rescue team with Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., arrives at the landing zone for a casualty evacuation in support of Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 during the security force exercise in support of pre-deployment training Dec. 7-10, 2014, at the Auxiliary Landing Field II on station. The Search and Rescue team provided support during a practical application of casualty evacuation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reba James/ Released)