CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF 30 Jan - 5 Feb 2015 PHOTO: Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Africa run aboard an MV-22 Osprey during an alert-force drill at Rota Air Base, Spain, Jan. 29, 2015. A platoon of Marines successfully carried out a simulated casualty evacuation mission launched from their staging area at Morón Air Base, Spain, where SPMAGTF-CR-AF is postured to respond to regional crises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Peterson/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: ~185,000 Active Component - Operating Forces: ~108,400 Trainees, Transients, Patients, Prisoners: ~27,500 Supporting Establishment: ~49,200 Activated Reservists: ~770 Active Reserve: ~2,300 Total on active duty: ~185,000 Total Deployed: ~31,700 • Barring unforeseen funding challenges, the Marine Corps will realize its final strength of 182,000 active-duty Marines by the end of FY16 • The final force structure will include 24 infantry battalions, as well as the implementation of 18 MV-22 squadrons. It also allows for such enduring presences as seven MEUs, SPMAGTFs – Crisis Response AF, CENT, and SOUTH, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, enhanced Cyber capabilities, and increased embassy security personnel. • For 8% of the FY14 DoD Budget, the Marine Corps provides America with: - 15% of Active Ground Maneuver Brigades - 11% of the Fighter/Attack Aircraft - 11% of the Artillery Batteries - 12% of the U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan - Seven flexible and scalable MEUs - 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. PHOTO: U.S. Marines with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion and Security Forces, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), prepare their rifles before a live fire and maneuver exercise Jan. 11, 2015, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The live fire exercise was conducted to prepare for a future, larger-scale range to help keep SPMAGTF-CR-CC’s Security Forces primed and ready if called to action.

Global Force Disposition (30 Jan – 5 Feb) Operations ~5,200 Amphibious Ops ~6,800 Exercises ~200 TSC ~1,400 West of IDL ~22,000 Total Deployed** ~32,400 in 42 countries NORTHCOM: ~480 EUCOM: ~900 AFGHANISTAN: ~100 IRAQ: ~500 OTHER CENTCOM: ~4,700 • “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) FAST PLTS USEUCOM USCENTCOM USPACOM USNORTHCOM USSOUTHCOM OPERATIONS AMPHIB OPERATIONS EXERCISE/TSC SOUTHCOM: ~120 AFRICOM: ~1,200 PACOM: ~24,300 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 ~2,600 pax Kuwait/bahrain/JORDAN Cjflcc ~25 PAX IRAQ/kuwait AMEMB SECFOR Det: spmagtf-cr-cc ~150 PAX BAGHDAD, IRAQ AMEMB SECFOR Det: msau ~20 PAX erbil, IRAQ Operation freedom’s sentinel Ias, GLT ~110 pax Task force al-asad Det: spmagtf-cr-cc ~300 pAX iraq • • 24th MEU - Currently operating in the CENTCOM AOR. • OEF-Afghanistan ended 31 December 2014. New mission is Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Individual augments (IAs) and Georgia Liaison Team (GLT) are the pax currently supporting Freedom’s Sentinel. • “Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the United States will pursue two missions with the support of the Afghan government and the Afghan people. We will work with our allies and partners as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission to continue training, advising, and assisting Afghan security forces. And we will continue our counterterrorism mission against the remnants of Al-Qaeda to ensure that Afghanistan is never again used to stage attacks against our homeland” (SECDEF news release NR-631-14). • 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. • Combined Joint Force Landing Component Command (CJFLCC) – 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. • Task Force Al-Asad – Advise and provide basic mentorship and training to the 7th IA Division of the Iraqi Army. JORDAN OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM DET: IAs OPCON TO SPMAGTF-CR-CC ~20 pax JORDAN UAE SECURITY COOPERATION Det: MARCENT (FWD) ~50 PAX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 24th 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 WEST OF IDL TOTAL ~22,000 PAX OPFOR ~20,000 PAX BASES/STATIONS ~2,000 PAX KMEP 15-17/15-4 DET: 3/3, CLB-4 ~700 PAX KOREA KMEP 15-3 DET: 3d RECON BN ~50 PAX KOREA 31st MEU ~2,000 PAX USPACOM OEF-P JSOTF DET: 3d MARDIV, 3d RAD BN ~50 PAX PHILIPPINES 11th MEU ~2,500 PAX USPACOM JPAC DET: 9th ESB ~10 PAX SOLOMON ISLANDS/CAMBODIA/vietnam • 31st MEU – Currently operating in the PACOM AOR, conducting RUTEX. • 11th MEU – Currently operating in the PACOM AOR • OEF- Philippines - Operational support from III MEF • Korean Marine Exchange Program (KMEP) 15-3 – 3d Recon Bn conducting joint and combined cold weather training in combined/bilateral environment with ROKMC counterparts. • KMEP 15-17/15-4 – Unilateral and bilateral training on the Korean Peninsula in order to maintain proficiency at maneuver integrated with combined arms. • 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. • Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) – 9th ESB supporting search, recovery, and laboratory ops and investigate leads concerning Americans who were KIA but never brought home. UDP BATTALIONS INF BN: 3/3; 2/9; 1/1 ARTY BTRY: A 1/12; L 3/10; I 3/11 VMFA: 323; 533 LAR: C co 3d LAR AAV: B CO 2d AAV; 3d PLT D CO 2d AAV OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 13

U.S. AFRICA COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET: 2d mar reg, 2/2, VMM-264, CLB-2 ~1,400 pax MORON, SPAIN / nassig, Italy Cjtf-hoa DET: MARFORAF ~50 PAX djibouti HMA DET: 2d EOD, 8th ESB, 2d MLG ~10 PAX SENEGAL MIBOCA/MINOCA DET: 2d INTEL BN ~10 PAX UGANDA • CJTF HOA Comm Det and IA’s supporting enduring OEF missions in the Horn of Africa. • 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. • Military Intelligence Basic Officers Course Africa/Military Intelligence Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course Africa (MIBOCA/MINOCA) – Provide intelligence familiarization to regional officers and NCOs. • Humanitarian Mine Assistance (HMA) – EOD dets participating in a program to assist Senegal with the disposal of landmines, explosive remnants of war/unexploded ordnance, mine victim assistance, and physical security and stockpile management. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 14

U.S. EUROPE COMMAND Black sea rotational force DET: 2/2 ~250 PAX romania Gdp-rsm roto 1 mre DET: mcsg ~60 PAX germany SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET ~200 PAX ROMANIA NCO/jr officer DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP DET: BSRF ~10 PAX ROMANIA Georgia deployment program-RSM DET: MARFOREUR ~50 PAX georgia • 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. • GDP-RSM Rotation 1 Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) – Capstone exercise/evaluation for Georgian Battalions prior to their deployment in support of ISAF operations in Afghanistan. • 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 CIVIL AFFAIRS TEAM DET: MFS, 1st & 4TH CAG ~10 PAX BELIZE Security cooperation TEAMs DET: MFS ~10 PAX per location BELIZE/honduras/el salvador/ guatemala • Civil Affairs Team – Enhance reiional security and partner nation capabilities in support of U.S. Theater Security Cooperation Plan. • Security Cooperation Teams – Providing a persistent presence with host nations and advise/mentor them on unit level training, operations planning, and operational support planning in support of Countering transnational Organized Crime operations. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 15

• 15th MEU - Pre-Deployed in Camp Pendleton conducting MEU exercises U.S. NORTH COMMAND 15th MEU Pre-deployed Camp PENDLETON Jtf-n engineer ops DET: 7th ESB ~50 pax CALIFORNIA IRON FIST DET: 13TH MEU CE, 1ST RECON, 1ST ANGLICO ~150 pax IVO CAMP PENDLETON MEXMAR ULT URBAN DET: MFN sct ~15 PAX MEXICO GROUND SENSOR SUPPORT DET: 2d INTEL BN ~20 pax PUERTO RICO • 15th MEU - Pre-Deployed in Camp Pendleton conducting MEU exercises • Mexican Marine Corps (MEXMAR) Unit Level Training (ULT) Urban – USMC Security Cooperation Team training the MEXMAR forces with a focus on combat shooting techniques, urban convoy operations, operations planning, designated marksmanship, intel collections and intel analysis. • Mexican Marine Corps (MEXMAR) Unit Level Training (ULT) Rural – USMC Security Cooperation Team training the MEXMAR forces with a focus on wilderness first aid, survival, patrolling, land navigation, convoy operations, operations planning, ground sensor employment and riverine operations. • Ground Sensor Support – USMC Ground Sensor Platoons providing support to Caribbean Guard. • JTF-N ENGINEER OPS – Support to JTF-N and U.S. Border Patrol along U.S./Mexico border. • Iron Fist - Annual bilateral training exercise between U.S. and Japanese military forces that builds their combined ability to conduct amphibious and land-based contingency operations. MEXMAR ULT RURAL DET: MFN sct ~15 PAX MEXICO 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 31st MEU PAcom 24th MEU CENTCOM 15th MEU CAMP PENDLETON 11th 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) Mortarmen with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, disembark an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), aboard the dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), Jan. 12, 2015. The 24th MEU is embarked with the Fort McHenry as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols) U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in a five-mile unit hike at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 9, 2015. The unit conducted the hike to maintain unit readiness and build morale. (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) RUTEX JAN 15 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 BOLD ALLIGATOR OCT- NOV 2014 PHIBLEX JAN 2015 INVINCIBLE SENTRY OMAN JAN 2015

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 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: U.S. Marine Pfc. Cody Dunlap throws a simulated grenade during squad tactics and maneuver training aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 26, 2015. Dunlap is an automatic rifleman with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. As the ground combat element for the 15th MEU, BLT 3/1 is preparing for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills and learning to work as a cohesive unit.