CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF 30 Oct 2014 PHOTO: Marine Corps and Royal Air Force helicopters fly in formation after departing Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. The Marine Corps ended operations in Helmand province and transferred the base to the Afghan National Army.

Outline USMC Personnel Operation Enduring Freedom 36th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Message For All Marines USMC Personnel Operation Enduring Freedom Global Force Disposition Marine Expeditionary Units 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

36th COMMANDANT’S MESSAGE FOR ALL MARINES Marines, I am truly honored and humbled to serve as your Commandant. I’d like to begin my tenure by thanking General and Mrs. Amos for their four decades of extraordinary service and commitment. They transition to the next phase of their lives with the admiration, appreciation, and affection of all Marines and their families. The Marine Corps is in great shape. We are recruiting and retaining high quality Marines who are fit, tough, and smart. Our Marines are well led, well trained, and well equipped. The infrastructure at our posts and stations -- our barracks, family housing and training facilities -- has been significantly enhanced over the past decade. We remain forward deployed and forward engaged in the Pacific, South America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Just in the last year, we have responded to crisis in the Philippines, South Sudan, Libya, and Iraq. In Afghanistan, we have remained engaged in combat operations. We have clearly demonstrated our flexibility, versatility, and adaptability. Marines are relevant and in high demand. We have answered the call and we have delivered! Throughout the last decade, Marines have enhanced their reputation as the Nation’s premier force in readiness. Today’s Marines, like their predecessors, can be very proud to claim the title United States Marine. Despite these accomplishments, much work remains to be done. As Marines, we maintain the highest standards and we constantly seek to improve. We will continue to attack by: -- Maintaining a first-rate, well-trained total force of Marines in a high state of readiness. -- Prioritizing the support of those Marines in harm’s way. -- Developing and fielding MAGTF capabilities that will ensure that the Marine Corps remains an innovative, relevant, naval, expeditionary force-in-readiness. -- Building upon our success in leader development, professional military education, wounded warrior care, and family readiness. Our Corps is informed by your input. I will continue to engage with Marines of all grades to solicit feedback. Your ideas will help us improve our warfighting and crisis response capabilities and provide the foundation for detailed Commandant’s Planning Guidance in the New Year. Know that I’m extraordinarily proud to stand in your ranks. Thanks for who you are and what you do. Continue to march… General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., took command as the 36th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. The message can be retrieved from http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/61/Docs/36CMC-Message.pdf

Total on active duty: ~189,600 USMC Personnel Total Deployed: ~32,500 Total Afghanistan: ~1,600 PHOTO: The final six helicopters prepare to depart Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. The United States Marine Corps ended their operations in southwestern Afghanistan and transferred the base to the Afghan National Army. Active Component - Operating Forces: ~110,500 Trainees, Transients, Patients, Prisoners: ~26,800 Supporting Establishment: ~49,300 Activated Reservists: ~800 Active Reserve: ~2,200 Total on active duty: ~189,600

Global Force Disposition (As of 30 Oct 14) Operations ~6,300 Amphibious Ops ~6,100 Exercises ~100 TSC ~580 WEST OF IDL ~21,900 Total Deployed** ~32,500 NORTHCOM: 1,900 EUCOM: ~700 AFGHANISTAN: ~1,600 OTHER CENTCOM: ~4,700 FAST PLTS USEUCOM USCENTCOM USPACOM USNORTHCOM USSOUTHCOM **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. “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) West of IDL – West of International Date Line, Marines forward deployed in PACOM AO. MARSOC USCENTCOM USPACOM OPERATIONS AMPHIB OPERATIONS EXERCISE/TSC SOUTHCOM: ~100 AFRICOM: ~1,400 PACOM: ~22,000

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 ~10 PAX IRAQ JORDAN OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM DET: IAs OPCON TO SPMAGTF-CR-CC ~20 pax JORDAN OEF-AFGHANISTAN RC (SW) FORMAL END OF OPERATIONS PAX AWAITING RETROGRADE AMEMB SECFOR Det: spmagtf-cr-cc ~150 PAX BAGHDAD, IRAQ AMEMB SECFOR Det: msau ~20 PAX erbil, IRAQ UAE SECURITY COOPERATION Det: MARCENT (FWD) ~50 PAX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 11th MEU ~2,500 PAX CENTcom 11th MEU - Currently operating in the CENTCOM AOR. OEF-Afghanistan – RC(SW) formal end of operations on 28 October; Pax awaiting retrogade 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. amemb SECFOR DET: spmagtf-cr-cc (2/7) ~100 PAX AMEMB SANA’A, YEMEN OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND PACOM WEST OF IDL TOTAL ~21,900 PAX OPFOR ~19,800 PAX BASES/STATIONS ~2,100 PAX KMEP 14-13 DET: III MAW ~ 700 PAX ROK 31st MEU ~2,000 PAX USPACOM BLUE CHROMITE DET: 4TH MAR ~1,000 PAX PACOM OEF-P JSOTF DET: 3d MARDIV, 3d RAD BN ~50 PAX PHILIPPINES HARI HAMUTUK 15 DET: 3d MARDIV ~50 PAX TIMOR LESTE 31st MEU – Currently operating in the PACOM AOR, retrograded to Okinawa, Japan. OEF- Philippines - Operational support from III MEF Korean Marine Exchange Program (KMEP) 14-13 – Conduct of bilateral training in order to maintain proficiency at maneuver with integrated combined arms. HARI HAMUTUK 15 – Conduct of engineering exercise through bilateral and regional cooperation IOT build mil-to-mil relations. BLUE CHROMITE – 4th Marine Regiment conducts amphibious exercise to address deficiencies, rehearse integration of arms and replicate scenario employment missions. 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. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

U.S. AFRICA COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET: 26th MEU, 2/2, VMM-264, CLB-2 ~1,400 pax MORON, SPAIN / nassig, Italy MAINTENANCE TCT DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~10 PAX GULF OF GUINEA 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 OP UNITED ASSISTANCE DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~100 PAX LIBERIA LOGISTCS / ENGINEER TRAINING DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~50 PAX UGANDA / BURUNDI 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. Operation United Assistance – assist in the overall U.S. Government Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola Virus/Disease, as part of the international assistance effort supporting the Governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Logistics/engineer training – directed to train and equip local forces IOT prepare them for future African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployments. Maintenance TCT – Capacity building training event to maintain Gulf of Guinea access and contact with African militaries. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

U.S. EUROPE COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET ~200 PAX ROMANIA Black sea rotational force DET: MARFOReur ~250 PAX romania Georgia deployment program-isaf 2 DET: MARFOREUR ~100 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. 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/MISO MTT DET: MARForsouth ~10 pax HONDURAS PERU PTP MTT DET: MARForsouth ~10 pax PERU Peru Pre-Deployment Training – Conduct and supervision of CTOC training including small unit infantry tactics and riverine skills Civil Affairs/MISO MTT – mil-to-mil exchange with Honduran Marine Corps to focus on civil affairs assessments and human terrain mapping. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

U.S. NORTH COMMAND 22nd MEU – Returned to homeport. BOLD ALLIGAToR DET: II MEF ~1,000 pax EAST COAST 22d MEU RETURNED TO HOMEPORT 15th MEU Pre-deployed Camp PENDLETON 24th MEU Pre-deployed Camp lejeune 22nd MEU – Returned to homeport. 24th MEU – Pre-Deployed in Camp Lejeune conducting MEU exercises 15th MEU - Pre-Deployed in Camp Pendleton conducting MEU exercises JTF-N - DoD tactical support ISO US Border patrol. They have assisted in the seizure of Marijuana and Undocumented Aliens (UDAS) crossing the border. JTF-N border patrol support DET: MARFORRES ~30 pax Texas border area OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

Marine Expeditionary Units 13th MEU CAMP PENDLETON, CA 26th MEU CAMP LEJEUNE, NC 24th MEU CAMP LEJEUNE 15th MEU CAMP PENDLETON 11th MEU CENTcom 31st MEU PAcom 22d MEU NORTHCOM Photos (from left to right): MV-22B Ospreys with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) conduct flight operations aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the MEU’s fourth and final pre-deployment exercise, Combined Unit Training Exercise. The MV-22B Osprey is designed for expeditionary assault support, raid operations, cargo lift and special warfare. It has the ability to carry 24 combat-loaded Marines five times the distance and two times the speed of its predecessor, the CH-46 Sea Knight. The Osprey can take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. A machine gunner with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M240B machinegun during a gunners qualification aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Oct. 19. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th MEU are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Laura Y. Raga/Released) U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a conditioning hike Camp Lejeune, Sept. 4, 2014. The Marine hiked with flack and Kevlar to enhance mission readiness and insure physical endurance capabilities are met in combat situations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released). PRE-DEPLOYED DEPLOYED POST-DEPLOYED 12 12 12

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit COL R. DASMALCHI BLT 3/5, VMM-262 (REIN), VMA-542, CLB–31 DEPLOYMENT DATES: MAY 14 – NOV 14 USS PELELIU (LHA-5) USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) 14.1/14.2 TURNOVER MAY 14 SOTG COURSES JUN 14 BI-LATERAL TSC JUN - AUG 14 SQUAD INFANTRY TSC - TAIWAN AUG 14 PMEP AUG 14 AMPHIB INTEGRATION TRAINING SEP 14 TEMPEST WIND SEP 14 CERTEX / PHIBLEX OCT 14

22d Marine Expeditionary Unit HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT ASSESSMENT COL W. R. DUNN BLT 1/6, VMM-263 (REIN), CLB-22 DEPLOYMENT DATES: FEB 2014 – OCT 2014 USS BATAAN (LHD-5) USS MESA VERDE (LPD-19) USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-44) PMINT CAMP LEJUENE OCT 2013 FRENCH BI-LAT DJIBOUTI MAY 2014 ARG-MEU EX CAMP LEJUENE NOV 2013 EAGER LION JORDAN JUN 2014 COMPTUEX CAMP LEJUENE DEC 2013 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING KUWAIT JUN/AUG 2014 SPANISH PHIBLEX SPAIN FEB 2014 HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT ASSESSMENT IRAQ AUG 2014 NOBLE SHIRLEY ISRAEL MAR 2014 RETUNED TO HOMEPORT CAMP LEJUENE OCT 2014 GREEK BI-LAT GREECE MAR 2014 SEA SOLDIER OMAN APR 2014

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit COL M. G. TROLLINGER BLT 2/1, VMM-163 (REIN), CLB-11 DEPLOYMENT DATES: JUL 2014 – JAN 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 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING HAWAII JUN - AUG 2014 MALAYSIA MAREX PACOM AUG - SEP 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING SEP - OCT 2014

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit 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 CONDUCTING BOLD ALLIGATOR OCT- NOV 2014

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING COL V. L. CRYER BLT 3/1, VMM-161 (REIN), CLB-15 DEPLOYMENT DATES: APR – NOV 15 USS ESSEX (LHD-2) USS ANCHORAGE (LPD-23) USS RUSHMORE (LSD-47) COMPOSITE CAMP PENDLETON OCT 2014 CONDUCTING PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING OCT 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. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regional Command (Southwest) (RC(SW)) exit a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter aboard Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. The Marines transitioned to KAF following the end of RC(SW) operations in Helmand province. (Official U. S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dustin D. March/Released)