Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

10 November 2024A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDER AND SERGEANT MAJORMARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS EAST Each year, as we honor the birthday of our beloved Corps, Marines everywhere—whether at home or deployed—pause to remember the strength, resolve, and storied history that have carried us forward since our founding in Tun Tavern 249 years ago.Here at Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, these traditions renew our commitment to the ideals that make the Marine Corps the greatest fighting force in the world.Our cherished traditions—the cake cutting ceremony, the recognition of the oldest and youngest Marines, and the reading of General Lejeune’s message—unite us across generations and distances. Whether on the rugged sands

Several Headquarters and Support (H&S) Battalion barracks received new mattresses, blinds and linens as part of an initiative to enhance the quality of life among Marines who live in Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, also known as barracks, on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.“Nearly $675k in funding was secured by H&S Battalion to support quality-of-life improvements,” said 1st Lt. Garret Potter, a supply officer with H&S Battalion, Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST)-MCB Camp Lejeune.Improvements for Marines included 610 new mattresses and linen sets and 322 sets of blinds across five barracks on MCB Camp Lejeune and Stone Bay. Another 200 mattresses and 22 chairs are pending delivery and installation.The effort to

In his 39th Commandant’s Planning Guidance, Commandant of the Marine Corps General Eric M. Smith states that “like all Marines who came before us, we are all, first and foremost, riflemen. That fact will never change.” Last week U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, and HMLA-167, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), lived those words by participating in small-unit training and live-fire ranges to support the Marine Corps’ Infantry Small Unit Leader’s Course (ISULC) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.“The end state for ISULC is to develop the leadership, decision-making capability and proficiency of infantry Corporals and Sergeants,”

The command investigation into the F-35B Lightning II mishap in South Carolina Sept. 17, 2023, has been completed by the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) investigating officer and endorsed by the commanding general of 2nd MAW.