1 00:00:00,631 --> 00:00:03,298 (intense music) 2 00:00:17,187 --> 00:00:18,713 - [Narrator] Welcome to Marine Corp Base, 3 00:00:18,713 --> 00:00:20,853 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 4 00:00:20,853 --> 00:00:23,926 Home of the second Marine Expeditionary Force, 5 00:00:23,926 --> 00:00:26,561 the Marine Special Operations Command, 6 00:00:26,561 --> 00:00:28,204 the School of Infantry East, 7 00:00:28,204 --> 00:00:30,882 the Marine Corp Service Support Schools, 8 00:00:30,882 --> 00:00:33,756 and the Coast Guard's Special Missions Training Center. 9 00:00:33,756 --> 00:00:36,673 From its modest beginnings in 1941, 10 00:00:36,725 --> 00:00:38,468 Camp Lejeune has grown to become 11 00:00:38,468 --> 00:00:42,201 the largest amphibious training base in the nation. 12 00:00:42,201 --> 00:00:44,951 Featuring more than 150,000 acres 13 00:00:45,806 --> 00:00:48,139 with 11 miles of beach front 14 00:00:48,298 --> 00:00:51,215 and 78 miles of inland water front. 15 00:00:51,330 --> 00:00:53,146 Our purpose is simple. 16 00:00:53,146 --> 00:00:56,389 Support the training requirements of our tenent commands 17 00:00:56,389 --> 00:01:00,447 to ensure that our Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen 18 00:01:00,447 --> 00:01:03,235 receive the most complete training possible 19 00:01:03,235 --> 00:01:07,068 in order to fight and win our nations battles. 20 00:01:07,136 --> 00:01:09,576 Along with our aviation components stationed 21 00:01:09,576 --> 00:01:12,558 at nearby Marine Corp Air Stations New River 22 00:01:12,558 --> 00:01:16,098 and Cherry Point, Marine air-ground task forces 23 00:01:16,098 --> 00:01:17,912 are able to meet training needs 24 00:01:17,912 --> 00:01:22,079 ranging from the individual infantrymen up to and including 25 00:01:22,633 --> 00:01:26,800 the Marine air-ground task force command element, the MAGTF. 26 00:01:27,389 --> 00:01:30,040 On any given day, Marines are honing 27 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,054 their marksmanship skills at the rifle range, 28 00:01:33,054 --> 00:01:36,848 practicing small unit tactics techniques and procedures 29 00:01:36,848 --> 00:01:39,403 at our many fire and maneuver ranges, 30 00:01:39,403 --> 00:01:43,570 or conducting supporting arms fires from artillery, 31 00:01:43,807 --> 00:01:46,890 mortars, aviation, and Navel gunfire. 32 00:01:48,974 --> 00:01:53,075 Additionally, these Marines are able to refine platoon 33 00:01:53,075 --> 00:01:55,680 and company level battle skills, 34 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,513 rehearse raid scenarios, conducts reconicance, 35 00:01:59,530 --> 00:02:02,353 establish forward operating basis, 36 00:02:02,353 --> 00:02:06,520 conduct tactical resupply, conduct refueling operations, 37 00:02:07,289 --> 00:02:09,646 execute ship-to-shore movements 38 00:02:09,646 --> 00:02:12,008 and other amphibious operations, 39 00:02:12,008 --> 00:02:14,305 practice heliborn operations, 40 00:02:14,305 --> 00:02:16,815 conduct operations in urban terrain, 41 00:02:16,815 --> 00:02:20,116 or even rehearse skills in simulators prior 42 00:02:20,116 --> 00:02:22,454 to executing them in the field. 43 00:02:22,454 --> 00:02:25,005 While providing realistic training opportunities 44 00:02:25,005 --> 00:02:28,829 is the most important purpose of Camp Lejeune, 45 00:02:28,829 --> 00:02:31,323 doing so in way that does not jeopardize 46 00:02:31,323 --> 00:02:35,156 our natural resources, our coastal ecosystems, 47 00:02:35,942 --> 00:02:39,005 or the habitat of threatened or endangered species 48 00:02:39,005 --> 00:02:41,377 is always a key consideration. 49 00:02:41,377 --> 00:02:43,434 The balance between training requirements 50 00:02:43,434 --> 00:02:47,238 and resource management is continually reviewed 51 00:02:47,238 --> 00:02:51,405 and adjusted, ensuring the long-term viability of both. 52 00:02:52,034 --> 00:02:55,294 The Operations and Training Department of Camp Lejeune 53 00:02:55,294 --> 00:02:58,563 is the office responsible for training support 54 00:02:58,563 --> 00:03:01,638 and that responsibility is exercised through the Range 55 00:03:01,638 --> 00:03:05,638 and Training Area Management Division, or RTAMD. 56 00:03:06,250 --> 00:03:10,098 As requirements are generated for ranges and training areas, 57 00:03:10,098 --> 00:03:13,713 whether they be in support of new weapons systems 58 00:03:13,713 --> 00:03:16,630 or changing tactics and techniques, 59 00:03:16,633 --> 00:03:18,955 RTAMD is involved in every phase 60 00:03:18,955 --> 00:03:21,666 from the range planning development process, 61 00:03:21,666 --> 00:03:24,166 the hand off to Range Control, 62 00:03:24,291 --> 00:03:28,297 to the sustainment of the finished range or training area. 63 00:03:28,297 --> 00:03:32,464 In addition to its responsibilities for range development, 64 00:03:32,573 --> 00:03:35,573 range maintenance, training support, 65 00:03:36,699 --> 00:03:40,558 RTAMD oversees the efforts of its Range Control Branch 66 00:03:40,558 --> 00:03:44,558 and the daily management of 98 live fire ranges, 67 00:03:45,036 --> 00:03:48,036 94 training areas, 27 gun positions, 68 00:03:49,289 --> 00:03:53,289 47 tactical landing zones, 6 military operations 69 00:03:53,777 --> 00:03:57,944 in urban terrain areas, 2 airfield seizure facilities, 70 00:03:58,151 --> 00:04:02,318 10 engineer training areas, 12 simulator facilities, 71 00:04:02,981 --> 00:04:06,700 four special use air space areas, and much more. 72 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:09,877 With three primary impact areas capable of supporting 73 00:04:09,877 --> 00:04:14,044 munitions up to and including 155 millimeter rounds, 74 00:04:14,383 --> 00:04:17,883 Navel gunfire, and inert aviation ordnance 75 00:04:17,940 --> 00:04:20,845 including precision guided munitions, 76 00:04:20,845 --> 00:04:24,070 training rarely seizes aboard Camp Lejeune. 77 00:04:24,070 --> 00:04:28,114 Close proximity to Fort Bragg, also results in training 78 00:04:28,114 --> 00:04:31,686 by Army units at Camp Lejeune on a regular basis. 79 00:04:31,686 --> 00:04:34,214 As well as, Army units from around the nation, 80 00:04:34,214 --> 00:04:36,685 who train anti-aircraft missile units 81 00:04:36,685 --> 00:04:38,602 on Lejeune's shoreline. 82 00:04:38,729 --> 00:04:42,250 Camp Lejeune is vital to the nations security. 83 00:04:42,250 --> 00:04:44,873 It isn't paradise, but when is the last time 84 00:04:44,873 --> 00:04:47,123 Marines fought in paradise? 85 00:04:47,522 --> 00:04:49,617 With its swamps and wetlands, 86 00:04:49,617 --> 00:04:53,117 to its thick pine forests and its picosin, 87 00:04:53,162 --> 00:04:55,987 Camp Lejeune will challenge movement and maneuver, 88 00:04:55,987 --> 00:05:00,154 forcing small unit leaders to constantly adapt and overcome. 89 00:05:00,814 --> 00:05:04,564 Our hot, humid summers and damp, cold winters 90 00:05:04,797 --> 00:05:08,714 inspire a confidence in our Marines and Sailors 91 00:05:08,855 --> 00:05:13,022 that they can operate effectively anywhere, anytime. 92 00:05:13,630 --> 00:05:16,649 Producing well-trained, highly confident, 93 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:19,309 and motivated Marines and Sailors. 94 00:05:19,309 --> 00:05:20,809 That's what we do. 95 00:05:20,958 --> 00:05:22,458 It's why we exist. 96 00:05:23,371 --> 00:05:26,366 For information on the use or scheduling of ranges 97 00:05:26,366 --> 00:05:29,095 or training areas at Camp Lejeune, 98 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:33,262 please contact any of the individuals listed here.