WEBVTT 00:00.631 --> 00:03.298 (intense music) 00:17.187 --> 00:18.713 - [Narrator] Welcome to Marine Corp Base, 00:18.713 --> 00:20.853 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 00:20.853 --> 00:23.926 Home of the second Marine Expeditionary Force, 00:23.926 --> 00:26.561 the Marine Special Operations Command, 00:26.561 --> 00:28.204 the School of Infantry East, 00:28.204 --> 00:30.882 the Marine Corp Service Support Schools, 00:30.882 --> 00:33.756 and the Coast Guard's Special Missions Training Center. 00:33.756 --> 00:36.673 From its modest beginnings in 1941, 00:36.725 --> 00:38.468 Camp Lejeune has grown to become 00:38.468 --> 00:42.201 the largest amphibious training base in the nation. 00:42.201 --> 00:44.951 Featuring more than 150,000 acres 00:45.806 --> 00:48.139 with 11 miles of beach front 00:48.298 --> 00:51.215 and 78 miles of inland water front. 00:51.330 --> 00:53.146 Our purpose is simple. 00:53.146 --> 00:56.389 Support the training requirements of our tenent commands 00:56.389 --> 01:00.447 to ensure that our Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen 01:00.447 --> 01:03.235 receive the most complete training possible 01:03.235 --> 01:07.068 in order to fight and win our nations battles. 01:07.136 --> 01:09.576 Along with our aviation components stationed 01:09.576 --> 01:12.558 at nearby Marine Corp Air Stations New River 01:12.558 --> 01:16.098 and Cherry Point, Marine air-ground task forces 01:16.098 --> 01:17.912 are able to meet training needs 01:17.912 --> 01:22.079 ranging from the individual infantrymen up to and including 01:22.633 --> 01:26.800 the Marine air-ground task force command element, the MAGTF. 01:27.389 --> 01:30.040 On any given day, Marines are honing 01:30.040 --> 01:33.054 their marksmanship skills at the rifle range, 01:33.054 --> 01:36.848 practicing small unit tactics techniques and procedures 01:36.848 --> 01:39.403 at our many fire and maneuver ranges, 01:39.403 --> 01:43.570 or conducting supporting arms fires from artillery, 01:43.807 --> 01:46.890 mortars, aviation, and Navel gunfire. 01:48.974 --> 01:53.075 Additionally, these Marines are able to refine platoon 01:53.075 --> 01:55.680 and company level battle skills, 01:55.680 --> 01:59.513 rehearse raid scenarios, conducts reconicance, 01:59.530 --> 02:02.353 establish forward operating basis, 02:02.353 --> 02:06.520 conduct tactical resupply, conduct refueling operations, 02:07.289 --> 02:09.646 execute ship-to-shore movements 02:09.646 --> 02:12.008 and other amphibious operations, 02:12.008 --> 02:14.305 practice heliborn operations, 02:14.305 --> 02:16.815 conduct operations in urban terrain, 02:16.815 --> 02:20.116 or even rehearse skills in simulators prior 02:20.116 --> 02:22.454 to executing them in the field. 02:22.454 --> 02:25.005 While providing realistic training opportunities 02:25.005 --> 02:28.829 is the most important purpose of Camp Lejeune, 02:28.829 --> 02:31.323 doing so in way that does not jeopardize 02:31.323 --> 02:35.156 our natural resources, our coastal ecosystems, 02:35.942 --> 02:39.005 or the habitat of threatened or endangered species 02:39.005 --> 02:41.377 is always a key consideration. 02:41.377 --> 02:43.434 The balance between training requirements 02:43.434 --> 02:47.238 and resource management is continually reviewed 02:47.238 --> 02:51.405 and adjusted, ensuring the long-term viability of both. 02:52.034 --> 02:55.294 The Operations and Training Department of Camp Lejeune 02:55.294 --> 02:58.563 is the office responsible for training support 02:58.563 --> 03:01.638 and that responsibility is exercised through the Range 03:01.638 --> 03:05.638 and Training Area Management Division, or RTAMD. 03:06.250 --> 03:10.098 As requirements are generated for ranges and training areas, 03:10.098 --> 03:13.713 whether they be in support of new weapons systems 03:13.713 --> 03:16.630 or changing tactics and techniques, 03:16.633 --> 03:18.955 RTAMD is involved in every phase 03:18.955 --> 03:21.666 from the range planning development process, 03:21.666 --> 03:24.166 the hand off to Range Control, 03:24.291 --> 03:28.297 to the sustainment of the finished range or training area. 03:28.297 --> 03:32.464 In addition to its responsibilities for range development, 03:32.573 --> 03:35.573 range maintenance, training support, 03:36.699 --> 03:40.558 RTAMD oversees the efforts of its Range Control Branch 03:40.558 --> 03:44.558 and the daily management of 98 live fire ranges, 03:45.036 --> 03:48.036 94 training areas, 27 gun positions, 03:49.289 --> 03:53.289 47 tactical landing zones, 6 military operations 03:53.777 --> 03:57.944 in urban terrain areas, 2 airfield seizure facilities, 03:58.151 --> 04:02.318 10 engineer training areas, 12 simulator facilities, 04:02.981 --> 04:06.700 four special use air space areas, and much more. 04:06.700 --> 04:09.877 With three primary impact areas capable of supporting 04:09.877 --> 04:14.044 munitions up to and including 155 millimeter rounds, 04:14.383 --> 04:17.883 Navel gunfire, and inert aviation ordnance 04:17.940 --> 04:20.845 including precision guided munitions, 04:20.845 --> 04:24.070 training rarely seizes aboard Camp Lejeune. 04:24.070 --> 04:28.114 Close proximity to Fort Bragg, also results in training 04:28.114 --> 04:31.686 by Army units at Camp Lejeune on a regular basis. 04:31.686 --> 04:34.214 As well as, Army units from around the nation, 04:34.214 --> 04:36.685 who train anti-aircraft missile units 04:36.685 --> 04:38.602 on Lejeune's shoreline. 04:38.729 --> 04:42.250 Camp Lejeune is vital to the nations security. 04:42.250 --> 04:44.873 It isn't paradise, but when is the last time 04:44.873 --> 04:47.123 Marines fought in paradise? 04:47.522 --> 04:49.617 With its swamps and wetlands, 04:49.617 --> 04:53.117 to its thick pine forests and its picosin, 04:53.162 --> 04:55.987 Camp Lejeune will challenge movement and maneuver, 04:55.987 --> 05:00.154 forcing small unit leaders to constantly adapt and overcome. 05:00.814 --> 05:04.564 Our hot, humid summers and damp, cold winters 05:04.797 --> 05:08.714 inspire a confidence in our Marines and Sailors 05:08.855 --> 05:13.022 that they can operate effectively anywhere, anytime. 05:13.630 --> 05:16.649 Producing well-trained, highly confident, 05:16.649 --> 05:19.309 and motivated Marines and Sailors. 05:19.309 --> 05:20.809 That's what we do. 05:20.958 --> 05:22.458 It's why we exist. 05:23.371 --> 05:26.366 For information on the use or scheduling of ranges 05:26.366 --> 05:29.095 or training areas at Camp Lejeune, 05:29.095 --> 05:33.262 please contact any of the individuals listed here.