III Marine Expeditionary Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:III_MEF
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Roger_B._Turner_Jr.
gptkbp:component gptkb:United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Tomodachi
gptkbp:established 1942
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Camp_Courtney,_Okinawa,_Japan
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Camp_Courtney,_Okinawa,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label III Marine Expeditionary Force
gptkbp:motto Forward, Faithful, Focused
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:III_MEF
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Alexander_A._Vandegrift
gptkb:Joseph_F._Dunford_Jr.
gptkb:Robert_E._Hogaboom
gptkb:Roy_S._Geiger
gptkb:James_L._Jones
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Pacific
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:III_Amphibious_Corps
gptkbp:primaryMission Disaster relief
Humanitarian assistance
Theater security cooperation
Combat operations
Rapid crisis response
gptkbp:reorganizedAs 1952
1965
1971
1988
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Asia-Pacific_region
gptkbp:role Expeditionary warfare
gptkbp:size Approximately 27,000 personnel
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:1st_Marine_Aircraft_Wing
gptkb:31st_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit
gptkb:3rd_Marine_Division
gptkb:3rd_Marine_Logistics_Group
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:III_MEF_shoulder_sleeve_insignia
gptkbp:type gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:website https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4