I Marine Expeditionary Force

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I Marine Expeditionary Force
I MEF Insignia
Active	November 8, 1969
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Marine Air-Ground Task Force
Role	Expeditionary combat forces
Part of	Marine Forces Pacific
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Battles/wars	Operation Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Vigilant Resolve Operation Phantom Fury
Commanders
Current commander	LtGen James Mattis

The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) of the United States Marine Corps primarily composed of the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 1st Marine Logistics Group. Among Marines, it is common to pronounce I MEF as "eye mef", "first mef", or "one mef". The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force is commanded by a Lieutenant General.

1 Mission
2 Lineage
3 Structure
4 Recent Service
5 Notable commanders
6 External links

[edit] Mission

Deploy and employ expeditionary ready, air-ground task forces in response to Component Commander taskings to operate in Joint/Combined Operations, to conduct small scale contingencies and win in combat.

[edit] Lineage

Activated November 8th, 1969 at Okinawa, Japan as the "I Marine Expeditionary Force"
Redesignated August 18th, 1970 as the "I Marine Amphibious Force"
Relocated in April 1971 to Camp Pendleton, California
Redesignated February 5th, 1988 as the "I Marine Expeditionary Force"