Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a major U.S. Marine Corps installation in North Carolina known for its extensive amphibious warfare and combat training operations.

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instanceOf United States Marine Corps base
military installation
associatedWith Camp Lejeune water contamination health issues
contaminant benzene
perchloroethylene
trichloroethylene
vinyl chloride
country United States of America
hasAccessTo Atlantic Ocean
Yadkin River
surface form: New River
hasEnvironmentalIssue drinking water contamination
groundwater contamination
hasFacilityType airfield
amphibious warfare training area
live-fire training range
logistics support facility
urban operations training facility
hasFunction supporting deployment of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces
training Marines for amphibious and expeditionary operations
hasGarrison 2nd Marine Division
2nd Marine Logistics Group
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools
Marine Corps Installations Command
surface form: Marine Corps Installations East

School of Infantry-East
hasSubInstallation Camp Geiger
Camp Johnson
Stone Bay
surface form: Courthouse Bay

Marine Corps Air Station New River
Onslow Beach
Stone Bay
locatedIn North Carolina
Onslow County, North Carolina
locatedNear Jacksonville, North Carolina
locatedOn Atlantic coast of the United States
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
namedAfter 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps
John A. Lejeune
operator United States Marine Corps
ownedBy Department of the Navy
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
partOf Marine Corps Installations East
subjectOf Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022
United States federal investigations on water contamination
timePeriodSignificant Cold War
Global War on Terrorism
Korean War era
Vietnam War
surface form: Vietnam War era

World War II
usedFor NATO and allied training exercises
amphibious warfare training
combat readiness training
expeditionary operations training
joint military exercises

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10th Marine Regiment garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion garrisonLocation Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
this entity surface form: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd MLG garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2d MLG garrisonLocation Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
1st Battalion, 8th Marines garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Marines garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
this entity surface form: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd Battalion, 8th Marines garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2d Tanks garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
MRTC locatedIn Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
subject surface form: Marine Raider Training Center
this entity surface form: Camp Lejeune
The Iron Fist garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
1st Battalion, 6th Marines garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
3rd Battalion, 6th Marines garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
2nd Battalion, 6th Marines garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
MCIEAST headquartersLocation Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
MCIEAST overseesInstallation Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
MCIEAST hasSubordinateElement Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
this entity surface form: MCIEAST-MCB Camp Lejeune