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I MEF provides the Marine Corps a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), capable of generating, deploying, and employing ready forces and formations for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns. 

 

1st MARDIV Band performs at Disneyland for Independence Day
1st Marine Division
July 3, 2023 | 1:03
1st MARDIV Band performs at Disneyland for Independence Day
1st Marine Division
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1st MARDIV Band performs at Disneyland for Independence Day
MRF-D, Australian Army observers call for close air support
MRF-D, Australian Army, Gurkhas participate in Tiger Run
Exercise Croix du Sud 2023
MRF-D and ADF medical teams participate in combat care exercise
Recon Marines, Indonesian Korps Marinir participate in annual reconnaissance exercise
Hub, Spoke, Node: Delivering Combat Power Any Time, Any Place
11th MEU annual gas chamber
11th MEU Dine Out
13th MEU Cobra Gold 23 Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation
Fueled to Fight – CLR-17 Final Field Mess Evaluation
Year in Review: Celebrating 82 years of the Blue Diamond
VMM-161 Trains for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations in the Bahamas
Faces of the Blue Diamond: Staff Sgt. Jessica Larsen
Reel: U.S. Marines breach, clear buildings
On the Drums at the Rose Parade
Teaser: I MEF, ESG-3 conclude Exercise Steel Knight 23
Influenced on the court: basketball leads to a career in the Marines
CLR-1 Participates in the First Ever Mental Fitness Obstacle Course
I MEF: Any Clime, Any Place
CLR-17 Field Mess Evaluation
1st Bn., 7th Marines conducts battalion field exercise
U.S. Marines participate in ceremony to mark 80th anniversary of Battle of Guadalcanal
Summer Fury 22: HMLA-267
80 years later, Marine remembers Guadalcanal
Marines test deployment capabilities as part of REDEX
Red Ex: Australia Edition
MRF-D 22: Darrandarra
MRF-D 22: U.S. Marines, Australian Army, and Japan Ground Self-Defence Force Personnel Participate in Exercise Southern Jackaroo
MRF-D 22: We're Gonna Get You out of Here
Exercise Garnet Rattler Teaser
Exercise Crocodile Response: Helping Hands
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Sgt. Jesus Maldonado engages in conversation about radio equipment at the Pacific Views Events Center during the “Tactical & Technology Day” on Camp Pendleton April 20, 2016. This exhibition gives Marines an opportunity to present feedback to companies about their experience with equipment produced by the each organization. Maldonado is a training chief with the Comptroller’s office, 1st Marine Division, and is a Perth Amboy, N.J. native. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shellie Hall/ Not Released) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Sgt. Jesus Maldonado engages in conversation about radio equipment at the Pacific Views Events Center during the “Tactical & Technology Day” on Camp Pendleton April 20, 2016. This exhibition gives Marines an opportunity to present feedback to companies about their experience with equipment produced by the each organization. Maldonado is a training chief with the Comptroller’s office, 1st Marine Division, and is a Perth Amboy, N.J. native. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shellie Hall/ Not Released)

I MEF Leaders

Lt. Gen. George W. Smith Jr.
Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Lieutenant General Smith was commissioned through the NROTC program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 1985. A career infantry officer, his assignments in the operating forces include Rifle Platoon Commander and 81mm Mortar Platoon Commander in 2d Battalion, 1st Marines; Logistics Officer and Rifle Company Commander in 1st Battalion, 3d Marines; and Commanding Officer, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, during which he deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Brigadier General Robert C. Fulford
Deputy Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Brigadier General Fulford was commissioned in 1992, after graduation from the United States Naval Academy. Following graduation from The Basic School and the Infantry Officer’s Course, he reported to the 1st Marine Division. From June 1993 through December 1996, he served in 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, deploying with Battalion Landing Team 1/4,

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Colonel Brian Rideout
Chief of Staff, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Colonel Rideout holds a baccalaureate degree in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University, a Master of Science in Information Technology Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, a Master of Military Studies from Marine Corps University and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.  He is a graduate

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Sergeant Major Peter A. Siaw
Command Senior Enlisted Leader, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Sergeant Major Peter A. Siaw was born in Chicago, Illinois and began recruit training in April 1993 aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. Upon graduation, he was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal and continued to Marine Combat Training aboard Camp Pendleton, California, and Personnel Administration School

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CMDCM(FMF/SW/AW/IW) Charles F. Ziervogel
Command Master Chief

Master Chief Ziervogel enlisted in the Navy in August of 1989. Following Basic Training in Orlando, Florida he successfully completed the Navy Nuclear Power Training Pipeline. From October 1991 to December 1996 he served as a member of Reactor Control Division onboard USS Nebraska (SSBN 739 Gold) through New Construction and Commissioning,

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