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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, home of expeditionary forces in readiness, is a warfighting platform from which our Marines and Sailors train, operate, launch and recover while providing...
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (/ l ə ˈ ʒ ɜːr n / luh-ZHERN or / l ə ˈ ʒ uː n / luh-ZHOON) is a 246-square-mile (640-square-kilometer) United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is located in Onslow County in southeastern North Carolina. Camp Lejeune and the City of Jacksonville are adjacent to the New River flowing to the Onslow Beach area. Camp Lejeune occupies about 153,439 acres with 14 miles of beach on the Atlantic Ocean.
Camp Lejeune is also referred to as the “Home of Expeditionary Forces in Readiness”. The main base is complemented by six satellite facilities including Marine Corps Air Station New River, Camp Geiger, Stone Bay, Courthouse Bay, Camp Johnson, and Greater Sandy Run Training Area.
Since September 1941, Camp Lejeune (luh-jern) has been the home of “Expeditionary Forces in Readiness”, and throughout the years, it has become the home base for the II Marine Expeditionary...
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a massive installation that wraps around the New River tidal estuary and borders the Atlantic Ocean. The 156,000-acre facility has a mix of pine forests,...
Nov 10, 2021 · CAMP LEJEUNE, Onslow County — Historians say since the Marines arrived in Jacksonville in 1940, the city's population has increased 8,000 percent. On this day, we're saluting Marines past,...
