Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is near Jacksonville is a city located in Onslow County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 66,715. It is the county seat of Onslow County6. Geography Jacksonville is located at 34°4535 North, 77°2435 West (34.759630, -77.409765)1... Jacksonville, North Carolina, on the Atlantic seaboard of the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States.

Camp Lejeune is home to the United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. The United States Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is... U.S. Marine Corps's II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, three other major Marine commands and a Naval hospital. As of the early 2000s, the base population is 143,491 of which 43,100 are in uniform.

The base occupies 246 square miles (637 km²) and contains 6,946 buildings. The base's 14 miles (23 km) of beaches make it a major training area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allow for faster deployments.

The main base is supplemented by four satellite facilities. When added to the main base and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is a United States airfield near New Bern, North Carolina, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 as Cunningham Field, named in honor of United States Marine Corps aviator, Lt. Col. Alfred A. Cunningham... MCAS Cherry Point, they make up the largest concentration of Marines and The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. The U.S. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready reserve duty... U.S. Navy A sailor is a member of the crew of a ship or boat. The term may comprise anyone from an admiral in the navy to a person who goes out yachting at weekends as a hobby. A sailor is also specifically an enlisted member of a naval force. The term... sailors in the world. These satellite facilities are: Camp Geiger, Stone Bay, Courthouse Bay, and Camp Leroy Johnson Camp Leroy Johnson, formerly known as the New Orleans Air Base that, is located on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain in the area bounded west by Franklin Ave. south by Leon C. Simon Dr. and east by Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The are is occupied today... Camp Johnson, home to the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools.

History

In April of 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian... 1941, construction was approved on an 11,000-acre (45 km²) tract in Onslow County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population is 150,355. Its county seat is Jacksonville6. History The county was formed in 1734 as Onslow Precinct of Bath County, from northeastern New Hanover Precinct. It was named for Arthur Onslow, Speaker... Onslow County, North Carolina. On May 1 of that year, Lt. Col. William P. T. Hill began construction on Marine Barracks New River, N.C. The first base headquarters was in a summer cottage on Montford Point then shifted to Hadnot Point in 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - World War II: The word United Nations is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in... 1942. Later that year it was renamed in honor of the 13th The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps is the highest ranking officer of the United States Marine Corps, who is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reports to the Secretary of the Navy but not to the Chief of Naval Operations. As with the other joint... Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, on 10 January 1867. He was educated at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, from which he graduated with a B.A. degree. Subsequently, he secured an appointment as a midshipman at the U... John A. Lejeune.

External Links

• Base home page (http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/mcb/index.asp)
• Base history (http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/emd/cultural/Home.html)