Where the Marine Corps is stationed, from Camp Lejeune to Okinawa. Every entry lists its location, the major commands based there and a link to the installation's own official site.
32 installations across 7 regions.
Marine Barracks Washington occupies the corner of 8th and I Streets in southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest active post in the Marine Corps and supports the Corps' ceremonial and security missions in the national capital region. It is also the site of the Home of the Commandants.
Established 1801
Major commands
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort covers roughly 6,900 acres in Beaufort County, South Carolina, and also manages the Townsend Bombing Range in Georgia. It supports 2d Marine Aircraft Wing squadrons, attached II Marine Expeditionary Force units, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
Established 1943
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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point occupies roughly 26,000 acres in Craven County, North Carolina. It operates and maintains the airfield and assigned aircraft and provides base operating support to 2d Marine Aircraft Wing and its other tenant commands.
Established 1942
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Marine Corps Air Station New River covers roughly 2,600 acres south of Jacksonville, North Carolina. It provides aviation support, force protection, infrastructure, and community services for II Marine Expeditionary Force and the station's tenant commands. Its airfield is McCutcheon Field.
Established 1943
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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune occupies roughly 153,000 acres in Onslow County, North Carolina, along the New River and 14 miles of Atlantic beachfront. It supports II Marine Expeditionary Force and its subordinate commands along with Navy and Coast Guard tenant commands.
Established 1941
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Marine Corps Base Quantico spans roughly 55,000 acres across Prince William, Stafford, and Fauquier counties in Virginia, about 36 miles south of Washington, D.C. It provides facilities and services to training, education, and service-level commands, and hosts federal law enforcement training academies.
Established 1917
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Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany lies just outside Albany in southwest Georgia. It provides installation support to Marine Corps Logistics Command and performs depot-level rebuild and repair of ground combat and combat support equipment.
Established 1952
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Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island covers more than 8,000 acres in Beaufort County, South Carolina, including over 4,000 acres of salt marsh and tidal streams. It conducts entry-level enlisted training and is headquarters for the Eastern Recruiting Region.
Established 1915
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Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida is home to Blount Island Command, which manages the Marine Corps' maritime prepositioning program. It supports planning, deployment, arrival and assembly, and reconstitution of prepositioned equipment for Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.
Established 1986
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The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center spans more than 1,100 square miles of high Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. It conducts live-fire combined arms training, urban operations training, and joint and coalition integration training for the operating forces.
Established 1952
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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar covers more than 23,000 acres about 15 miles north of downtown San Diego, California. It operates and maintains the air station and provides services, materiel support, and training venues for 3d Marine Aircraft Wing and its other tenant commands.
Established 1917
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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma sits in the southwestern corner of Arizona and provides aviation ranges, facilities, and services that support aerial weapons training for the operating forces. It has access to extensive bombing and aviation training ranges and supports a large share of Marine air-to-ground training.
Established 1959
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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the Marine Corps' primary West Coast training base, covering roughly 125,000 acres of northern San Diego County, California, with about 17 miles of coastline. It supports I Marine Expeditionary Force and its subordinate commands and runs specialized schools as directed by the Commandant.
Established 1942
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Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow occupies roughly 6,176 acres across three sites in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. It enables operational readiness through infrastructure, logistics, and services, including depot-level rebuild and repair of ground combat and combat support equipment.
Established 1942
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The Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center occupies roughly 46,000 acres of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest at Pickel Meadow, California, northwest of Bridgeport. It runs formal schools and unit training in summer and winter mountain operations, with training areas reaching close to 12,000 feet.
Established 1951
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego occupies roughly 506 acres in San Diego, California. It provides reception, processing, and recruit training for enlisted personnel and exercises operational control of enlisted recruiting in the 8th, 9th, and 12th Marine Corps Recruiting Districts.
Established 1921
Major commands
Part of MCB Hawaii
Camp H. M. Smith overlooks Pearl Harbor on Oahu and is administered by Marine Corps Base Hawaii. It is a headquarters installation rather than an operating-forces base, hosting U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, and Special Operations Command Pacific.
Established 1956
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Marine Corps Base Hawaii administers roughly 4,500 acres of Marine Corps property across Oahu, centered on the Mokapu Peninsula at Kaneohe Bay. It provides facilities and services supporting combat readiness for the Marine and Navy commands stationed in Hawaii.
Major commands
Part of Camp Butler
Camp Courtney sits in Uruma on Okinawa and hosts the headquarters of III Marine Expeditionary Force and 3d Marine Division.
Major commands
Part of Camp Butler
Camp Foster spans Ginowan, Okinawa City, Chatan, and Kitanakagusuku on Okinawa. It hosts the headquarters of Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler and Marine Corps Installations Pacific.
Major commands
Part of Camp Butler
Camp Gonsalves spans the villages of Kunigami and Higashi in northern Okinawa and is home to the Jungle Warfare Training Center, where Marine and joint forces personnel train in jungle and counterinsurgency operations.
Established 1958
Major commands
Part of Camp Butler
Camp Hansen is located in the town of Kin on Okinawa and hosts a large share of III Marine Expeditionary Force's ground units, including the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and 12th Marine Littoral Regiment.
Major commands
Part of Camp Butler
Camp Kinser sits in Urasoe, just north of Naha on Okinawa, and is the logistics hub for III Marine Expeditionary Force, hosting 3d Marine Logistics Group.
Major commands
Part of Camp Butler
Camp McTureous sits in Uruma on Okinawa, south of Camp Courtney. It is primarily a family housing camp, with residential and sports facilities and a Department of Defense Education Activity elementary school.
Part of Camp Butler
Camp Schwab lies mostly within Nago on northern Okinawa and hosts infantry and reconnaissance units of III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Major commands
Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji sits near Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture, at the base of Mount Fuji. It supports live-fire and combined arms training for Marine units rotating through mainland Japan and is administered by Marine Corps Installations Pacific.
Established 1953
Part of Camp Butler
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is located in Ginowan on Okinawa and is the aviation hub for III Marine Expeditionary Force, hosting tiltrotor, air control, and aviation logistics units of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
Major commands
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni is a Marine Corps air station in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on the Japanese island of Honshu, about 25 miles northeast of Hiroshima. It is shared with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and provides base operating support for Marine, Navy, and allied units across the Indo-Pacific.
Major commands
Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler is not a single site but a collection of camps and facilities spread across Okinawa, Japan. It supports more than 32,000 active duty personnel and civilians and serves as the command support element for Marine Corps Installations Pacific.
Established 1955
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Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz is in the village of Dededo in northern Guam. Activated in 2020, it is the first new Marine Corps base established in decades and supports the relocation of Marine forces within the Indo-Pacific.
Established 2020
Camp Mujuk is an 84-acre installation south of Pohang and the only Marine Corps installation on the Korean Peninsula. It supports III Marine Expeditionary Force training deployments and exercises in the region.
Established 1980
Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans is a 29-acre compound in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the headquarters of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, the command responsible for Marine reserve units across nearly every state and territory.
Major commands
This page lists the major Marine Corps installations — bases, air stations, recruit depots, logistics bases and training centers — in the United States, Japan, Guam and South Korea. It does not include reserve training centers, recruiting offices or Marine detachments hosted on other services' installations.
By land area, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California covers more than 1,100 square miles of the Mojave Desert. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Camp Pendleton, California are the Corps' principal east and west coast bases.
The permanent overseas installations are on Okinawa and mainland Japan, on Guam, and at Camp Mujuk in Pohang, South Korea. Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler is not one site but a group of camps spread across Okinawa.
Marine Corps recruit training takes place at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. Which depot a recruit attends depends on the recruiting district they enlist through.
