Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, serves as home base and training center for a combat division and several other units of the United States Marine Corps. The camp covers 156,000 acres (63,000 hectares), extending 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from the center of Jacksonville to the Atlantic Ocean. The Marines conduct amphibious training along an 11-mile (18-kilometer) oceanfront. In the summer, 10,000 reservists take part in the training. Major commands at the camp include the Marine Corps base and a large naval hospital. The 2,700-acre (1,100-hectare) Marine Corps Air Station at nearby New River is controlled by the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point (see Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station ).
The Marines established the camp in 1941 and named it for Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune. Lejeune was a Marine Corps commandant from 1920 to 1929.
See also Montford Point Marines .
