Aia ka Marine Corps i ka "RULE o THREE." Manaʻo wau ua hanaʻia i loko o ka wānana Anna Wars e Edison i hana i ka manaʻo hana ahi e hoʻohanaʻia nei i kēia mau lā. I loko o ke kiʻi,ʻo kēia ka rule: Heʻekolu mau mea e hopohopo ai i kēlā me kēia moku.
ʻEkolu mau kānaka i ka hui ahi e kauohaʻia e kahi Hui (no laila, aia heʻehā o ka poʻe i ka hui, ke heluʻoe i ke alakaʻi o ka hui). ʻOʻekolu mau pū puhi ahi i kahi pūʻali koa i kauohaʻia e ke kauā. ʻO nā'āpana hōʻailonaʻekolu i kahi papa papa i kauohaʻia e kahi Lt. ʻO nā papa pākoluʻekolu i kahi hui i kauohaʻia e kekahi poʻe Kapenaʻekolu i kekahi koa i kauohaʻia e ka Lt Col a pēlā aku.
- Pūʻulu :ʻEhā mau kānaka i kohoʻia i kahi hui kūikawā (ʻekolu mau pūʻulu, a me ka luna alakaʻi).
- Squad :ʻEkolu mau pūʻali i hoʻonohonohoʻia i kahi'āpana kūikawā.
- Ka Platoon :ʻEkolu mau'āpana pelekane i hoʻonohonohoʻia i kahi papa kuʻikahi.
- Kamupene (aiʻole Battery) : Hāʻawiʻiaʻekolu platoons i kahi Hui (i kapaʻia kekahi manawa he pali). ʻO ka hui / pakuhi ka papa haʻahaʻa o kaʻoihana me kahi pūʻokoʻa (ma ka hiʻohiʻona, ka luna o ke Kamupala, a iʻole ka Hui Kamaliʻi mua).
- ʻO ka pae kaua : Hāʻawiʻiaʻekolu mau hui / mau pūnaewele no ka hoʻokumuʻiaʻana o ka pā kaua.
- Regiment :ʻEkolu mau hōʻailona e hana i Regiment (I kekahi manawa i kapaʻia he Brigade).
- Māhele : Hāʻawiʻia nā Brigadesʻekolu e hoʻohui i kahi Division.
- Marine Corps :ʻEkolu mau māhele aʻoi aʻe paha i lilo i ka Marine Corps.
MEU
Ma waho o ka mea i luna, aia nō he MEU (Marine Expedition Unit Unit). Me ka ikaika o kahi 2,200 mau kānaka, hanaʻia ka MEU e pili ana i ka pūʻali koa i hoʻoikaikaʻia, kahi pūʻulu hoʻolālā lele, a me kahi hui MEU Service Support.
Ke kauohaʻia e kekahi colonel, hoʻohanaʻiaʻo MEU no ka hoʻokōʻana me nā'auwaʻa i ka Moana Pākīpika, ka Pākīpika Komohana, aʻo kekahi manawa,ʻo ka MoanaʻAkelanika a me ke Kai'Onelani. Hoʻopiʻia ka MEU i luna o nā moku mokuʻehā o Naval. ʻO ka'āpana hakakā o ka honua (GCE) ka hui hoʻokūkū o ka pae kaua (BLT), ua hoʻouluʻia kekahi pūʻali koa kaua me ka mea hana kiʻi, nā hōʻailona hōʻeuʻeu, nā mea hoʻohui iʻikeʻia i nā mālamalama iʻikeʻia. ʻO kaʻenehana kaua lele (ACE) he Helikopter Medium Medium Hexopter ua hoʻonuiʻia me nāʻano helicopterʻehā i loko o kahi pūʻulu papahana. ʻO kēia mau pūʻulu me CH-53E "Super Stallions," CH-46E "nā Knights Sea," UH-1N "Hueys," a me AH-1W "Super Cobras." ʻAiʻia nā waiwai waiwai i nā mokulele i hoʻopaʻaʻia e like me ka lele AV-8B "Harrier". ʻO ke kākoʻo o ka lawelawe i ka pā kauaʻo MEU Service Support Group (MSSG) i hoʻokumuʻia ma mua mai nā kōkua o nā hui hana kākoʻo. Aia ka MSSG i nā mea loea loea a pau e pono ai e mālama i ka GCE, ACE a me nā mea hana lāʻau hoʻomehana. Aia i loko o ka MSSG he lāʻau lapaʻau, niho, mālama, hoʻolikino, a me nā mea akamai'ē aʻe. ʻO ka mea kauoha (EC) ke kauoha a me ka mālamaʻana i nā kumu'ē aʻeʻekolu.
Ma waho aʻe o ka pūʻali MEU a me kāna mau limahana kākoʻo, ua komo ka EC me nāʻoihana kūikawā e hāʻawi ana i ka hana hana pololei, hiki i ka puʻupuʻu o ka hui,ʻike, a me nāʻike kūikawā a me nā pono hana hoʻolālā.
Marine Aviation
Hoʻokumu ka Marines i ko lākou kūlana lele i kahiʻano'ē aʻe. ʻO ka papa no nā kauoha o ka palekana:
- Squadron : (hoʻohanaʻia i nā kaʻa a lele). Ma nā mokulele o ka mokulele, heʻokoʻa ka helu o nā mokulele mai 4 - 24, ma muli o keʻano o ka pūʻulu. Loaʻa nā pūʻali koaʻole i ka Marine Aviation Logistics Sqns (ke hoʻolako), Marine Wing Support Sqns (ke kūkuluʻana), Marine Air Control Sqns (air defense), Marine Air Support Sqns (Marine Air Force), Marine Marine Air Force Sqns, Marine Wing Communications Sqns, Ka Hale Kuhi Wahi Moanaʻo Sqns (Admin).
- Pūʻulu : (3 mauʻoihana aʻoi aʻe paha) E komo pū me Marine Group (MAG), Marine Wing Support Group (MWSG), Marine Air Control Group (MACG). ʻO ka MAG keʻano helo a pau loa (wing-wing (MAG-36 i'Okinawa kahi KC-130 i kākoʻoʻia)
- Kuhi : 3+ Groups. 2 aʻoi aku MAGs + MWSG, MACG.
Eia kekahi laʻana, MAW he 1 MAG (MAG-12) + 2 helo MAG (MAG-36 + Element Support Element, Kaneohe). 2 & 3 MAW he 2 mau helo MAG. ʻO 4e MAW (Reserves) he 4 mau MAG
ʻAʻohe lā nui (ka helu o nā pūʻali) i hāʻawiʻia i kekahi māheleʻano. ʻO ka nui o kahi māhele o ke kauoha e kau nuiʻia ma keʻano o kahi me ka misionari. Eia kekahi laʻana, heʻokoʻa o nā pūʻali koa i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma mua o kahi hui kūʻokoʻa, no ka mea, heʻano'ē aʻe kaʻoihana, nā mea likeʻole, a no laila, he pono nā koi.