- Command element (United States Marine Corps)
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USMC Combat Operations Center
In the United States Marine Corps, the command element or CE is the command and control force of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). It provides C3I for the MAGTF.
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Role within the MAGTF
The CE provides all headquarters functions for the MAGTF: command, operations, plans, and administration. It also often holds units which do not fit within the ground combat element, aviation combat element, or logistics combat element.
Organization
The size of the CE varies in proportion to the size of the MAGTF. A Marine Expeditionary Force has a MEF Headquarters Group, approximately the size of a regiment. A Marine Expeditionary Brigade holds a battalion-sized MEB Headquarters Group. The various Marine Expeditionary Units command a company-sized MEU Headquarters Group. Generally, MEF postings are permanent, while MEBs and MEUs rotate their GCE, ACE, and LCE twice annually.
Hierarchy of Marine command units
I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
CE of I Marine Expeditionary Force 
Insignia Name Location 
1st Intelligence Battalion Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California 
9th Communication Battalion Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California 
1st Radio Battalion Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California 
1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
CE of II Marine Expeditionary Force 
III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
CE of III Marine Expeditionary Force 
Insignia Name Location 
3rd Intelligence Battalion Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 
7th Communication Battalion Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 
3rd Radio Battalion Marine Corps Base Hawaii 
5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Headquarters Battalion
CE of Marine Forces Reserve 
Insignia Name Location 
Intelligence Support Battalion[1] New Orleans, Louisiana 
6th Communications Battalion
Note: also fall under 4th Marine Logistics GroupNew York City, New York 
3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Long Beach, California 
4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company West Palm Beach, Florida 
3rd Force Reconnaissance Company Mobile, Alabama 
4th Force Reconnaissance Company Marine Corps Base Hawaii 
3rd Civil Affairs Group Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California 
4th Civil Affairs Group Naval Support Facility Anacostia, Washington, D.C. See also
References
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