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History
The Advanced Base Force located at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Military analyst no longer viewed amphibious warfare as merely a matter of occupying and defending likely base sites. Landings would have to be carried out on hostile shores in the face of strong opposition.


 * Marine Aviation - In 1914, an advance base force of Marines, reinforced by a small Marine Corps aviation detachment, joined the Navy fleet for maneuvers at Culebra. The Marines used the Culebra harbor to train new pilots on seaplanes. The maneuvers, forerunners of many to come over the years, consisted of the ...In 1914, an advance base force of Marines, reinforced by a small Marine Corps aviation detachment, joined the Navy fleet for maneuvers at Culebra. The Marines used the Culebra harbor to train new pilots on seaplanes. The maneuvers, forerunners of many to come over the years, consisted of the occupation and defense of the island by the advance base force, with the landing force of the Atlantic fleet acting as aggressor forces.


 * A Marine Corps pamphlet describes the defense mission as including “...emplacement of batteries of 3‑inch guns on each side of the entrance to Culebra’s harbor and the laying of control mines offshore. The signal company, in addition to laying mines, provided communications (telegraph & telephone) for the brigade, established radio stations, and operated day and night visual stations. The engineers assisted the fixed gun companies in the preparation of gun emplacements, built docks, and established machine gun positions on certain parts of the harbor shore line.”


 * In 1917, Congress passed and President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act, which granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship and increased self-government. The same year, Culebra was declared an independent island municipality.


 * Advanced Base Force became the Expeditonary Force with two Brigades.

December 7, 1933 - Department of the Navy creates the Fleet Marine Force per General Order 241.