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MFR SEAL - FLAT - 2022
Marine Corps Forces Reserve
New Orleans, LA. 70114

 

 

MARFORRES Environmental & Energy Program

The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) Environmental & Energy Program is a critical element of our mission to provide and sustain safe, secure and functional facilities to meet the evolving requirements of the Force. 

With 160 sites situated across the United States, MARFORRES must act as a good steward of the
environment in all regions where our Marines operate as well as pursue Energy resiliency and security in
garrison and while deployed. These considerations pervade all of our installation functional areas including Installation Development, Facilities Operations, Real Estate Management, Capital Improvements, Housing, and Safety. MARFORRES Facilities maintains an Environmental Policy that supports our mission and enables the implementation of an Environmental Management System, which integrates the environmental considerations in to policies, plans, and procedures that comprise the MARFORRES process for complying with environmental and energy statutory and regulatory requirements.

MARFORRES groups the Environmental and Energy programs into three categories: Conservation, Compliance, and Sustainability. The programs under Conservation and Compliance align with Marine Corps Order (MCO) 5090.2 for the Environmental Compliance and Protection Program. The Energy programs that are grouped under Sustainability align with the USMC Energy Policy.

MARFORRES Environmental supports all organizations and activities that protect or enhance natural or cultural resources; comply with federal, state, local, Host Nation, and DoD environmental laws, regulations, policies, and Executive Orders (EO); and supports pollution prevention (P2) to reduce or eliminate impacts on the environment.

 

MISSION

MARFORRES shall remain an accountable, distributed force that utilizes energy and water responsibly, minimizes waste, and adapts to evolving sustainability and resiliency practices consistent with Department of Defense (DoD) and Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) guidance.

 

Vision

Strengthen the Marine Force Reserve’s ability to be ready, relevant, and capable to execute current and future mission requirements by effectively securing and employing energy, land, and water resources in support of the active component.

 

The Environmental Services Division [ESD]

The Environmental Services Division [ESD] is a unit of Reserve Marines that are part of the IMA Detachment, attached to Facilities, and is a reserve group of approximately 60 Marines located at: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Red Bank, New Jersey; Luke AFB, Phoenix, Arizona; and Charlotte, North Carolina. The ESD specializes in environmental compliance support during training exercises and field exercises. ESD is deployed to reduce risk to the environment, including both cultural and natural resources, and liability to USMC through compliance oversight and HAZMAT management. ESD supports MARFORRES facilities by providing technical expertise to MCRC environmental personnel. Primary field support includes HAZMAT and safety management, recycling, and incident command liaison to the Commander in support of operations and major training exercises to include, but not limited, to: Reserve Integrated Training Exercise [RIT-X], Innovative Readiness Training [IRT] Alaska, IRT West Virginia, Marine Week, and Talisman Saber.

Marine Forces Reserves headquarters constructed
The new Marine Force Reserve headquarters building is under construction at Naval Support Activity New Orleans. The 417,000 square foot facility will maintain the military presence in the region following the closure of the previous building across...

Lines of Operation


The MARFORRES Sustainability Strategy establishes seven Lines of Operation that are vital to holistic achievement of energy and sustainability mission requirements. In each of the seven Lines of Operation, the strategy describes the baseline conditions,6 regulatory drivers influencing the desired end state, and current and future actionable measures through the identification and implementation of Sustainable Action Plans.

The MARFORRES Sustainability Strategy Lines of Operations are:

1. Energy Consumption
2. Water Consumption
3. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Petroleum Consumption
4. Energy Security
5. Solid Waste
6. Sustainable Design and Construction
7. Culture of Sustainability

 

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Contact Information

marforres_environmental@usmc.mil