Marine Corps Base Hawaii

Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Mokapu Peninsula, Oahu, Hawaiʻi
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Insignia
Aerial photograph of Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Coordinates	21°26′37″N 157°44′56″W / 21.443611°N 157.748889°W / 21.443611; -157.748889
Type	Military base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Marine Corps
Site history
Built	1919
Built by	United States Army United States Navy
In use	1918–49 1952–present
Battles/wars	Pacific War Attack on Pearl Harbor
Events	Winter White House
Garrison information
Past commanders	Col. Brian P. Annicharico
Garrison	3rd Marine Regiment Marine Aircraft Group 24 Combat Logistics Battalion 3 3rd Radio Battalion Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2 (US Navy)<

Pacific War

Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County of Honolulu. For census purposes, the area is demarcated as the Kaneohe Station census-designated place, with a population at the 2010 Census of 9,517. Marine Corps Base Hawaii is home to Marines, sailors, their family members and civilian employees. The United States Marine Corps operates a 7,800-foot (2,400 m) runway at the base.

MCBH is home for the 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Aircraft Group 24, Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (CLB-3) 3rd Radio Battalion, and the Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2.

The base lies between the two largest windward O'ahu communities of Kailua and Kāne'ohe, and the main gate is reached at the eastern end of Interstate H-3. The main access to the base is by either H-3 or Mokapu Road. MCB Hawaii is located on the windward side of Oahu, approximately 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Honolulu. Marine Corps Base Hawaii occupies the entire Mokapu Peninsula, of 2,951 acres (11.94 km²). Two areas of the base are classified conservation land which includes the Ulupau Crater area (northeast peninsula) and the Nu'upia Pond area (at the Mokapu Road).

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson designated 322 acres (1.30 km²) of land on Mokapu Peninsula for the military. The Kuwaahoe Military Reservation, became known later, in 1942 as Fort Hase. In 1941, Army artillery units moved into the area. In 1939, the Navy constructed a small seaplane base and upon its completion, Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay's role was expanded to include the administration of the Kaneohe Bay Naval Defense Sea Area.