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Blount Island Command & Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island

Blount Island Command generates, sustains, modernizes and distributes ready-for-issue, service-managed equipment and supplies across the global positioning network, enabling the rapid integration, employment and regeneration of Marine forces in support of naval, joint and combined operations. Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island serves as the Marine Corps' primary integrated sustainment and positioning hub, providing the infrastructure and installation support required to generate and sustain ready-for-issue, service-managed equipment and supplies for Marine forces worldwide.

Latest News

Marine Corps facility tests coordinated response to worst-case fuel spill

An exercise alert directed personnel Sept. 10 to avoid roads near a simulated fuel spill at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Florida. Firefighters worked to secure the response area and assess immediate hazards. Beside a storm drain, environmental protection specialist Tyler Kinsley met with base operations support and spill-response contractors to determine how they would keep fuel out of nearby waters.

Blount Island Command marks 40 years, renames road for founding commander Len Loving

Blount Island Command marked its 40th anniversary Sept. 4 by renaming Channel View Boulevard, the main road at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, for Col. Francis “Len” Loving, its inaugural commanding officer.

Simulated attack tests partnerships protecting Marine Corps logistics hub

Simulated gunfire interrupted the workday inside an occupied office building Sept. 3 as service members, civilian employees and contractors at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island faced a split-second decision: run, hide or fight.