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Marine Corps Base

Camp Lejeune

Camp Lejeune trains Marines from the deploying Expeditionary Unit, readying them for urgent action in Khundu's crisis where mothers block tanks. Recruits drill across vast North Carolina fields, sergeants bark orders amid salt air and rifle cracks, forging the disciplined force President Bartlet commits to intervention. The base anchors U.S. Marine logistics, its routines now accelerating toward airborne insertion and ground stabilization.
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2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There
From Doctrine to Deployment: Bartlet Announces Khundu Intervention and Commissions Will

Camp Lejeune is referenced as the recent training site for parts of the 22nd M.E.U.; it functions as the logistical and readiness context that makes the urgent deployment plausible.

Atmosphere

Not directly depicted on-screen; invoked as a place of disciplined preparation and imminent mobilization.

Functional Role

Contextual deployment origin and training backdrop for the Marine unit ordered to Khundu.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the institutional readiness and human cost inherent in sending trained troops into harm's way.

Access Restrictions

Military installation with restricted access; not part of the private ceremony.

Drill fields and barracks (implied) Sergeants and rifle training atmosphere (implied)
S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There
Commissioned and Charged: Will's Promotion Amid a Deployment Order

Camp Lejeune is referenced as the recent training site for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; it anchors the narrative's claim that some Marines deployed are newly trained and ready.

Atmosphere

Not physically present in the scene; invoked with brisk military specificity to communicate readiness and credibility.

Functional Role

Staging and training site referenced to reassure staff about troop preparedness and to make the deployment concrete.

Symbolic Significance

Represents institutional military readiness and the human resources behind the President's order.

Access Restrictions

A military installation with controlled access; not part of the private room.

Mention of training grounds and recently trained Marines Conveys smells/sounds of drilling and organized readiness (implied)

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