Marine Corps Base, HI (MCBH) consists of the installation formerly known as the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay on the windward side of the Island of Oahu. This base occupies almost 3000 acres on the Mokapu peninsula, and it encompasses the former Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay and the Army’s Fort Hase. MCB Hawaii consists of four separate areas including Kaneohe Bay, Camp Smith, Waikane Valley Training Area, and the Pu'uloa Rifle Range complex. Details of each area are provided below.

Prior to government control, over 2000 acres, now known as the Waikane Valley Training Area (WVTA) was utilized for agriculture purposes. Between 1943 and 1953, the Army leased this property for maneuvers, jungle training, and small arms, artillery, and mortar firing. The U.S. Marines leased 1061 acres of the training area in 1953 and continued the leases until 1976. Training consisted of small arms fire, 3.5-inch rockets and possibly medium artillery fire. The lease was terminated in 1976 and returned to the original owners who farmed and developed it. After the Marines re-investigated and conducted an ordnance clearance in 1976, they reported 187 acres of the WVTA would never be free of duds, practice ordnance, etc. Therefore, in 1989, the government acquired title to the 187-acre ordnance contaminated area of the original WVTA. Fencing of the property was completed in 1992 and remains as government property due to it being deemed improbable that it can be cleared of all ordnance contamination. The remaining area is in the FUDS program.

Before the government acquired the land in 1941, the property now known as Camp H. M. Smith was used for sugar cane cultivation and grazing. Throughout World War II, Camp H. M. Smith was home of the Aiea Naval Hospital and provided medical treatment for wounded sailors and Marines. Today the land is used as Headquarters for the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command and home of the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.

Prior to military control, the land now known as Puuloa Rifle Range Complex was used primarily for ranching, wood-cutting, and possibly salt mining as it is near the historic Puuloa Salt Works. The Army acquired the land between 1904 and 1905 to provide coastal defense. The Navy took control of the property in August 1916 and constructed small arms ranges for Marine and Naval training. In 1921, the Navy Department and the Dowsett Company exchanged approximately 82 acres on the northeast portion of the original reservation for an equal amount of land on the northwest portion. In July 1970 the range was transferred from Marine Barracks Hawaii to Camp H. M. Smith and continues to provide marksmanship training for all Marines stationed on the Leeward side of Oahu. Federal, state, local law enforcement, and local gun clubs also use Puuloa Rifle Range Complex.