The Marine Expeditionary Unit is floating force in readiness — hauling grunts, aircraft and tactical vehicles to rapidly respond around the globe. But for the past 20 years the wars in Iraq and ...

A Navy LCAC, an air cushioned ship to shore landing craft, arrives on Las Flores Beach as it brings Marines of the 15th MEU, along with some family members who participated in a tiger cruise, from the ...

From typhoon relief to joint drills: USS Boxer wraps up global mission. The crew of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), along with Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit ...

ABOARD THE USS BATAAN—When the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit sets sail this summer, it will be carrying artillery and munitions new to East Coast MEUs, plus a new unit trained for multi-domain ...

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael Garcia, an amphibious assault vehicle crewmember assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reunites with his child ...

USS IWO JIMA, At Sea -- The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit began a fresh chapter by embarking on its 2015 deployment Dec. 16. The MEU's crisis response mission is scheduled to last around seven months ...

NORFOLK, VA. (WITN) - Sailors and Marines that are part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune departed for a regularly scheduled deployment on Thursday, following nine months of ...

Today’s mission: Gain a beachhead, assault and secure a village with a mixed hostile/civilian population, capture a high value target and secure intelligence. With the 15th MEU at PMINT (PHIBRON [NAVY ...

The Amphibious Ready Group and Marine Expeditionary Unit—the ARG/MEU—is the Nation’s most flexible and effective formation for projecting power from the sea. Three ships, carrying a 2,200-Marine ...

Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, operate AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicles into the well deck of the amphibious landing dock USS Somerset ...