15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
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The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is one of seven such units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) with a strength of about 2,200 personnel. The MEU consists of a command element, a reinforced infantry battalion, a composite helicopter squadron and a combat logistics battalion. The 15th MEU is currently based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Marines from the 15th MEU in Afghanistan on 25 November 2001
Marines perform maintenance on their equipment in the hangar bay of USS Boxer.
Marine expeditionary unit
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A Marine expeditionary unit is the smallest air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet Marine Force. Each MEU is an expeditionary rapid reaction force ready to answer any crisis, whether it be disaster aid or a combat mission. Marine amphibious unit (MAU) was the name used until the late 1980s.
A landing craft utility returns to USS Belleau Wood with members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines loading on a Landing Craft Utility in 1999
A UH-1N from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit flies past an AH-1W on the flight deck of USS Kearsarge
Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit land for Operation Bright Star in Egypt