11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit is one of seven Marine Expeditionary Units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Expeditionary Unit is a Marine Air Ground Task Force 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 logistics combat element. The 11th MEU is currently based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California with headquarters in Camp Del Mar.
Frank Libutti, commanding officer 11th MEU from 1988 to 1990
Michael W. Hagee, commanding officer 11th MEU from 1992 to 1993
Col. Michael R. Hudson, commanding officer 11th MEU from 2010 to 2012
Col. Matthew G. Trollinger, commanding officer 11th MEU from 2013 to 2015
Marine expeditionary unit
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
