The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is one of seven such units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps. It is a Marine Air Ground Task Force with a strength of about 2,200 personnel. T
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Marines from BLT 1st Battalion 6th Marines in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan in May 2004
Marine from the U.S. 22nd MEU participates in a long-range deployment exercise from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) into Djibouti, August 2002.
Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced) from the 22nd MEU, fly over the Egyptian coastline during Exercise Bright Star 2009
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Operation Southern Spear is a United States military and surveillance campaign launched in 2025 by the administration of US president Donald Trump with the declared aims of "detecting, disrupting, and
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…Iwo Jima, the USS San Antonio, and the USS Fort Lauderdale to do drill and patrol duties. They were escorted by several other ships and aircraft for Operation Southern Spear amid tensions between the United States and Venezuela just before the 2025 United States struck a Southern Caribbean boat, and now are maintaining…
MV-22B Ospreys with VMM-263, 22nd MEU, aboard the USS Iwo Jima (2025)
Two US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly in formation (2025)
F-35A Lightning IIs at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (2026)