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22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Most updated approved logo for the 22d MEU as of 240321.
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

 

Mission

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force that provides strategic speed and agility, ensuring our Marines are forward deployed and prepared to respond and protect U.S. national security interests around the globe. The Marine Expeditionary Unit can respond faster from longer ranges with greater capabilities across the range of military operations.

 

22nd MEU | LIMA CO Conducts Day Raid

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22nd MEU | LIMA CO Conducts Day Raid

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a patrol during a simulated raid, in support of...

22MEU conducts Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
Dec. 12, 2021 | 1:22
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U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations training during Amphibious Ready Group/ MEU Exercise (AMX) aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from Dec. 12-15, 2021. AMX is the second at-sea period in a MEU's Predeployment Training Program; it aims to build and strengthen relationships, and improve combat effectiveness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Mason Roy and Cpl. Armando Elizalde)
22MEU conducts Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
Dec. 12, 2021 | 1:22
U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations training during...
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22MEU conducts Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
Forging the Expeditionary Corpsman
LCAC Operations
Infantry Platoon Battle Course
22nd MEU, USS Wasp Conclude Fleet Week Port Everglades 2015
Navy Week New Orleans 2015

 

Featured News

ATLANTIC OCEAN – A bipartisan Senate Staff Delegation witnessed the critical importance of amphibious readiness and naval integration firsthand during the Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) Integration (PMINT) exercise, held off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina from April 4-5, 2025. The delegation, comprised of Senate Military Legislative Assistants, Military, Defense and National Security Advisors, observed the complex coordination required to unite the air, ground and logistics elements of the 22nd MEU with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWO ARG). The IWO ARG consists of its flagship, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and the two San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28).

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) recently completed the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability exercise, an event designed to assess the MEU’s warfighting capabilities in a simulated peer-threat environment. Conducted from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11, 2025, the exercise included a range of full-mission profiles to validate integration across various combat and support functions.

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The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is enhancing its intelligence capabilities, demonstrating greater lethality through integration of the Identity and Attribution Activities (IA2) cell. This unique capability, composed of U.S. Marine Corps criminal investigators and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians, leverages the Marine Corps' exclusive combination of forensic exploitation and technical EOD expertise. This specialized cell is manned, trained and equipped to support tactical intelligence operations within the MEU and across various U.S. government agencies.

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TALLINN, Estonia — The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), flagship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Tallinn, Estonia for a scheduled port visit, May 27, 2022.

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The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Alexandroupoli, Greece for a scheduled port visit, May 21, 2022.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN – A bipartisan Senate Staff Delegation witnessed the critical importance of amphibious readiness and naval integration firsthand during the Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) Integration (PMINT) exercise, held off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina from April 4-5, 2025. The delegation, comprised of Senate Military Legislative Assistants, Military, Defense and National Security Advisors, observed the complex coordination required to unite the air, ground and logistics elements of the 22nd MEU with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWO ARG). The IWO ARG consists of its flagship, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and the two San Antonio-class amphibious

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