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22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operation RIO BRAVO

Operation RIO BRAVO commenced on May 11, 2004 and saw the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) continue to prosecute its offensive campaign in south-central Afghanistan..RIO BRAVO involved the bulk of Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines, the MEU's ground combat element, who pushed its three rifle and one weapons

KC-130R detachment wraps up mission with 22nd MEU (SOC)

After five months in the Middle East supporting the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), 43 Marines and a Sailor from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 returned to Cherry Point, Aug. 10. The Marines departed Cherry Point March 3, for the Central Command theater in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and the

22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operation PEGASUS

For years, Taliban insurgents and anti-coalition factions in Afghanistan have used violence and the threat of retribution to coerce Afghan villagers into supporting their cause.In an effort to protect the people of the town of Khas Oruzgan, a remote village in south-central Afghanistan that has long suffered at the hands of Taliban and ACM

22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operation EL DORADO

The first major combat operation of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) in Afghanistan, EL DORADO, coincided with the last in the ULYSSES-series missions.As the three rifle and weapons companies of Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines pushed deep into Afghanistan's Oruzgan province to seek out Taliban insurgents

22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operation ULYSSES IV

Operation ULYSSES IV, the second mission undertaken by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) in Afghanistan, lasted from April 15-19, and was designed to provide a detailed reconnaissance of the routes between Kandahar Air Field and Tarin Kowt, site of the MEU's future forward operating base.While the Afghans who lined

22nd MEU (SOC) begins retrograde from Afghanistan

After wrapping up what Army Maj. Gen. Eric Olson called "The most successful offensive military since Operation ENDURING FREEDOM began," the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) has begun retrograding from Afghanistan. The MEU arrived in Afghanistan in late March and soon began conducting combat and civil military operations

Marines learn that combat experience is the best teacher

When a convoy with Charlie Company and other elements of Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines began taking small arms fire from a mountain in south-central Afghanistan, the unit's Marines and Sailors did exactly what they were supposed to do and moved to engage the enemy. In the excitement of what was for many their combat initiation, many

Afghanistan's senior war fighter visits the 22nd MEU

A lesser man might have been intimidated, but Army Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson held his own when he faced down the 2,300 Marines and Sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). Arrayed before Olson in tight formation behind its billeting area aboard Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, the MEU listened intently as Olson

Tools of war a link to Afghanistan's war-ravaged past

Everywhere in Afghanistan are reminders of the country's war-ravaged past. Aboard Kandahar Air Field, which the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) used as a jumping-off point for operations deeper in the country, one of the first sights that greeted the unit's Marines and Sailors was a bullet-scarred mosque. Also on KAF are

Headquarters commandant section keeps 22nd MEU running smoothly

Every Marine in the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) is expected to carry his own weight. However, there are myriad tasks that have to be performed in order to keep the MEU running smoothly. There is no specialized training, but the work must be done. Those jobs fall on the shoulders of the Headquarters Commandant. “We