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22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

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22nd MEU Learns to Combat Shipboard Fires

On a blistering hot day in July 1967 in the coastal waters of North Vietnam, crewmembers aboard the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL were preparing to launch a wave of attack and fighter aircraft against enemy targets in North Vietnam when tragedy reared its ugly head. At 10:53 a.m. local time, a rocket attached to a Navy F-4B Phantom II fighter

13th and 22nd MEUs to test command structure for future ESG deployments

For years, Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) have deployed aboard three to five amphibious ships that form an Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). It is from these vessels that the MEU's combat power is projected ashore. However, the pending deployment of the 13th and 22d MEUs will mark a watershed moment in terms of how MEUs are organized for

Forging the WASP ESG/22d MEU blue-green team

The 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) took its first step toward deployment recently by attending its Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) Conference at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia.In the past, such conferences were referred to as 'Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)-MEU' Conferences, but was changed because the 22d MEU will deploy as part

22d MEU Sensor Platoon Keeps an Eye to the Ground

In the dead of night and a half mile away into enemy territory, a lightly-equipped fire team wearing with night vision goggles and toting shovels approach a highly-trafficked road. While one member of the team carefully digs up a small section of turf, the rest of the team provides security with a wary eye. Finishing the shallow hole, the Marine

22nd MEU to deploy as part of Expeditionary Strike Group

Despite uncertainties caused by the mass deployment of Navy and Marine forces to support Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, the expeditionary strike group (ESG) concept is back on track for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The 22nd MEU was originally slated to deploy with the first-ever ESG in August, but the war in Iraq reallocated the ships and

History in the Making - Marine Wing Support Squadron to deploy with 22nd MEU

In a unique allocation of forces within the II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point was recently redesignated as MEU Service Support Group 22. This redesignation marks the first time in the history of II MEF that a wing support squadron will deploy with a MEU. Normally tasked with

Ensuring 'Every Marine a Rifleman' is more than just a catch-phrase

During their rapid advance north into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, American forces bypassed pockets of enemy resistance who in turn attacked the increasingly long allied supply and logistics train. Often, the task to destroy these forces fell not to infantrymen, but support personnel such as truck drivers, mechanics, supply specialists,

22nd MEU refines command post doctrine during field exercise

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) recently wrapped up a field training exercise designed to validate and refine the unit's standard operating procedures for setting up and operating a command post in a field environment. The three-day exercise, conducted aboard Camp Lejeune, brought together all sections of the MEU for the first time in a

Photo Essay: Artillerymen of BLT 1/6 refine infantry skills in Albania

The artillerymen of Golf Battery, the artillery unit assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines, left their 155mm howitzers aboard ship to conduct infantry training in northern Albania during the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)'s recent amphibious landing exercise (PHIBLEX), March 8 to 12.In addition to

BLT 1/6 continues to refine deadly skills aboard ship

As the amphibious assault ships WASP, WHIDBEY ISLAND, and SHREVEPORT transit the sometimes rough seas of the Atlantic Ocean, the embarked Marines of the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) continue to refine and improve their marksmanship skills during live fire exercises.One such training evolution is a compressed Enhanced