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No rest for the 26th MEU November 14, 2007 — Marines from the command element of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit flew from here to Norfolk, Va. on an MV-22 Osprey, Nov. 6. The purpose of the flight was to visit their future flagship, USS Iwo Jima, for the MEU's next scheduled deployment. According to the MEU's adjutant, Capt. Ricardo A. Medal, the visit was designed to familiarize the MORE

26th MEU engineers breach bi-lateral demolition training in Middle East May 31, 2007 — Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Combat Engineer Platoon lit the fuse on three days of live-fire demolition training, here, May 23. Working alongside a similar unit of engineers from a regional nation's military, the Marines sharpened their breaching and landmine clearing skills. The demo training was also designed to give the MORE

Headquarters Commandant makes 26th MEU at home anywhere May 22, 2007 — Provisions, shelter and basic utilities are all necessary for a military unit to maintain any measure of sustained war fighting potential away from home. For the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, whose role as a contingency force often lands it in foreign lands far from familiar infrastructure, providing these essentials to its troops requires the MORE

Underway 'Warlords' conquer tight training quarters May 17, 2007 — Despite being more than four months into a scheduled six-month deployment aboard the ships of the Bataan Strike Group, Marines and sailors from the 'Warlords' of Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are not done training. The battalion proved this with a day's worth of sustainment training, here, May 17. It was a day typical MORE

Communications a complex, critical responsibility for MEU specialists May 10, 2007 — While you may use your phone and internet to call for pizza or download music, the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit uses similar tools to call in airstrikes or send an infantry battalion into battle. With such high stakes riding on a good communications pipeline, one can see why communications is a vital factor to mission accomplishment, especially MORE

26th MEU unfurls full capabilities during Kuwait sustainment training May 9, 2007 — The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned here, and to the other ships of the Bataan Strike Group, recently, following nearly two weeks of rigorous sustainment training at Udairi Range and Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The training, which began April 24, marked the first time since deploying Jan. 6 that the entire MEU had off-loaded ashore to conduct MORE

'Black Knights' elevate in-flight leadership in Kuwait May 3, 2007 — The 'Black Knights' of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-264 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, broadened the capabilities of their squadron with a division leader qualification, here, recently. The qualification tested the abilities of Capt. Justin W. May, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter pilot with the squadron, to handle and direct not MORE

'Warlords' Mortar Platoon lays sights, steel on desert May 3, 2007 — Marines from Battalion Landing Team 2/2's 81mm Mortar Platoon, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sharpened their ability to deliver devastating effects on enemy targets through live-fire training here, May 2-3. The mortar shoot marked only the second time the platoon has been able to conduct live-fire training with its primary weapons system during MORE

MEU tankers unleash full range of rounds during Kuwait training April 29, 2007 — The desert stillness was shattered here April 27 as Leathernecks from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Tank Platoon sent rounds large and small down range during a day of live-fire training. The platoon fired a multitude of weapons systems during the training, which included an Enhanced Marksmanship Program (EMP) shoot, a pistol familiarization MORE

Amidst dust and darkness, Marines sling supplies via helo April 27, 2007 — Marines from two of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's major subordinate elements teamed up to perform a difficult nighttime training operation here. The Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion-26's Helicopter Support Team (HST) worked together with CH-46E Sea Knight pilots and crew members from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-264 (Reinforced) MORE

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