26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

A Certain Force in an Uncertain World

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

26th MEU Photo Gallery

26th MEU CO

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 17, 2018) – U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joseph Murphy, commanding officer, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, relinquishes his command to Capt. Robert Hindle at a change-of-command ceremony aboard the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51). Oak Hill, with the embarked 26th MEU is deployed to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Livingston/Released)

ATHENS, GREECE ( June 7, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher Moore, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and embarked aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), paints a wall at the Muscular Dystrophy Association center during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, June 7, 2018. The U.S. Navy often takes the time to give back to the communities it visits to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and to help promote the U.S. Navy’s global service. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

ATHENS, GREECE ( June 7, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher Moore, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and embarked aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), paints a wall at the Muscular Dystrophy Association center during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, June 7, 2018. The U.S. Navy often takes the time to give back to the communities it visits to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and to help promote the U.S. Navy’s global service. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

ATHENS, GREECE ( June 7, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher Moore, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and embarked aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), paints a wall at the Muscular Dystrophy Association center during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, June 7, 2018. The U.S. Navy often takes the time to give back to the communities it visits to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and to help promote the U.S. Navy’s global service. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

ATHENS, GREECE ( June 7, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher Moore, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and embarked aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), paints a wall at the Muscular Dystrophy Association center during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, June 7, 2018. The U.S. Navy often takes the time to give back to the communities it visits to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and to help promote the U.S. Navy’s global service. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

ATHENS, GREECE ( June 7, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher Moore, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and embarked aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), paints a wall at the Muscular Dystrophy Association center during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, June 7, 2018. The U.S. Navy often takes the time to give back to the communities it visits to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and to help promote the U.S. Navy’s global service. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

ATHENS, GREECE ( June 7, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Christopher Moore, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and embarked aboard the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), paints a wall at the Muscular Dystrophy Association center during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, June 7, 2018. The U.S. Navy often takes the time to give back to the communities it visits to strengthen relationships with NATO allies and to help promote the U.S. Navy’s global service. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 15, 2018) Marines and Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) organize mail May 15, 2018. The New York receives mail during replenishments-at-sea and in port while deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 15, 2018) Marines and Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) organize mail May 15, 2018. The New York receives mail during replenishments-at-sea and in port while deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 15, 2018) Marines and Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) organize mail May 15, 2018. The New York receives mail during replenishments-at-sea and in port while deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 15, 2018) Marines and Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) organize mail May 15, 2018. The New York receives mail during replenishments-at-sea and in port while deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 15, 2018) Marines and Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) organize mail May 15, 2018. The New York receives mail during replenishments-at-sea and in port while deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 15, 2018) Marines and Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) organize mail May 15, 2018. The New York receives mail during replenishments-at-sea and in port while deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

IRAQ (June 8, 2018) U.S. Marines perform routine maintenance on the rotor blade of an MV-22B Osprey during routine maintenance in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CTJF-OIR) on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 8, 2018. CTJF-OIR is the military arm of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Released)

IRAQ (June 8, 2018) U.S. Marines perform routine maintenance on the rotor blade of an MV-22B Osprey during routine maintenance in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CTJF-OIR) on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 8, 2018. CTJF-OIR is the military arm of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Released)

IRAQ (June 8, 2018) U.S. Marines perform routine maintenance on the rotor blade of an MV-22B Osprey during routine maintenance in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CTJF-OIR) on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 8, 2018. CTJF-OIR is the military arm of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS in designated parts of Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Released)

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Holtz’s children Evelyn and Bobby pose with their new brother Alexander for a picture. Holtz will meet his son, who was born during the deployment, for the first time upon his return home. (Photo courtesy of CWO2 Robert Holtz)

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Holtz’s children Evelyn and Bobby pose with their new brother Alexander for a picture. Holtz will meet his son, who was born during the deployment, for the first time upon his return home. (Photo courtesy of CWO2 Robert Holtz)

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Holtz’s children Evelyn and Bobby pose with their new brother Alexander for a picture. Holtz will meet his son, who was born during the deployment, for the first time upon his return home. (Photo courtesy of CWO2 Robert Holtz)