{"id":476,"date":"2023-03-20T18:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=476"},"modified":"2023-03-30T04:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T04:38:03","slug":"the-26th-meu-fights-in-the-littorals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=476","title":{"rendered":"The 26th MEU Fights in the Littorals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — <\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit\u00a0successfully completed their final land-based exercise, MEU Exercise III\u00a0by conducting distributed operations within the littorals of eastern North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana from Mar. 3 to Mar. 15, 2023.<\/p>\n

Over the last several months, U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th MEU have planned and successfully executed multiple Marine Air-Ground Task Force\u00a0level exercises as part of the unit\u2019s pre-deployment training program\u00a0designed to ensure the 26th MEU has the battlestaff competencies and operational capabilities required to function as the Nation\u2019s premier forward-deployed expeditionary crisis response force during its upcoming deployment to the Sixth and Fifth Fleet areas of responsibility.<\/p>\n

“…The exercise construct showcased the ability of the MEU Fires and Effects Coordination Center\u00a0and Battalion Fire Support Coordination Center…”\u00a0Maj. Andrew Lloyd, Air Officer,\u00a026th MEU<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Throughout the initial and intermediate stages of the PTP training cycle, hosted by II Marine Expeditionary Force\u00a0Expeditionary Operations Training Group\u00a0and Carrier Strike Group 4, the 26th MEU partnered with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group\u00a0for advanced land-based and at-sea training periods designed to test the 26th MEU\u2019s ability to execute MEU MAGTF specialized missions within the maritime environment. Additionally, during the PTP, the 26th MEU has partnered with Naval Special Warfare Group\u00a0and various SEAL Teams showcasing the relevance and operational capability of the 26th MEU to fuse together, support, enable, and complement SOF activities.<\/p>\n

MEUEX III provided an opportunity, within a dynamic and complex training scenario, for the 26th MEU to execute the full range of MEU MAGTF operations. During MEUEX III, the 26th MEU successfully achieved C5ISR capabilities and demonstrated proficiency in all MEU Mission Essential Tasks\u00a0\u2013 including: land-based distributed operations within the littorals of the eastern shoreline, an Airfield Seizure, Long-Range Raids, Long-Range Expeditionary Strikes, Focused Intelligence Collection, Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, CASEVAC, QRF, MASSCAS, Company-level live fire training, Littoral Operations, a day\/night Fire Support Coordination Exercise, Special Insertion and Extraction, deep reconnaissance and surveillance, and multiple integrated MEU\/SOF operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FSCEX phase of MEUEX III focused on integrating surface and air-delivered fires within a defined battlespace \u2013 to include a live-fire High Mobility Artillery Rocket System\u00a0mission via long-haul digital communication. The exercise construct showcased the ability of the MEU Fires and Effects Coordination Center\u00a0and Battalion Fire Support Coordination Center\u00a0to command-and-control multiple firing agencies to maximize effects on the battlefield in support of MAGTF maneuver,\u201d stated Capt. Vernon Atkinson, Firepower Control Team Leader, 26th MEU. \u201cThis advanced fire support training exercise was a significant step forward in regard to our MEU\/SOF integration and a great rep and set for the MAGTF fires enterprise…encompassing the senior leaders in the FECC down to the observer on the hill. More so, it provided an opportunity to validate internal procedures prior to our evaluation during the SACEX later in our PTP\u201d stated Maj. Andrew \u201cMAWD\u201d Lloyd, Air Officer, 26th MEU.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1\/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark small boats in preparation for a simulated raid as part of MEU Exercise III on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 13, 2023. BLT 1\/6 continues to enhance rigid-hulled inflatable boat readiness through conducting on and off and shore to shore drills prior to deployment. The 11m RHIBs provide a high-speed, long \u2013range, low-signature combatant craft capable of projecting and recovering Marines for a variety of missions.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

MEUEX III served as the culminating land-based littoral exercise for the 26th MEU setting conditions for the 26th MEU to transition with the BAT ARG into the advanced stage of PTP for ARG\/MEUEX\u00a0followed by the final certification during Composite Training Unit Exercise.<\/p>\n

The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit serves as one of the Nation\u2019s premier crisis response forces capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations, to include enabling the introduction of follow-on forces and designated special operations, in support of theater requirements of the Geographic Combatant Commander. Coupled with the BAT ARG, the 26th MEU serves as a premier stand-in force with a breadth of all domain capabilities to operate persistently within the littorals or within the weapons engagement zone of an adversary.<\/p>\n

For more than 50 years, the 26th MEU has provided Geographic Combatant Commanders with a highly adaptive, potent, rapid response force capable of conducting missions across the full spectrum of military operations \u2013 its performance over the years has marked the 26 MEU as \u201cA Certain Force in an Uncertain World.\u201d<\/p>\n

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