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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Amphibious Group Three embarked units of the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and sailed from San Diego on 27 October, with two reinforced amphibious squadrons and the amphibious command ship USS Eldorado (AGC-11). The Panama Canal was closed to commercial shipping and on 5 November warships of Amphibious Group ...
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism) 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 6th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
A Marine expeditionary brigade (MEB) is a formation of the United States Marine Corps, a Marine air-ground task force of approximately 14,500 Marines and sailors constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Marine aircraft group, a combat logistics regiment and a MEB command group. [1]
Stephen Scott Clarey [1] (born 9 July 1940) is a retired United States Navy rear admiral (lower half) who commanded the U.S. Maritime Prepositioning Force during Operation Desert Shield and the Pacific Fleet/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade Amphibious Task Force during Operation Desert Storm. He retired from the navy in August 1992 after thirty ...
The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps [3] and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
7th Motor Transport Battalion departed South Vietnam in February 1970. Arriving back at MCB Camp Pendleton in March 1970 the battalion was initially assigned to the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. The battalion was again assigned to the 1st Marine Division in April 1971 only to be deactivated the next month on May 7, 1971.
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States) 1st Provisional Marine Brigade; 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States) 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States) 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)
2d Battalion 5th Marines was formed on July 1, 1914, and immediately sailed to the Caribbean to quell political turmoil in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.In June 1917, as part of the United States' entry into World War I, the battalion sailed for France with the rest of the 5th Marine Regiment and the American Expeditionary Force.