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The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit was established on 24 April 1967 for a short mission and was quickly deactivated (as was the norm during this period) on 20 October 1967. During June–December 1969, the 26th MEU was reactivated as the 36th Marine Expeditionary Unit for Exercise Landing Force Caribbean 3-69 (LANFORCARIB 3-69).
A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU, pronounced as one syllable "M'you" IPA: / m j uː /) is the smallest air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet Marine Force. [1] Each MEU is an expeditionary rapid reaction force ready to answer any crisis, whether it be disaster aid or a combat mission. [ 1 ]
Maritime Raid Force and Naval Special Warfare Task Units conduct a boarding exercise Maritime Raid Force (26th MEU), conducts a High-altitude military parachuting low-opening (HALO) jump. A Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF) is a United States Marine Corps specialized sub-unit of a Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable) (MEU
Combat Logistics Battalion 26 (CLB-26) is a logistics battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 2 and the 2nd Marine Logistics Group . The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , North Carolina and is in direct support of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) .
Operation Sharp Edge was a non-combatant evacuation operation carried out by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) and 26th MEU of the United States Marine Corps in Liberia in 1990 and 1991. The MEUs were supported by Amphibious Squadron Four (Task Force 61) composed of USS Whidbey Island , USS Saipan , USS Ponce , USS Sumter , USS ...
The 1st Battalion, 26th Marines participated in Operation Allen Brook from 26 May to 6 June 1968. [8]: 339–40 The 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines fought in Operation Oklahoma Hills from 1 March to 29 May 1969. [10] At the beginning of 1970 the 26th Marines were responsible for the defense of the northern and western approaches to Da Nang.
In 2023, the 26th MEU became the first MEU to be certified as MEU(SOC) in over a decade. [3] In 2024, the 24th MEU was certified as MEU(SOC). [4] The theory behind the MEU(SOC) is to provide continuous and perpetual maritime & amphibious force projection. Such units are expected to be able to respond to a variety of crises, most notably ...
The Marines on the 26th MEU returned home in April 2016, and the Marines in Okinawa returned in May 2016. In July 2016, as well as July 2018, HMLA-167 received the Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award. In May 2019 a detachment of 4 AH-1Ws and 3 UH-1Ys from HMLA 167 joined VMM-365 (REIN) and the 26th MEU.