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Corporals lead from front: 26th MEU NCOs complete leadership course underway

Dependability, enthusiasm and initiative are just few leadership traits that corporals of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS San Antonio recently took into the Combined Corporal Leadership Course aboard USS San Antonio, but t...

Recon reaches out

Boot camp teaches Marines that every one of them is a rifleman. No matter what their everyday job, they are first and foremost Marines. However, for many Marines who are not infantryman, it can sometimes be difficult to get out of the offic...

Junior Marine pursues excellence
To a lot of people, leadership is just a word, an idea. But to Lance Cpl. Dustin Saltsman leadership is more than a word; it’s a way of life.

Despite his relatively unassuming demeanor, the basic engineer electrical equipment...

Solution Enabled: Marines improve 26th MEU communications system

Fast, accurate communication is essential for modern warfare, and especially for a Marine Air Ground Task Force like the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which integrates command, aviation, ground combat and logistics assets into one complet...

Shake, Rattle and Roll
You will probably never see one of the most important assets fielded by the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, but it provides the MEU with a vital surveillance capability.

The Marines have landed...at Fort Pickett

Combat Logistics Battalion 22 and Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, the Logistic Combat Element and Ground Combat Element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, completed the first week of their off-site training aboard ...

In order, out of the box: Marines see San Antonio as force multiplier

“One Team, One Fight."  It is a mantra repeated on almost every ship of the Navy that plays host to Marines. But perhaps no other ship in the Navy can claim this mantra as accurately as the new USS San Antonio (LPD-17), a ...

Training at sea: As the 26th MEU continues deployment, Marines, sailors begin to feel more at home

After nearly two weeks aboard the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group, the Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit have begun settling in and preparing for the long haul.

Underway: 26th MEU deploys

After an arduous six-month training cycle, the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit boards the ships of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group the last week of August for their scheduled deployment.

The 2,...

II MEF CG visits 22nd MEU
Lt. Gen. Dennis J. Hejlik, who assumed command of II Marine Expeditionary Force July 25, 2008, paid the 22nd MEU a visit for a brief on the MEU's current and future operations Aug. 6, 2008. The MEU is scheduled to begin a six-month training cycle in...

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