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‘Fighting 13th’ returns home

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 09.29.2011

On Sept. 28 and 29, more than 2,300 Marines and sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit launched helicopters, amphibious assault vehicles, Landing Craft Air Cushioned and Landing Craft Utilities to... Read More

The ‘Fighting 13th’ remembers Guadalcanal

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 09.10.2011

In the fading daylight, Marines and sailors of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Green Bay, stare out onto a jungle island. Sixty-nine years ago they would have beheld a different sight; bombers... Read More

13th MEU Marines 'get jammin'

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 09.07.2011

Inside the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, two Marines from Fox Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit open a hatch that leads to a small passageway. Sgt. Brandon L. Valentine,... Read More

13th MEU visits Darwin, Australia, for bilateral TSC

Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 09.02.2011

Marines and sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit sailed into Darwin, Australia, aboard the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) Sept. 2, 2011 and within hours of arrival participated in a Bilateral Primary Military... Read More

13th MEU Marine receives Silver Star on Nation's birthday

Story by Capt. Bradlee Avots | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 06.28.2011

U.S. Marine Sgt. Franklin M. Simmons, Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, will be awarded the Silver Star aboard the USS Boxer, July 4. Read More