Not sure about this story.
10 of the KIA were 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
But thanks Brits for the support.
Not sure about this story.
10 of the KIA were 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
But thanks Brits for the support.
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Look into the MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) system.
Rifle battalions get assigned to temporary duty on MEUs. The MEUs are permanent, the personnel are temporary, except for the ship crews and senior leadership.
There have been several battalions rotated through the 24th MEU in Afghanistan, iirc. The MEU number is often used to identify the units, or it’ll be their permanent battalion/regiment “... as part of... “ the MEU. I don’t remember if other MEU have also deployed the Afghanistan or not. I think there was at one point a MEB (Marine Expeditionary Brigade) there but not sure.
For those not familiar with the MEU system, here’s a fun watch. A multi-part vid series of shorts that show a MEU “spinning up” to go through an exercise that puts a company of infantry ashore to do a raid.
SIX HOURS: Forward Deployed Marine Expeditionary Units
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciLST5zeMWE&list=PLD4743007E011AD13
This is the wiki on MEU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit