Originally Posted by
rashi
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[h1]Camp Lejeune Marines To Libya[/h1]
By
Shumuriel Ratliff / Reporter
POSTED: 6:22 pm EDT March 20, 2011
We've seen Camp Lejuene marines in Iraq and Afghanistan and now they are joining the fight against Libya. 2200 marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or 26th MEU will take part. Their mission is to help end the violence directed at the Libyan people."In Libya right now they are doing exactly what we need them to do. They are doing what they are told and right now that's protecting Libyan people against Qadhafi forces," said Captain Timothy Patrick, a marine with the 26th MEU.A press release from the 26th MEU reads, in part:"Protecting the innocent and conducting combined operations are what we are designed to do, our forces are doing both as part of the U.S commitment to protect Libyan citizens."Patrick says that marines from the 26th MEU are coming on the end of their deployment. They will be replaced with marines from the 22nd MEU.
"No ground troops."
You just never stop with your propaganda do you? You do realize Marines are deployed on Navy Ships correct? There are such things as Marine fighter pilots right? Who do you think rescued those pilots when their Jet crashed?
Here's some FYI for you buddy...
Marine Expeditionary Units...
A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU, pronounced Myuu), formerly called Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU), is the smallest Marine Air-Ground Task Force in the United States Fleet Marine Force.[sup]
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Each MEU is an expeditionary quick reaction force, deployed and ready for immediate response to any crisis.[sup]
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The Marine Expeditionary Unit is normally built around the building blocks of a MAGTF: a reinforced Marine
infantry battalion is the
ground combat element, the
aviation combat element is a composite
helicopter squadron, a battalion-sized
logistics combat element, and a
command element. Troop strength is about 2,200, commanded by a
colonel, and is deployed from an
amphibious assault ship.
[h2]Elements[/h2][h3]Ground Combat Element[/h3]
Marines from the
13th MEU land for
Operation Bright Star in
Egypt.
The
Ground Combat Element (
GCE) is based around the
Battalion Landing Team (
BLT), an infantry battalion reinforced with an
artillery battery,
Amphibious Assault Vehicle platoon,
combat engineerplatoon,
light armored reconnaissance company, tank platoon,
reconnaissance platoon, and other units as the mission and circumstances require. The total strength is approximately 1,100 members.
The reconnaissance platoon provides the basic element for the
Maritime Special Purpose Force. This force consists of four elements. The
assault platoon (a
direct action platoon augmented from
Force Recon),
security (a selected infantry platoon from the battalion landing team),
reconnaissance and surveillance assets, and a
headquarters section. The total strength is approximately 350 Marines and sailors.
[h3]Aviation Combat Element[/h3]
A
UH-1N from the
26th MEU flies past an
AH-1W on the flight deck of
USS Kearsarge.
The
Aviation Combat Element (
ACE) is a Marine Composite Squadron (Reinforced) composed of a
Medium/
Heavy Helicopter Squadron augmented with three other types of helicopters, one detachment of amphibious flight-deck-
capable jets, and a
Marine Air Control Group Detachment with
air traffic control,
direct air support, and
anti-aircraft assets.
[h3]Logistics Combat Element[/h3]
Marines from the
22nd MEU load a forklift onto a
Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement.
The
Logistics Combat Element (
LCE) (formerly
Combat Service Support Element or
CSSE) contains all the
logistics specialists and equipment necessary for the unit to support itself for 15 days in an austere expeditionary environment. It includes service support,
medical,
dental, maintenance, transportation,
explosive ordinance disposal,
military police, utilities production and distribution, bulk fuels, and other technical experts. It consists of approximately 300 Marines and sailors. This element is occasionally referred to as the MEU Service Support Group (MSSG).
[h3]Command Element[/h3]
Psychological Operations specialists supporting the
22nd MEU in
Operation Asbury Park.
The
Command Element (
CE), which includes the MEU commander and his
supporting staff, provides
command and control over the other three elements. It includes specialized detachments for
naval gunfire,
reconnaissance,
surveillance, specialized communications,
radio reconnaissance(
SIGINT),
electronic warfare,
intelligence and
counterintelligence, and
public affairs missions. The overall strength is about 200 Marines and sailors.
[h3]Expeditionary Strike Group[/h3]
Expeditionary Strike Group Threeflotilla
Recently, MEUs have been deployed within an
Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) in the
Mediterranean, the Western
Pacific, and periodically, the
Atlantic and
Indian Oceans. An ESG is typically composed of three
amphibious ships that embark the necessary troops and equipment and are escorted by a
guided missile cruiser (CG) and guided missile
destroyers (DDG) and
submarine(
SSN) support.
Before the ESG, MEUs were typically deployed as part of an
Amphibious Readiness Group
