A portion of a ground combat element has deployed from Camp Pendleton, via Australia, to the Philippines to train with the Philippine Marine Corps’ (PMC) 1st Marine Brigade. In Mindanao, U.S ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia - The second-in-command of the Marine Corps is a pilot. But he still sees ground combat as the core of the Corps. "I have to say, I am not from your tribe - I'm from a ...

The MEU contains a battalion landing team, ground combat element, aviation combat element and combat logistics element to form a Marine Air Ground Task Force, or MAGTF.

The Force Reconnaissance Company and other specialized components within II MEF, provide deploying personnel to operate and support MEU and other ground combat elements conducting specialized ...

The test unit, known as the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force (ITF), was made up of 300 male Marines and 100 female Marines who trained together to simulate their performance in a ...

MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force comprised of more than 2,000 personnel. The MEU consists of four major parts: a command element, a ground combat element, an aviation combat element, and a ...

The Marines sent an experimental unit to Okinawa in May 2017 to test various unit sizes, concepts and technologies as the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground-combat element.

The 26th MEU is based in North Carolina and includes the command element; the aviation combat element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron, 162 (Reinforced); the ground combat element, Battalion ...

The ground combat element for the force is comprised of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, with artillery from 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and engineers from 1st Combat Engineer ...

MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force comprised of more than 2,000 personnel. The MEU consists of four major parts: a command element, a ground combat element, an aviation combat element, and a ...