15th MEU 2012-2013 Deployment
The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard ships of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, completed its eight-month deployment on May 13, 2013.
The group, which included the 15th MEU and Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) Three, sailed from Naval Base San Diego on Sept. 17, 2012, covering more than 43,000 nautical miles. While deployed, the Navy-Marine Corps team conducted numerous theater security cooperation exercises with partners in the Western Pacific and Middle East. These... read more
The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard ships of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, completed its eight-month deployment on May 13, 2013.
The group, which included the 15th MEU and Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) Three, sailed from Naval Base San Diego on Sept. 17, 2012, covering more than 43,000 nautical miles. While deployed, the Navy-Marine Corps team conducted numerous theater security cooperation exercises with partners in the Western Pacific and Middle East. These exercises helped build cooperation with military forces of partner nations and laid the framework for continued security and prosperity in those regions. The group also participated in an international training exercise that focused on employing maritime interdiction operations to prevent nuclear and chemical proliferation.
As U.S. Central Command’s theater-reserve and crisis-response force, 15th MEU and PHIBRON 3 planned for contingencies focused on embassy reinforcement and non-combatant evacuation operations during times of increased instability in the Middle East and Africa. Other missions ranged from serving as a quick reaction force for military raids and providing Marines for maritime interdiction operations to offering fixed- and rotary-wing strike support.
The MEU is proficient across the range of military operations, from amphibious assaults, raids and maritime interdiction operations to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and non-combatant evacuation operations. show less
