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    TASK FORCE 61/2 (TF-61/2) NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCES EUROPE

    Task Force 61/2 (TF-61/2) Naval Amphibious Forces Europe

    Task Force 61/2 (TF-61/2) Naval Amphibious Forces Europe    

    Task Force 61/2 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade is established to command and control Fleet Marine Forces and assigned Naval Forces in support of the commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet. TF 61/2 will synchronize Navy and Marine Corps units and capabilities already in theater, in support of regional Allies and Partners, and U.S. national security interests.

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    USS Bataan Conducts Flight Operations

    USS Bataan Conducts Flight Operations
    02.05.24 | PO2 Bradley Rickard | LHD5
    240205-N-OM737-1095 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 5, 2024) An AV-8B Harrier, attached to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced), lands on...
    Task Force 61/2 Rotation 2 group photo

    Task Force 61/2 Rotation 2 group photo
    11.16.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    U.S. Marines with Task Force 61/2 pose for a group photo at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, Nov. 16, 2023. TF 61/2 is deployed in the U.S....
    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members

    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members
    10.06.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gary Gonzalez, an infantry rifleman with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) and native of...
    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members

    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members
    10.06.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Mohacsi, an infantry machine-gunner with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) and native of...
    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members

    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members
    10.06.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    An M2A1 .50 caliber heavy machine gun cycles rounds during a joint live-fire shoot with U.S. Marines from Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team...
    Exercise Lisa Azul 23

    Exercise Lisa Azul 23
    09.27.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Gary Gonzalez, a Victoria, Texas native and rifleman with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe...
    Exercise Lisa Azul 23

    Exercise Lisa Azul 23
    09.27.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    U.S. Marines Corps Sgt. Matthew Unrein, a Morrill, Nebraska native and a squad leader with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe...
    USS Bataan Refuels at Sea

    USS Bataan Refuels at Sea
    08.04.23 | PO2 Danilo Reynoso | LHD5
    230804-N-VO895-1017 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 4, 2023) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, conducts...
    TACRON Air-Traffic Control Monitors Aircraft Movements

    TACRON Air-Traffic Control Monitors...
    08.05.23 | PO2 Riley Gasdia | LHD5
    23080-N-OQ442-1021 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 5, 2023) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Malik Taylor, assigned to Tactical Air Control Squadron 21,...
    NSA Souda Bay Hosts Task Force 61/2 Marines

    NSA Souda Bay Hosts Task Force 61/2 Marines
    07.20.23 | Nicholas Tenorio | NSA-SB
    NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (July 20, 2023) Marines assigned to Force Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and...

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    USS Bataan Conducts 1 Alpha Operations

    USS Bataan Conducts 1 Alpha Operations
    01.17.24 | PO2 Christopher Jones | LHD5
    MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jan. 17, 2024) A landing craft air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4, enters the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS...
    Bataan ARG Conducts Passing Exercise with Turkish Navy

    Bataan ARG Conducts Passing Exercise with...
    02.06.24 | PO2 Christopher Jones | LHD5
    240206-N-AB188-1050 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 6, 2024) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and the Harpers Ferry-class dock...
    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service members B-roll

    FASTEUR trains with Latvian service...
    10.05.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador and 1LT Jasmine Scott | 2MEB
    U.S. Marines with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) train with Latvian service members at a firing range in Lielvārde...
    FASTEUR Exercise Lisa Azul 23 B-roll

    FASTEUR Exercise Lisa Azul 23 B-roll
    09.23.23 | LCpl Jack Labrador | 2MEB
    U.S. Marines and Sailors with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) train with Spanish and Italian Marines during Exercise...
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    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC) exercises core mission essential tasks during advanced readiness sustainment training

    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC)...
    02.18.24 | Cpl Aziza Kamuhanda | 26MEU
    A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to the Aviation Combat Element of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations...
    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC) exercises core mission essential tasks during advanced readiness sustainment training

    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC)...
    02.18.24 | Cpl Aziza Kamuhanda | 26MEU
    A U.S. Marine assigned to the Ground Combat Element, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), prepares to board a...
    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC) exercises core mission essential tasks during advanced readiness sustainment training

    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC)...
    02.18.24 | Cpl Aziza Kamuhanda | 26MEU
    U.S. Marines assigned to the Ground Combat Element, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), prepare to board a...
    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC) exercises core mission essential tasks during advanced readiness sustainment training

    Send in the Marines, 26th MEU(SOC)...
    02.18.24 | Cpl Aziza Kamuhanda | 26MEU
    A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to the Aviation Combat Element of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations...
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    33 Featured Stories

    BATARG and 26th MEU(SOC) return home after an 8-month deployment as the Immediate Crisis Response Force for the Tri-Geographic Combatant Command region

    BATARG and 26th MEU(SOC) return home...
    12.03.24 | CPT Angelica White | 26MEU
    Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) will return home in several waves beginning Mar....
    Welcome Home 2d MEB!

    Welcome Home 2d MEB!
    01.30.24 | 2LT Zachary Cargill and 1LT Jasmine Scott | 2MEB
    Marines and Sailors with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) returned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after completing an eight-month...

    US Marine Corps Combat Engineers Embarked...
    10.27.23 | Sgt Nathan Mitchell | II-MEF
    US Marine Corps Combat Engineers Embarked on USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Help Build Tunisian Youth Center By Sgt Nathan Mitchell, Communication Strategy and Operations, USS HERSHEL WOODY WILLIAMS
    Brain and Backbone: New Environments, New Targets

    Brain and Backbone: New Environments, New...
    11.06.23 | Cpl Aziza Kamuhanda | 26MEU
    Born out of Aiken, a small suburban town in South Carolina, Cpl. Kate McCaskill, a Fire Direction and Control (FDC) Marine, is the only enlisted...
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    TurkiyeHADR - AFN Incirlik Newscast - Marines and Airmen Build Field Hospital in Serinyol, Türkiye

    TurkiyeHADR - AFN Incirlik Newscast -...
    02.25.23 | SrA Dillon Audit | AFN-INCIRLIK
    U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to 39th Air Base Wing, and U.S. Marines, from Task Force 61/2, begin building a field hospital at Serinyol,...