Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.29.2011
On Sept. 28 and 29, more than 2,300 Marines and sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit launched helicopters, amphibious assault vehicles, Landing Craft Air Cushioned and Landing Craft Utilities to deliver them for one last amphibious landing - their homecoming at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton....
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.10.2011
In the fading daylight, Marines and sailors of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Green Bay, stare out onto a jungle island. Sixty-nine years ago they would have beheld a different sight; bombers strafing fixed positions, naval warships sinking one another and the flashes of machine guns firing between the trees. ...
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.07.2011
Inside the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, two Marines from Fox Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit open a hatch that leads to a small passageway. Sgt. Brandon L. Valentine, chief radio operator and Cpl. Chris B. Hernandez, a motor transport mechanic, reach for their guitars propped in the corner....
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.02.2011
Marines and sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit sailed into Darwin, Australia, aboard the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) Sept. 2, 2011 and within hours of arrival participated in a Bilateral Primary Military Education Engagement event with Australian soldiers from 1st Division....
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.19.2011
In the past 20 years, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit has conducted numerous expeditionary operations throughout the globe....
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.17.2010
On Nov. 17, under the cover of darkness, Marines and sailors with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted an amphibious raid on San Clemente Island. This mechanized raid was one of the final events of Composite Training Unit Exercise, the second at-sea exercise designed to prepare the 13th MEU for deployment next year....
Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.15.2010
“This training works,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Ruben Levya, a CLS instructor and assistant leading petty officer for Battalion Landing Team 1/1’s corpsmen. “I’ve treated casualties in combat and a couple Marines who I taught back in 2005, saved their fellow Marines lives in Iraq.”
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Story by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.06.2010
When Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 1st Marines deploys with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit next year, its Marines and sailors could find themselves raiding multiple enemy camps, neutralizing enemy fighters on ships and other various mission sets....
