210710-M-TU241-1004 GULF OF ADEN (July 10, 2021) – Hospital Corpsmen assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) tend to a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Gulf of Aden, July 10. The 24th MEU and Iwo Jima ARG are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaiah Campbell)
210710-M-TU241-1004 GULF OF ADEN (July 10, 2021) – Hospital Corpsmen assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) tend to a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Gulf of Aden, July 10. The 24th MEU and Iwo Jima ARG are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaiah Campbell)
210710-M-TU241-1004 GULF OF ADEN (July 10, 2021) – Hospital Corpsmen assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) tend to a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Gulf of Aden, July 10. The 24th MEU and Iwo Jima ARG are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaiah Campbell)
TABUK, Saudi Arabia – U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) completed bilateral theater amphibious combat rehearsal (TACR) training with the Royal Saudi Land Forces in Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 26.
TABUK, Saudi Arabia – The Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) commenced bi-lateral theater amphibious combat rehearsal (TACR) training alongside U.S. Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 7.
U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a long-range strike from the North Atlantic into Lithuania’s Cudgel Range, May 13, 2021.
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) 2021 deployment cycle brings with it a capability not yet employed by an East Coast MEU. In addition to the more traditional assets allocated to the MEU as it composited ground, logistics, and aviation combat elements in September 2020, the crisis response force was also assigned a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) detachment.
ABOARD USS IWO JIMA – This past weekend, Marines and Sailors of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a company-sized live-fire amphibious raid during the unit’s Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX)—the first time in recent history that a live-fire evolution of this type and scale has taken place during an East Coast-based MEU’s pre-deployment training.
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Today Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) begin to receive their final dose of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccination series. Recently approved for distribution by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 24th MEU personnel received their first dose in early January, just weeks after supplies were initially authorized for distribution by the Department of Defense (DOD).
