Arabian Gulf – The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted joint integration training with a Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) AC-130W Stinger II aircraft in the Arabian Gulf, May 19-21. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Patricia Morris)
Arabian Gulf – The U.S. and Saudi forces are conducting a routine and joint sustainment training on and around Karan and Kurayn islands, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 24-30, 2020.
The Marines and Sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) continue to set the standard. While forward deployed in the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations, Sgt. Timothy T. Johnson, a data Marine, was presented the 13th Annual Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Washington, D.C. Military Information Technology (IT) Leadership Award for significant contribution to the warfighter through the use of IT.
The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted joint integration training with a Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) AC-130W Stinger II aircraft in the Arabian Gulf, May 19-21.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – April 27, 2020 – The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked aboard the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), conducted routine amphibious assault training on the islands of Karan and Kurayn, Saudi Arabia, April 20-22.
Arabian Gulf – The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), embarked aboard the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), began routine sustainment training on Karan and Kurayn islands, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on April 20.
Marines assigned to the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) platoons with the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted training in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.
RAS AL-KHAIR, Saudi Arabia (March 1, 2020) – Marines and Sailors with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) and the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in bilateral training with Royal Saudi Naval Forces beginning Feb. 19, 2020, in the vicinity of Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.
