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"The Fighting Thirteenth"

The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides a forward deployed, flexible sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations, including enabling the introduction of follow on forces and designated special operations in order to support the theater requirements of Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC).

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Balikatan 23 | 13th MEU Conducts Sensing EAB
Balikatan 23 Sensing Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
Balikatan 23 Sensing Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
Balikatan 23 | 13th MEU Conducts Sensing EAB
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13th MEU Ssang Yong Amphibious Landing
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Ships and aircraft from Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKI ARG), with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), operate in formation in the South China Sea. NIMCSG, MKI ARG and 13th MEU, are conducting combined expeditionary strike force (ESF) operations, demonstrating unique high-end war fighting capability, maritime superiority, power projection and readiness. Operations include integrated training designed to advance interoperability between the two groups while simultaneously demonstrating the U.S. commitment to our alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.
A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 maneuvers in front of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKI ARG), with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are conducting combined expeditionary strike force (ESF) operations, demonstrating unique high-end war fighting capability, maritime superiority, power projection and readiness.
Aircraft from Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKI ARG) fly in formation past the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). NIMCSG and MKI ARG, with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU), are conducting combined expeditionary strike force (ESF) operations in the South China Sea as part of continuing and routine interoperability training in the Indo-Pacific region.
Aircraft from Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKI ARG) fly in formation past the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). NIMCSG and MKI ARG, with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU), are conducting combined expeditionary strike force (ESF) operations in the South China Sea as part of continuing and routine interoperability training in the Indo-Pacific region.
Simulated evacuees walk toward C-130 during Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) in the Kingdom of Thailand during Cobra Gold 23
.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alexander Reynaga, left, and Lance Cpl. Derek Yonan, both machine gunners with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, show the M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun to a Royal Thai Marine during Exercise Cobra Gold in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023.
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (Rein.) 362, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly over multinational forces during an amphibious exercise as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 23 in Chonburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 3, 2023.

 

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