14 December 2015 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Returns From 7-Month Deployment MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit will begin returning to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. throughout the weekend from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Central Command...
22 May 2017 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, America Amphibious Ready Group One Step Closer to Deployment PACIFIC OCEAN -- The America Amphibious Ready Group and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit set sail for their second at-sea period, Composite Training Unit Exercise, May 1-17, 2017, where a series of missions both familiar and new were laid out before them, ready to be hurdled. The tasks ahead would be...
12 July 2018 Inside the Infantry Immersion Trainer Executing Rim of the Pacific CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- “We’re going condition one, move out!” said U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James Kretchman, a squad leader with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, as he maneuvered his squad through the Infantry Immersion Trainer, or IIT, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 10,...
18 July 2017 15th MEU, America ARG to Conduct Training in Hawai'i HAWAII -- Whether bringing food and supplies to people in need or conducting a raid to remove a wanted individual from the battlefield, the MEU-ARG provides our nation with an on-call, forward deployed crisis response force.The training conducted in Hawai‘i will allow the Marines and Sailors to...
24 August 2017 America Amphibious Ready Group aboard USS San Diego Conduct Community Relations in Thailand THAILAND -- The Mike Matthews Learning Center offers educational services to local Burmese children. The children are taught how to read and write in English, Burmese and Thai to further their futures.“This education they get at the learning center can change the children’s lives and give them a...
28 December 2017 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines Have Shocking Experience INDIAN OCEAN – Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) just completed their final portion of the Law Enforcement’s Non-Lethal Weapons Course, which is a three day course in proper non-lethal weaponry handling and usage.“This course teaches Marines how to properly implement the weapon...
26 February 2024 Elements of the 15th MEU, USS Somerset Begin Exercise Cobra Gold 2024 Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived Feb. 23 in Chonburi province aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 2024...
26 March 2024 Marines, Sailors Participate in Holi Festival and Community Events at Tiger TRIUMPH Marines and Sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit embraced India's culture during celebrations, athletic exchanges, and community relations engagements as they participate in Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH 2024...
25 March 2024 15th MEU, USS Somerset Arrive for Third Iteration of Tiger TRIUMPH U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked upon the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), arrived in Visakhapatnam, India to participate in the third iteration of Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH between the U.S. and India, March 18...
07 July 2024 CLB-15 Marines Innovate Tactical Resupply with Unmanned Aircraft in the Philippines As part of experimentation for expeditionary resupply concepts, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, recently employed the Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System during Exercise Balikatan 24 and Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum in the Philippines throughout April...