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Combat Cargo takes on full-size responsibility July 31, 2012 — The Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group faces a full-sized logistical challenge every time they prepare to leave port. One team of Marines accepts that challenge and ensures all vehicles, supplies and personnel for ship-to-shore operations are embarked and ready to go.Eighty-eight Marines were selected from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit to become a MORE

Marines train to evacuate U.S. citizens abroad July 26, 2012 — The Marine Corps is largely known for its prowess in combat, protecting the United States and its interests from foreign threats. However, sometimes it is called upon to assist U.S. citizens. To prepare for that call, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit rehearsed a non-combatant evacuation operation, in which units from the MEU’s Battalion Landing MORE

Marines, sailors transfer fuel from ship to shore June 7, 2012 — When sending supplies by land or sea proves too slow and inefficient, sending it first class via a CH-53E Super Stallion is sometimes necessary. Marines from Transport Support Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, did just that when the Helicopter Support Team rigged 1000 gallons of JP-5 fuel under two CH-53E MORE

Marines, sailors work together to keep pilots in air June 3, 2012 — AV-8B Harriers shook the USS Peleliu as part of the daily flight operations during the PHIBRON Three and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s PHIBRON-MEU Interoperability Training off the coast of Southern Calif., June 1. The exercise gives Marines and sailors the opportunity to become familiar working together as a blue-green team. The cohesion is a MORE

CPEX II brings MEU personnel together as a team December 2, 2011 — Marines and sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Command Element again focused on ‘brilliance in the basics’ when they headed out to the field at Camp Pendleton for the second iteration of Command Post Exercise, Nov. 28 – Dec 2.The exercise focused on the unit’s ability to stand up an entire Command Operations Center quickly in the event MORE

Summer cleaning: 15th MEU prepares gear for training season June 27, 2011 — Every operation cycle, units pack up their gear and store it until they get ready to ‘pump out’ again. Before a deployment, they ‘dust off the cobwebs,’ and assess the equipment they use while conducting operations.Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a Command Post Exercise, June 20-23, dubbed “CPEX,” to MORE