The Essex ARG/13th MEU is a flexible and persistent Navy-Marine Corps team deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic…
INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 2 2018) An F-35B Lightning II, attached to the “Avengers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine…
04/18/2016: PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 21, 2016) Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) takes on food and supplies during a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). Credit: Navy Public Affairs Support Element West:2/21/16
04/01/2016: A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, attached to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron (VMM) 166 (Reinforced), approaches the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Credit: USS Boxer (LHD 4):2/19/16
02/23/2016: Marines and Sailors with both 13th and 31st MEU are featured on this video and both are operating the Pacific Ocean and on each side of the Pacific. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific:2/19/16
02/14/2015: The aviation element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadrom (VMM) 166, departs for embarkation in preparation for the unit's Western Pacific/Middle East deployment, Feb. 12. The 13th MEU provides a forward deployed, flexible sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis…
01/25/206: Sailors, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, and Marines, assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, build a Personnel Transport Module aboard a Landing Craft, Air Cushion in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group is underway off the coast…
04/14/2014: A rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) transits toward the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) prior to a visit, board, search and seizure exercise with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman…
