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<h2 id="notional-marine-expeditionary-brigade-in-2010">Notional Marine expeditionary brigade in 2010</h2> <h3>Command element (CE)</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Command_element_(United_States_Marine_Corps)/8RhJh6q5">Command element (United States Marine Corps)</a></p> <p>MEB command group </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Staff_(military)/RdHIuRR8">MEB Staff</a></li> <li>Detachment, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions/nYg58F9Q">Communications Battalion</a></li> <li>Detachment, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions/nYg58F9Q">Intelligence Battalion</a></li> <li>Detachment, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions/nYg58F9Q">Law Enforcement Battalion</a></li> <li>Detachment, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions/nYg58F9Q">Radio Battalion</a></li> <li>Detachment, <a href="/facts/Air_Naval_Gunfire_Liaison_Company/Nr2kIoaX">Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company</a></li> <li>Detachment, <a href="/facts/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance/5W7Lqs1Q">Force Reconnaissance Company</a></li></ul> <h3>Ground combat element (GCE)</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Ground_combat_element/TkEFf8sm">Ground combat element</a></p> <p>Regimental Landing Team (RLT) or Regimental Combat Team (RCT) </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_regiments/c5F6BA4E">Infantry Regiment</a> (w/ 3 Infantry Battalions), Reinforced</li> <li>48 Amphibious Assault Vehicles, AAV-7A1 and variants (1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company (Reinforced))</li> <li>27 Light Armored Vehicles, LAV-25A1 and variants (1 Light Armored Reconnaissance Company (Reinforced))</li> <li>14 Main Battle Tank, M1A1, Abrams (1 Tank Company (Reinforced))</li> <li>2 Armored Recovery Vehicle, M88A2, Hercules (1 Tank Company (Reinforced))</li> <li>2 Assault Breacher Vehicle, M1, Shredder (Combat Engineer Company)</li> <li>24 Howitzer, 155 mm, <a href="/facts/M777_howitzer/THtYmJDf">M777A2</a> (1 Artillery Battalion w/4 firing batteries of 6 guns each)</li> <li>24 Mortar, <a href="/facts/M252_Mortar/cx1YdGvs">81mm, M252</a> (4 tubes per section, 2 sections per platoon, of the Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>27 Lightweight Mortar, 60 mm, M224 LWCMS (3 tubes in the Mortar Section of the Weapons Platoon, Rifle company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>24 Anti-Tank Missile Launcher, BGM-71, <a href="/facts/BGM-71_TOW/90uNdkCr">TOW</a> (8 launchers in the TOW Section of the Anti-Tank (AT) Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>24 Anti-Tank Missile Launcher, FGM-148, Javelin (8 launchers in the AT Section of the Anti-Tank Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>18 Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40 mm, Mk 19 (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>18 Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>54 Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M240 (6 guns in the Machine Gun Section, Weapons Platoon, Rifle Company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li> <li>243 Light Machine Gun/Infantry Automatic Rifle, 5.56mm, M249 (9 guns per Rifle Platoon × 3, Rifle Company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)</li></ul> <h3>Aviation combat element (ACE)</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Aviation_combat_element/q3wMGv6o">Aviation combat element</a></p> <p>Composite Marine aircraft group </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aircraft_groups/ll0TkTPh">Marine Aircraft Group</a> (MAG) [notional organization shown below]</li> <li>45 <a href="/facts/AV-8_Harrier_II/Cvc8e9wu">AV-8B</a> (3 VMA squadrons w/ 15 aircraft each)</li> <li>24 <a href="/facts/F%2fA-18_Hornet/hsKrCHym">F/A-18</a> (2 VMFA squadrons w/ 12 aircraft each)</li> <li>5 <a href="/facts/EA-6_Prowler/mgtzoMqg">EA-6B</a> (1 VMAQ squadron w/ 5 aircraft each)</li> <li>6 <a href="/facts/C-130_Hercules/EVzoWXp9">KC-130</a> (1 VMGR detachment)</li> <li>32 <a href="/facts/CH-53_Sea_Stallion/8xrsXs2V">CH-53E</a> (2 HMH squadrons w/ 16 aircraft each)</li> <li>48 <a href="/facts/CH-46_Sea_Knight/nhEzot7M">CH-46E</a> or <a href="/facts/MV-22_Osprey/Ytjrq0mB">MV-22</a>B (4 HMM or VMM squadrons w/ 12 aircraft each)</li> <li>18 AH-1Z (1 HMLA squadron, each HMLA squadron contains both AH-1 & UH-1 aircraft)</li> <li>9 UH-1Y (1 HMLA squadron, each HMLA squadron contains both AH-1 & UH-1 aircraft)</li> <li>45 <a href="/facts/FIM-92_Stinger/7MT2jU1M">Stinger missile</a> teams (1 Low Altitude Air Defense firing battery w/ 3 platoons of 15 Stinger missile teams each)</li> <li>1 <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units/j20y9QGE">Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS)</a> (Provides Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance, Aviation Supply, and Aviation Ordnance support to aircraft squadrons)</li> <li>1 <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units/j20y9QGE">Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS)</a> (Provides Combat Service Support [i.e., all essential aviation ground support and services] to enable the MAG to perform its aviation mission)</li> <li>Other aviation support squadron detachments as required (<a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units/j20y9QGE">MACS</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units/j20y9QGE">MASS</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units/j20y9QGE">MTACS</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation_support_units/j20y9QGE">MWCS</a>)</li></ul> <h3>Logistics combat element (LCE)</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Logistics_combat_element/pecWYDhp">Logistics combat element</a></p> <p><a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_regiments/c5F6BA4E">Combat logistics regiment</a> (CLR) (w/ 1 to 3 combat logistics Battalions) [notional equipment shown below] </p> <ul><li>1 medium girder bridge</li> <li>6 cranes: <ul><li>1 30-ton crane</li> <li>5 7.5-ton cranes</li></ul></li> <li>2 600k-gal fuel systems</li> <li>44 100-kW generators</li> <li>75 7-ton trucks</li> <li>9 <a href="/facts/Reverse_Osmosis_Water_Purification_Unit/U3EJPFHN">Water purifying units</a></li> <li>116 <a href="/facts/Forklift/CJ56KPwX">forklifts</a></li> <li>5 <a href="/facts/Bulldozer/4t7HhPD6">bulldozers</a></li> <li>3 <a href="/facts/Grader/TwnMRNgx">road graders</a></li></ul> <h2 id="list-of-mebs">List of MEBs</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_brigades/HmanwWG2">List of United States Marine Corps brigades</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/1st_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)/QVaoL6pJ">1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/2nd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)/WHSGAfSX">2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/3rd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)/dFugJrFQ">3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/5th_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)/2khjjvGt">5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a></li> <li>7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade</li></ul> <h2 id="historical-mebs">Historical MEBs</h2> <p>The following MEBs were deployed operationally: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Task_Force_Tarawa/uqlYytLJ">Task Force Tarawa</a> for the <a href="/facts/Iraq_War/dlAgf8at">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Task_Force_Leatherneck/q5o8SNls">Task Force Leatherneck</a> for the <a href="/facts/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%25E2%2580%2593present)/vKbbttLN">Afghanistan War</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/9th_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)/sey9J7dj">9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a> for the <a href="/facts/Vietnam_War/W0gfbGTE">Vietnam War</a> – deployed March 8, 1965</li> <li><a href="/facts/4th_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)/9d7od1lX">4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a> (Anti-Terrorism) for the <a href="/facts/War_on_Terror/CTGl4eto">War on Terror</a> - activated in 29 October 2001 and deactivated in February 2006</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Trickey, Wendy R., Robert C. Benbow and David G. Taylor. MEB Capabilities Study (Final Report), (Alexandria, Virginia: Center for Naval Analyses, February 2010), 7. <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Naval_Analyses" target="_blank">/wiki/Center_for_Naval_Analyses</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>MEB troops to get prestigious valor award, Marine Corps Times, Dan Lamothe, Jun 21, 2012 Archived 2012-06-28 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/06/marine-corps-presidential-unit-citation-meb-afghanistan-062112" target="_blank">http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/06/marine-corps-presidential-unit-citation-meb-afghanistan-062112</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>