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Archipelago Endeavor 23

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chance Sabol, peers through an optic during Exercise Archipelago Endeavor 23 in Sweden on Sept. 11, 2023.

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FAST fires with Bosnian police

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert White, FASTEUR, conducts a live fire exercise with Bosnian police officers at a shooting range in Sarajevo

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Congress visits AE23 in Sweden

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 interact with members of the U.S. House of Representatives at a static display

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Unknown distance training

Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit engage targets while training with Italian Marines during an integrated live-fire sniper range exercise.

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U.S./Italian Marines in Norway

Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit go over patrol tactics before executing small unit leader training during a Norwegian Bilateral Exercise

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26th MEU on the USS Bataan

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to depart the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), Mediterranean Sea, July 28, 2023.

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2d Recon launch & recovery

U.S. Marines ride in combat raiding rafts while conducting launch and recovery training in Souda Bay, Greece on July 13, 2023.

 

Mission

The MEB Command Element (CE) provides a Marine Air Ground Task Force /Joint Task Force(MAGTF/JTF)-capable headquarters that can rapidly deploy and when directed composites with naval and / or land-based forward-deployed and/or rapidly deployable forces to form a MAGTF or the core element of a JTF headquarters in order to fulfill Geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) operational requirements.

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Leaders

Brigadier General Andrew T. Priddy
Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Brigadier General (BGen) Andrew T. Priddy is currently serving as the Commanding General of 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) and the Deputy Commanding General of II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF). Born in Michigan and raised in Channahon, Illinois, BGen Priddy received his commission in 1995 from the United States Naval Academy and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering.

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Colonel Kevin Shea
Chief of Staff, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Colonel Shea is currently serving as the Chief of Staff for 2nd MEB. Colonel Shea was commissioned from the United States Military Academy in 1999. As a company grade officer, his operational assignments include: Rifle Platoon Commander and Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (Unit Deployment Program and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 1) and weapons Company and Company A Commander with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines (Operation IRAQI FREEDOM 06-08.2 and 9-1).

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Sergeant Major Joseph Mendez
Sergeant Major, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Sergeant Major Mendez is currently serving as the Sergeant Major for 2d MEB. Sergeant Major Mendez is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1997. Upon completion of recruit training at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina, Private First Class Mendez reported to the School of Infantry where he earned the MOS 0311 and was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.

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