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Task Force 61/2 Rotation 2

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force 61/2 pose for a group photo at Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy, Oct. 10, 2024. Task Force 61/2's...

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Beirut Memorial Run

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 1/8 conduct a memorial run in remembrance of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut,...

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Task Force 61/2 visits USS Oak Hill

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Samuel L. Meyer, the commanding general of Task Force 61/2, is welcomed aboard the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious...

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Senegalese Riverine and Jungle Warfare Course

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Anthony Gomez, a tactical training team platoon sergeant with the Hershel "Woody" Williams (HWW) Marine Detachment,...

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Bilateral Parachute Insertion

Special operations soldiers with the Republic of Cyprus National Guard conduct joint parachute insertion training alongside U.S. Marines with...

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Task Force 61/2 visits U.S. Embassy in Nicosia

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Samuel L. Meyer, left, the commanding general of Task Force 61/2, and Sgt. Maj. Elena M. Rodriguez, the command senior...

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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Task Force 61/2 celebrates the Marine Corps' 248th birthday
2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Nov. 13, 2023 | 1:49
Task Force 61/2 celebrates the Marine Corps' 248th birthday
2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Nov. 13, 2023 | 1:49
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Leaders

Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Brigadier General Samuel "Lee" Meyer

Samuel “Lee” Meyer graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering from NC State University and was commissioned in May 1997. Following graduation from The Basic School and Infantry Officer Course in March 1998, he was assigned to flight school in Pensacola, FL and was designated a...

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Chief of Staff, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Colonel Andrew V. Martinez

In August 2024, Col Martinez assumed the MEB Chief of Staff billet.Col Martinez is a native of San Antonio, Texas. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in August of 1987. LCpl Martinez was assigned to 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment where he served as a mortarman subsequently deploying on the Unit...

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Sergeant Major, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Sergeant Major Elena M. Rodriguez

Sergeant Major Elena M. Rodriguez is a native of Toppenish, Washington. She attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina on 22 February 2000 and was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Private First Class. After completing recruit training, she reported to...

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