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(Top) 1 Notional Marine expeditionary brigade in 2010 1.1 Command element (CE) 1.2 Ground combat element (GCE) 1.3 Aviation combat element (ACE) 1.4 Logistics combat element (LCE) 2 List of MEBs 3 Historical MEBs 4 Notes

Marine expeditionary brigade

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AMarine expeditionary brigade (MEB) is a formation of the United States Marine Corps, a Marine air-ground task force of approximately 14,500 Marines and sailors constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Marine aircraft group, a combat logistics regiment and a MEB command group.^[1] The MEB, commanded by a general officer (usually a brigadier general), is task-organized to meet the requirements of a specific situation. It can function as part of a joint task force, as the lead echelon of the Marine expeditionary force (MEF), or alone. It varies in size and composition, and is larger than a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) but smaller than a MEF. The MEB is capable of conducting missions across the full range of military operations.

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Notional Marine expeditionary brigade in 2010[edit]

Command element (CE)[edit]

MEB command group

MEB Staff
Detachment, Communications Battalion
Detachment, Intelligence Battalion
Detachment, Law Enforcement Battalion
Detachment, Radio Battalion
Detachment, Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Detachment, Force Reconnaissance Company

Ground combat element (GCE)[edit]

Regimental Landing Team (RLT) or Regimental Combat Team (RCT)

Infantry Regiment (w/ 3 Infantry Battalions), Reinforced
48 Amphibious Assault Vehicles, AAV-7A1 and variants (1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company (Reinforced))
27 Light Armored Vehicles, LAV-25A1 and variants (1 Light Armored Reconnaissance Company (Reinforced))
14 Main Battle Tank, M1A1, Abrams (1 Tank Company (Reinforced))
2 Armored Recovery Vehicle, M88A2, Hercules (1 Tank Company (Reinforced))
2 Assault Breacher Vehicle, M1, Shredder (Combat Engineer Company)
24 Howitzer, 155 mm, M777A2 (1 Artillery Battalion w/4 firing batteries of 6 guns each)
24 Mortar, 81mm, M252 (4 tubes per section, 2 sections per platoon, of the Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
27 Lightweight Mortar, 60 mm, M224 LWCMS (3 tubes in the Mortar Section of the Weapons Platoon, Rifle company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)
24 Anti-Tank Missile Launcher, BGM-71, TOW (8 launchers in the TOW Section of the Anti-Tank (AT) Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
24 Anti-Tank Missile Launcher, FGM-148, Javelin (8 launchers in the AT Section of the Anti-Tank Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
18 Automatic Grenade Launcher, 40 mm, Mk 19 (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
18 Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible (6 guns per Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion × 3)
54 Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M240 (6 guns in the Machine Gun Section, Weapons Platoon, Rifle Company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)
243 Light Machine Gun/Infantry Automatic Rifle, 5.56mm, M249 (9 guns per Rifle Platoon × 3, Rifle Company × 3, Infantry Battalion × 3)

Aviation combat element (ACE)[edit]

Composite Marine aircraft group

Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) [notional organization shown below]
45AV-8B (3 VMA squadrons w/ 15 aircraft each)
24F/A-18 (2 VMFA squadrons w/ 12 aircraft each)
5EA-6B (1 VMAQ squadron w/ 5 aircraft each)
6KC-130 (1 VMGR detachment)
32CH-53E (2 HMH squadrons w/ 16 aircraft each)
48CH-46EorMV-22B (4 HMM or VMM squadrons w/ 12 aircraft each)
18 AH-1Z (1 HMLA squadron, each HMLA squadron contains both AH-1 & UH-1 aircraft)
9 UH-1Y (1 HMLA squadron, each HMLA squadron contains both AH-1 & UH-1 aircraft)
45Stinger missile teams (1 Low Altitude Air Defense firing battery w/ 3 platoons of 15 Stinger missile teams each)
1Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) (Provides Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance, Aviation Supply, and Aviation Ordnance support to aircraft squadrons)
1Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) (Provides Combat Service Support [i.e., all essential aviation ground support and services] to enable the MAG to perform its aviation mission)
Other aviation support squadron detachments as required (MACS, MASS, MTACS, MWCS)

Logistics combat element (LCE)[edit]

Combat logistics regiment (CLR) (w/ 1 to 3 combat logistics Battalions) [notional equipment shown below]

1 medium girder bridge
6 cranes:
- 1 30-ton crane
- 5 7.5-ton cranes
2 600k-gal fuel systems
44 100-kW generators
757-ton trucks
9Water purifying units
116 forklifts
5bulldozers
3road graders

List of MEBs[edit]

Historical MEBs[edit]

The following MEBs were deployed operationally:

Task Force Tarawa for the Iraq War
Task Force Leatherneck for the Afghanistan War^[2]
9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade for the Vietnam War – deployed March 8, 1965
4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism) for the War on Terror - activated in 29 October 2001 and deactivated in February 2006

Notes[edit]

^ Trickey, Wendy R., Robert C. Benbow and David G. Taylor. MEB Capabilities Study (Final Report), (Alexandria, Virginia: Center for Naval Analyses, February 2010), 7.