{"id":26531,"date":"2019-09-18T13:06:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/18\/the-13th-marine-expeditionary-unit-is-deploying-to-central-and-south-america\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:35:02","slug":"the-13th-marine-expeditionary-unit-is-deploying-to-central-and-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/09\/18\/the-13th-marine-expeditionary-unit-is-deploying-to-central-and-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deploying to Central and South America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several hundred Marines and sailors are headed for Central and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/07\/five-key-challenges-for-southcom\/\" target=_blank>South America<\/a> aboard an amphibious ship in October, according to military officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment will be comprise of the command element of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/03\/13\/the-new-meu-how-the-corps-is-changing-missions-for-grunts\/\" target=\"_blank\">13th Marine Expeditionary Unit<\/a>, a platoon of grunts from 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, and a detachment of MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166, according to a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary mission of the deployment will be to focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief across Central and South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps would not disclose what countries the 13th MEU would visit in Central and South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/01\/14\/small-group-of-marines-sailors-complete-first-step-in-building-long-term-latin-america-task-force\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SPMAGTF-SC.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Small group of Marines, sailors complete \u2018first step\u2019 in building long-term Latin America task force<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The larger aim is to create a multinational task force for rapid response across the region.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not common for Marines to deploy to South America aboard amphib ships, a Marine official told Marine Corps Times. And the 13th MEU has traditionally operated in the Indo-Pacific and U.S. Central Command area of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 13th MEU\u2019s 2018 deployment made history with the first combat strikes in Afghanistan by the high-tech stealth fighter F-35b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command will serve in a headquarters role for what has been dubbed the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Wasp, according to a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps would not confirm what amphibious ship would deploy with the 13th MEU, but the unit name bears the name of the amphibious assault ship Wasp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSPMAGTF &#8211; WASP is the latest in a long line of engagements with our Central American and South American partners,\u201d Maj. Sean Williams, SPMAGTF &#8211; WASP operations officer, said in a command release. \u201cThe SPMAGTF &#8211; WASP mission will strengthen the interoperability between the Navy-Marine Corps team and partner nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South American deployment will not be the first deployment there. The Corps said it carried out a similar deployment in 2018 to Peru. The Wasp MAGTF deployment is expected to build upon that experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And about 300 Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force \u2013 Southern Command carried out a deployment to Honduras from June 2018 to November 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marines helped train partner forces in infantry skills and carried out various engineering projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment will provide extra training opportunities to work with other countries and bolster humanitarian disaster response capabilities in the region, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We look forward to serving alongside our Navy counterparts and training with our Central American and South American partners during several humanitarian-themed events, Col. 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