{"id":32592,"date":"2024-03-07T16:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/07\/marine-quick-response-unit-heads-for-home-after-middle-east-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:47:11","slug":"marine-quick-response-unit-heads-for-home-after-middle-east-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/03\/07\/marine-quick-response-unit-heads-for-home-after-middle-east-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine quick-response unit heads for home after Middle East deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Marine quick-response unit that had been ordered to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/10\/18\/pentagon-iding-units-that-could-deploy-in-response-to-israel-hamas-war\/\">move near Israel<\/a> after the Israel-Gaza war broke out is finally heading for home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special-operations-capable 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked across three Navy ships, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c6f.navy.mil\/Press-Room\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/3697272\/bataan-arg-26th-meusoc-to-return-to-homeport\/\">left the Mediterranean Sea<\/a> on Tuesday and is sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, the Navy said in a news release Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marines and sailors will return to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Norfolk, Virginia, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur presence in the Eastern Mediterranean was exactly what our nation needed: an integrated Navy and Marine Corps force ready to respond when called upon,\u201d said Navy Capt. Martin Robertson, the Amphibious Squadron 8 commodore, in the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ships \u2014 the amphibious assault ship Bataan, the dock landing ship Carter Hall and the amphibious transport dock ship Mesa Verde \u2014 deployed from Virginia on July 10, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially, the ships spread out, with the Bataan and Carter Hall traveling in the Central Command region and the Mesa Verde making stops across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the days after Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/10\/11\/marine-unit-leaves-kuwait-exercise-early-because-of-emerging-events\/\">Marines departed early from a training exercise<\/a> in Kuwait and returned to the Bataan and Carter Hall \u201cto prepare for further tasking as a result of emerging events,\u201d unit spokeswoman Marine Capt. Angelica White told Marine Corps Times.<\/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\/2023\/10\/11\/marine-unit-leaves-kuwait-exercise-early-because-of-emerging-events\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26th-Meu-rope.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\">Marine unit leaves Kuwait exercise early because of \u2018emerging events\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The special operations capable 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit faced a change of plans in the days after war broke out between Israel and Hamas.<\/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\">By Oct. 18, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8084408\/26th-meusocs-mspf-conduct-sniper-bzo\">the Bataan was in the Gulf of Aden<\/a>, captions of photos posted by the Corps indicate. Thirteen days later, the service described the ship as being in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8116462\/26th-meusoc-bat-arg-conducts-non-lethal-weapons-training-aboard-uss-bataan\" target=\"_blank\">an \u201cundisclosed location\u201d<\/a> in the Middle East region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 26th MEU right now does not have orders,\u201d Pentagon spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/Media\/News\/Spotlight\/Article\/3570719\/sabrina-singh-deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-holds-a-press-briefing-with-assis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Singh said<\/a> Oct. 26, 2023. \u201cThey are there so that the secretary and the president can make a decision if they are needed. They are in the region. But I\u2019m not going to get into specific operational details at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mesa Verde, which had been receiving mid-deployment maintenance in Rota, Spain, headed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8137622\/luck-draw-marines-and-sailors-conduct-physical-training-during-corporals-course\">into the Mediterranean Sea<\/a> in October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, a defense official confirmed to <a href=\"http:\/\/military.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Military.com<\/a> that the deployment of the Marine unit and the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, as the naval component is called, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/02\/09\/marines-navys-bataan-group-officially-get-extended-deployment-mediterranean-amid-middle-east-turmoil.html\">had been extended<\/a>. The extension came amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2024\/01\/25\/ship-shortage-forces-marines-to-consider-alternate-deployments\/\">maintenance issues<\/a> that have delayed the deployments of other amphibious ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By then, the three ships <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8241910\/find-fix-track-26th-meusoc-marines-bolster-maritime-domain-awareness\">were in the Mediterranean Sea<\/a>, and the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Multimedia\/Photos\/igphoto\/2003402144\/\">was transferred to NATO command<\/a> to train with NATO forces and the Turkish navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 1, while the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit was in Souda Bay on the coast of the Greek island Crete, the top enlisted Marine, Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8268275\/20th-sergeant-major-marine-corps-visits-uss-bataan\">met with its Marines and sailors<\/a> aboard the ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.26thmeu.marines.mil\/News\/Press-Releases-View\/Article\/3451322\/ii-mef-certifies-first-special-operations-capable-meu-in-a-decade\/\">is the first Marine expeditionary unit<\/a> to get the special-operations-capable designation in more than a decade, according to a July 2023 news release from the unit. The unit is made up of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/455391\/26th-marine-expeditionary-unit-soc-kicks-off-kuwait-bilateral-exercise-30\">approximately 2,400<\/a> Marines and sailors from the North Carolina-based II Marine Expeditionary Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marines in the unit aren\u2019t themselves special operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather, they received enhanced predeployment training in areas including the recovery of aircraft and people, raids, stealthy insertion and extraction of special patrols, maritime interdiction, and noncombatant evacuations. The unit\u2019s Maritime Special Purpose Force has practiced integrating with special operators, including Navy SEALs, White previously told Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/02\/15\/sailors-endurance-tested-amid-4-months-of-constant-red-sea-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dwight D. 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