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BARDUFOSS, Norway - On February 12th, the vanguard of the U.S. Marine Corps, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) command element arrived at Bardufoss Air Station, Norway, to participate in NATO’s exercise Nordic Response 24. As the Land Component Command headquarters for the exercise, II MEF’s command element will synchronize operations between the U.S. Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Norwegian Army units and a combined Swedish and Finnish Brigade under a NATO Joint Task Force.
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U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), embarked aboard the amphibious warships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), will participate in a MEU(SOC) Exercise named “Odyssey Encore”, in vicinity of Volos, Greece, 6-17 Jan. 2024. This MEU(SOC) Exercise is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) readiness sustainment exercise that ensures the 26th MEU(SOC) retains the advanced skills and operational capabilities necessary to rapidly respond to any crisis or other emergent requirements across the Tri-Geographic Combatant Command region during a scheduled deployment spanning both U.S. Sixth Fleet and U.S. Fifth Fleet areas of operation.
A Marine who has done almost as much traveling as the drones she operates, Sgt. Gracelyn Oldham, the only female unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator with Battalion Landing Team 1/6 (BLT), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) will soon be the first in her Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) to fly every group of drones.
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Originally developed in 1985, the Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) provides the Marine Corps and Geographic Combatant Commanders with the ability to partner with, compliment, enable, and integrate with the Joint and Coalition Special Operations Forces in support of daily campaigning, crisis response, and integrated deterrence missions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Elton Taylor)
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