http://26meu.encblogs.com Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Gunnery Sgt. Bryce Piper The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit officially stood down April 27, concluding a 14-month deployment cycle. The Major Subordinate Elements of the MEU, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-264 (Rein) and Combat Logistics Battalion-26, decomposed to their parent units aboard Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=295 Wanted to share a few photos, videos and stories from the MEU's homecomings this week. Welcome back, everyone! MEU homecoming story 2/6 homecoming video ACE homecoming video ACE homecoming story Photos by Don Bryan         Again, if you have any homecoming photos you'd like to share, e-mail them to me at jhlad@freedomenc.com http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=288 Hey y'all, If your loved one is in the 26th MEU and you haven't heard anything about when they are coming home, please contact them as soon as possible. They should be coming home very soon, but different people come home on different days and times, so it is best to ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=287 By Cpl. Aaron J. Rock 26th MEU Public Affairs ABOARD USS IWO JIMA - (March 15, 2009) If you have been a Marine anytime since the start of the Vietnam War, you have seen revolutionary and evolutionary changes in the Corps. New technology, gear, weapons and vehicles have been assimilated and then ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=285 By Cpl. Jason D. Mills 26th MEU Public Affairs ABOARD USS IWO JIMA - As the end of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's deployment edges closer and closer, the thing on most peoples' minds aboard the USS Iwo Jima is the first thing they will do when they get home. The ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=284 Just got some photos of the Marines doing a community relations project at La Cartuja Monastery in Rota, Spain. Photos by Cpl. Patrick Johnson-Campbell.                http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=274 Cpl. Aaron J. Rock 26th MEU Public Affairs USS IWO JIMA, Mediterranean Sea – The 26th Marine Expeditionary is taking the lead in motorcycle safety education, going far above what is mandated by the Marine Corps to ensure its Marines and sailors safely and wisely operate their bikes on the road. But there ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=271 Cpl. Jason D. Mills 26th MEU Public Affairs USS IWO JIMA, Red Sea – It's not easy to hit a small target bobbing along in the current as your helicopter shudders around you 200 feet in the air. Add the pressure of international competition and things can get really difficult. Two snipers from ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=268 As many of you know, President Obama is speaking at Camp Lejeune today. The event isn't open to the public, but if you would like to see it, we are (hopefully) streaming video live at www.jdnews.com ... and I will be blogging about the speech on my other blog site, ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=267 Story and photos by Cpl. Jason D. Mills 26th MEU Public Affairs USS IWO JIMA, Arabian Gulf – "It's game time, you know?" Nearly six months ago Lance Cpl. Rachel Myers, CH-53E Super Stallion air frames mechanic with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-264 (Rein.), said these words in anticipation of what was ahead. Having ... http://26meu.encblogs.com/?p=266