Marine Expeditionary Brigade

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A Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) is a unit of the United States Marine Corps, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Marine aircraft group, and a brigade service support group. The Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), commanded by a general officer (usually a Major General or sometimes 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.

[edit] Notional Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)

Ground Combat Element (GCE) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) Logistics Combat Element (LCE)
Infantry Regiment, reinforced Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) Combat Logistics Regiment (CLR)
17 M1A1 Abrams Tanks 40 AV-8B 1 medium girder bridge
47 AAV 24 F/A-18 6 cranes:
 1 30-ton crane
 5 7.5-ton cranes
27 LAV 4 EA-6B 2 600k-gal fuel systems
24 M198 howitzer 6 KC-130 44 100-kW generators
24 81mm mortars 32 CH-53D/E 75 5-ton trucks
36 60mm mortars 12 AH-1W 9 Water purifying units
24 TOW missile launchers 48 CH-46E 116 forklifts
  12 UH-1N 5 bulldozers
  45 Stinger missile teams 3 road grades

[edit] List of MEBs

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