Notable Facts
1995 -- The first MEU to deploy with M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks.
1996 -- The first MEU to deploy with the Joint Task Force Enabler (JTFE) communications package.
November 2000 -- The 26th MEU's Battalion Landing Team, BLT 2/2, launched the first ever FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile fired by a deployed MEU.
March 2003 -- In 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Marine Corps KC-130s traveled 1,100 miles (1,800 km) and delivered 1,000 over Marines directly to the battlefield in Mosul, Iraq - a feat never before attempted.
January 2007 -- The MEU is the first to deploy with a MARSOC attachment.
March 2009 -- The 26th MEU completes the final scheduled East Coast MEU deployment with the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, which is being replaced by the MV-22 Osprey.
August 2010 -- The first MEU to deploy with an Everything over Internet Protocol (EoIP) configured Joint Task Force Enabler (JTFE) communications package.
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