10th Marine Regiment.As the 2d Marine Division's Arm of Decision, the 10th Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, has supported many operational deployments and exercises during the last two years. Throughout this period, firing batteries deployed in support of the 22d, 24th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Units A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is the smallest Marine Air-Ground Task Force in the United States Marine Corps. The MEU is normally built around a reinforced Marine infantry battalion, a composite helicopter squadron, a logistics combat element, and a command element. (MEUs) and contributed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and many exercises around the world in support of the Global War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . 10th Marines also continuously supported the Marine Corps' unit deployment program To reduce the number of unaccompanied tours and improve unit continuity, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, (CMC) established the Unit Deployment Program (UDP) to provide for the deployment of units to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) for periods of approximately six months. (UDP) to the 3d Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan. From January to June 2003, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines (Reinforced) deployed with Regimental Combat Team A regimental combat team was a provisional major infantry unit of the United States Army during the Second World War and Korean War. The regimental combat team, or "R.C.T.", was formed by augmenting a regular infantry regiment with smaller tank, artillery, combat engineer, (RCT)-2, the ground combat element The core element of a Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) that is task-organized to conduct ground operations. It is usually constructed around an infantry organization but can vary in size from a small ground unit of any type, to one or more Marine divisions that can be independently for Task Force Tarawa, in support of OIF. The battalion fired more than 2,000 rounds during the Battle of An Nasiriyah, which lasted from 23 March until 2 April 2003. Battery I, 3d Battalion; Battery R, 5th Battalion; and radar teams from the regiment were attached to 1st Marine Division units for OIF and supported combat actions throughout Iraq, to include the areas in and around Baghdad. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elements of the regiment also supported 8th Marines in Haiti, 6th Marines in Afghanistan, the Pan Sahel Initiative and operations in the Horn of Africa and the Republic of Georgia. The 2d Battalion transformed itself into a provisional rifle battalion and, along with Battery S, 5th Battalion, deployed in September 2004 in support of OIF II. In addition to operational commitments and a new focus on provisional infantry readiness, 10th Marines ensured artillery proficiency with its semi-annual deployments to Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke Counties, North Carolina, U.S. , for exercise Rolling Thunder. The regiment supported a multitude of exercises on Camp Lejeune and served as the Marine air-ground task force The Marine Corps principal organization for all missions across the range of military operations, composed of forces task-organized under a single commander capable of responding rapidly to a contingency anywhere in the world. (MAGTF) headquarters for type commander's amphibious training (TCAT) in December 2003 and Fleet Week 2004. Additionally, the 10th Marines provided teams to test new equipment, such as the arctic phase testing of the M777 lightweight 155-mm howitzer. The 10th Marine Regiment continues to prepare units for deployment to OIF III and stands ready to provide timely and accurate fires as the 2d Marine Division's Arm of Decision! |
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