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5th MEB first activated during World War I and served in France guarding supply lines and garrisons that were critical to supporting the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments during the allied defeat of the German army in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism) 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 6th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade; 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
A Marine expeditionary brigade (MEB) is a formation of the United States Marine Corps, a Marine air-ground task force of approximately 14,500 Marines and sailors constructed around a reinforced infantry regiment, a composite Marine aircraft group, a combat logistics regiment and a MEB command group. [1]
The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps [ 3 ] and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
William Taro Fairbourn (June 28, 1914 – February 21, 1987) was an American decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general.He is most noted as commanding general of the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade during the Cuban Missile Crisis and later served as commanding general of 1st Marine Division.
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5, nicknamed Dark Horse) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps. The battalion is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California and consists of approximately 1,000 Marines and Fleet Marine Force Navy personnel.
As part of Amphibious Group 3, Peoria was among the ships designated to carry the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (5th MEB) to the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War. The fleet departed the West Coast on 1 December 1990, making its way to the Persian Gulf via Hawaii, the Philippines, arriving in the Arabian Sea on 14 January 1991. [14]
As a brigadier general, he served as both the Commanding General of 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and the Commander of Task Force 51 located in Bahrain. [5] Mundy relinquished command of 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade to Brigadier General Francis L. Donovan on June 23, 2016. [6]