This documentary captures the26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
(MEU) deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of
responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group
(March through November 2013). Battalion Landing Team 3/2
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced) and
Combat Logistics Battalion 26 were the 25th MEU's
reinforcements. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task
Force forward deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of
responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group
serving as a sea based expeditionary crisis response force
capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full
range of military operations.
Narration provided by Ronald Reagan, "A Time for Choosing"
speech, 1964, courtesy of
American
Rhetoric, Col.
Matthew G. St. Clair, Sgt. Maj. Todd M. Parisi, Gunnery Sgt.
Ernest Twigg.
Music tracks courtesy of
Free
Stock Music ... Oceanward
Heroes and Final Frontier Battle, Moby Gratis, "Walk with
Me" via non-commercial license. TheRealDanHDx, "Hintergrund
Musik Ruhig".
Imagery courtesy of Lance Cpl. Juanenrique Owings, Cpl.
Michael Lockett, Cpl. Kyle Runnels, Sgt. Christopher Stone,
MCSN Travis Diperna, Staff Sgt. Edward Guevara, 1st Lt.
Gerard Farao, Gunnery Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki and CBS.
U.S. Marine Corps video produced by Gunnery Sgt. Michael
Kropiewnicki, Combat Camera
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
