26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

• 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.

The 26th MEU has been awarded the following unit awards and Campaign streamers:
Navy Unit Commendation with three Bronze Stars
Libya—1986
Kosovo—1999
Afghanistan—2001–2002
Liberia 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation with two Bronze Stars
Libya—1985-1987
Albania—1996–1998
Turkey—1999
Marine Corps Expeditionary Streamer with one Bronze Star
National Defense Service Streamer with one Bronze Star
Kosovo Campaign Streamer with two Bronze Stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Streamer
Iraq Campaign Medal Streamer (Liberation of Iraq)

As of 6 December 2013, the 26th MEU is decomposed and does not have reinforcing commands. The following units participated in the MEU's deployment from March–November 2013:

• Ground Combat Element: Battalion Landing Team 3/2
  
• Aviation Combat Element: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (Rein) VMM-162
  
• Logistics Combat Element: Combat Logistics Battalion 26

Unit Website[26meu-arma2.proboards.com]
Real-Life 26th MEU Wiki[en.wikipedia.org]