The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Boxer (LHD-4) Amphibious Ready Group returned from the Middle East on April 24 after an eight-month deployment that involved a high number of exercises en route to U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility. The deployment also involved an an emphasis on disaggregated and split ARG operations – made much easier thanks to a variety of commercial-off-the-shelf communications items the MEU assembled before deploying. MEU commander Col. Christopher Taylor said at a May 15 presentation…
