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13th MEU Used New COTS Communications Equipment on Deployment

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13th MEU Used New COTS Communications Equipment on Deployment
U.S. Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) utilize a ground to air transmit and receive (GATR) inflatable satellite antenna (ISA) during a demonstration aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 7, 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Marine Corps

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…

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