resolve in maintaining peace and security in the area. Within 48 hours, the MEU sent Marines ashore in Kuwait City to demonstrate U.S. In October 1994, the MEU was called on again to provide a quick reaction force to counter any possible Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. A few weeks later the MEU assisted in the relocation of the United States Liaison Office from Mogadishu, Somalia, to Nairobi, Kenya. The detachment, based in Entebbe, Uganda, provided the only heavy lift capability to the joint task force commander. Battalion Landing Team's operations covered over 150 miles (240 km).ĭuring its deployment in 1994, the MEU provided a detachment of CH-53Es to assist in the Rwanda Relief Effort.
The MEU pushed into and secured the inland cities of Baidoa and Balidogle and the coastal town of Kismayo in order to establish relief efforts and maintain security. After a predawn landing, the Marines secured the capital city of Mogadishu, the international airport and maritime shipping port facilities, as well as the American Embassy, quickly moving into other inland areas to protect food distribution convoys and patrol the streets to restore order. The MEU spearheaded Operation Restore Hope on December 9, 1992, to provide humanitarian assistance to the civil war-torn and famine-stricken country of Somalia. Marines of the 15th MEU relieved the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), to continue the evacuation of the Republic of the Philippines in August 1991 after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo six weeks earlier. Aid lasted over a month as the Marines distributed food and medical supplies, evacuated stranded villagers and provided security to rescue personnel. In October 1989, the MEU assisted in relief efforts following the San Francisco earthquake, performing their assigned missions and also taking on several volunteer projects to help the victims of the disaster. Since its activation in July 1987, the 15th MEU has trained to meet its mission in the rotation with the 11th and 13th MEUs in order to provide a continuous presence in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf as well as a ready MAGTF in the continental United States. Before World War II, and in the period between the war and the Vietnam Conflict, Marine units dispatched for overseas service were generally designated as “expeditionary brigades." Both changes were made to more accurately reflect the operational and expeditionary nature of the MAGTF. The 15th MAU’s designation was further changed in February 1988 to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Commandant directed the replacement of the title "Headquarters" with "Command Element" in the titles of the MAGTFs in August 1987. As a result, the Headquarters, 15th Marine Amphibious Unit was activated Jat Camp Pendleton.
The Commandant directed the establishment of two additional MAU headquarters in November 1985. In April 1983, the Commandant of the Marine Corps approved the original Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Headquarters concept, providing for the sourcing of two Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) headquarters from each Marine Amphibious Brigade headquarters.
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