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Article: U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit Provides 'In Extremis' Support.
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- National Defense
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- October 1, 2001
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Poised to cruise into the Mediterranean Sea in early October is the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), one of handful of U.S. military organizations designed to permit the United Stares to intervene in almost any international crisis within as few as six hours after notification.
For the next six months, the 26th MEU--pronounced "me-you"--will be the "911 force" on call in an 82-nation area surrounding the Mediterranean, said the unit's commander, Col. Andrew P Frick.
The deployment is routine. A MEU is almost always on patrol in the Mediterranean.
While deployed, Frick said in an interview at Camp Lejeune, N.C., a ...