21 March 2024 Bataan ARG, 26th MEU(SOC) Return from 8-month Deployment More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) returned to Hampton Roads following an eight and a half-month deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations,...
06 March 2024 Bataan ARG, 26th MEU(SOC) to Return to Homeport The ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) exited the Mediterranean Sea after conducting operations in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, March 5, 2024. In the coming weeks, Sailors and...
11 January 2024 USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall and 26th MEU(SOC) Arrive in Piraeus, Greece The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) arrived in Piraeus, Greece, Jan. 11, 2024, for a regularly scheduled port visit...
10 January 2024 26th MEU(SOC) Begins Exercise “Odyssey Encore”, a MEU(SOC) MAGTF Readiness Sustainment Exercise U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), embarked aboard the amphibious warships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), will participate in a MEU(SOC) Exercise named “Odyssey Encore”, in vicinity of Volos, Greece, 6-17 Jan. 2024. This...
08 February 2023 Blue-Green Dream Team: Integrating Navy and Marine Forces Aboard BATARG for PMINT Over the course of almost two weeks, the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) successfully integrated with Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8) across the three ships Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), San Antonio-class amphibious transport...
21 September 2022 USS Bataan Celebrates 25th Birthday NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5) celebrated the ship’s 25th birthday during a ceremony onboard the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 20...
28 June 2022 SECNAV presides over ESG2 change of command NORFOLK, VA — By 1030 on June 24, USS Bataan’s (LHD 5) hangar bay was full of Marines in midnight blue coats and Sailors in white chokers. Most of them chatted amongst themselves in hopes it might help kill the 30 remaining minutes before show time. A smaller handful scurried about non-skid to sort...
10 August 2020 USS Bataan Receives Energy Excellence Award The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) received the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Excellence Award, afloat large amphibious category, for actions performed during fiscal year 2019 while preparing for deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater...
01 February 2012 Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Returns from Deployment Nearly 2,000 Sailors aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) are scheduled to return to their homeports Tuesday, Feb. 7 following a 10 1/2-month deployment supporting operations in the U.S. Navy's 5th and 6th Fleets areas of responsibility...