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26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Camp Lejeune, N.C. - Lines connect to the helium balloon portion of the Combat SkySat High Altitude Operations Payload system. The tethered system allows the balloon to be pulled back to a trailer and the payload retrieved.  Through relay equipment on the SkySat, the range of military radios can extend from four miles up to hundreds of miles. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danielle M. Bacon)     Photo by Sgt. Danielle M. Bacon
26 MEU communications more than just hot air

“Any station this net, any station this net, this is echo-five-bravo, radio check, over.”

A Calling Answered

People join the military for different reasons. Some join the Marine Corps to travel, others for money to go to school, but for one Marine from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit it was to answer a calling.

Marines bid fond farewell to New York City
Marines and sailors of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26 returned home Nov. 12, after participating in the commissioning o...

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Radio

R. Lee Ermey visits Marines,
sailors of the 26th MEU
8 Dec 2008
USS IWO JIMA, Arabian Gulf
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In The Spotlight

Name: Maurice Bunsie
Rank: Corporal
Billet: Administration NCO
Unit: 26 MEU S-1
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