MEF

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MEF
Stands forMarine Expeditionary Force
CategoriesMilitary

MEF stands for Marine Expeditionary Force, a military unit and organization abbreviation.

Largest Marine Air-Ground Task Force, combining a Marine division, aircraft wing and logistics group under a lieutenant general. A MEF can number tens of thousands of Marines and sailors.

Example: I MEF Marines deployed to Kuwait in early 2003 before the invasion of Iraq.

Usage notes

The three MEFs are I MEF at Camp Pendleton, California, II MEF at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and III MEF on Okinawa, Japan. They are written with Roman numerals and spoken "one MEF," "two MEF" and "three MEF." Pronounced "meff."

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