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    Marine Air Ground Task Force 13 stands up

    Marine Air Ground Task Force-13 activation ceremony

    Photo By Cpl. Daniel Wulz | Maj. Gen. W. Lee Miller, Jr., Marine Air Ground Task Force - 13 commander and Sgt....... read more read more

    CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    06.29.2012

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    II Marine Expeditionary Force   

    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – A ceremony took place today officially activating Marine Air Ground Task Force-13 which is scheduled to deploy to southern Afghanistan and assume operational control of Regional Command Southwest in early 2013.

    Maj. Gen. W. Lee Miller, Jr., MAGTF-13 commander, will deploy his unit as a task-organized Marine Air-Ground Task Force, with elements from 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing totaling more than 6,000 Marines and sailors. Miller will also assume command of all NATO forces in the region.

    MAGTF-13 now begins a strenuous pre-deployment training program designed to prepare its warfighters for the rigors of a combat deployment as the nation’s primary force-in-readiness. MAGTF-13 will replace Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I MEF (Fwd) as the Corps’ fighting MAGTF in Helmand and Nimroz provinces, Afghanistan.

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    Date Taken: 06.29.2012
    Date Posted: 06.29.2012 15:22
    Story ID: 90878
    Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US

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