Naval Amphibious Force, TF 51-5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Naval Support Activity Bahrain

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (June 19, 2019) U.S. Marines with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team, Central Command (FASTCENT) fire an M-110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Systems during a live-fire sustainment training range exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt. David L. Proffitt/Released)

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (June 6, 2019) U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Matthew Trollinger (right), commanding general of Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Lt. Col. John Skutch, TF 51/5 security manager, cut a ribbon to declare the unit’s official move into its new permanent command post. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. David Donaldson, a fire support Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, assesses the range during call-for-fire drills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mackenzie Binion)

Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit muster on the flight deck aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during an abandon ship drill. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlyn E. Eads/Released)

SUEZ CANAL (June 20, 2019) U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Jacob Walters, right, a machinegunner, and Cpl. Jordan Richards, an anti-tank missile Marine with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, stand watch on the bridge wing of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) while transiting the Suez Canal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Ochoa/Released)

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Operating as a team, the 22nd MEU and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group provides operational reach and agility, as well as assured access for joint force in major contingencies.

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In May 2016, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command signed a two year memorandum of understanding that agreed to integrate the staff's of CTF-51 Naval Amphibious Force and 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. The result of this MOU was the creation of Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (TF 51/5) – an integrated naval headquarters.

USS Boxer ARG, 11th MEU Arrive in U.S. 5th Fleet By | June 25, 2019 The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, June 24, relieving the Kearsarge ARG and 22nd MEU. MORE

TF 51/5 moves to new workspaces, remains ready By | June 6, 2019 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (June 6, 2019) – Tucked away in the corner of the Naval Support Activity Bahrain in a nondescript warehouse is where the dynamic operations center of a forward deployed amphibious headquarters resided – until today. MORE

TF 51/5 Spotlight: Capt. Kiet Nguyen By | April 3, 2019 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (April 2, 2019) – “In 1954, the United States executed Operation Passage to Freedom to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese civilians, including my four grandparents, from North Vietnam to South Vietnam at the end of the First Indochina War.” MORE

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