21 March 2024 Bataan ARG, 26th MEU(SOC) Return from 8-month Deployment NORFOLK, Virginia - 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...
07 August 2023 3,000 Sailors and Marines Arrive in Middle East aboard USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall MANAMA, Bahrain -- More than 3,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the Middle East, Aug. 6, as part of a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment...
14 March 2023 Secretary of The Navy Visits Hampton Roads VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, March 10, to recognize commands and Sailors who supported recovery of a high-altitude surveillance balloon...
08 February 2023 Blue-Green Dream Team: Integrating Navy and Marine Forces Aboard BATARG for PMINT ATLANTIC OCEAN - 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...
10 February 2022 Ship to Shore Connector Demonstrates Its Capabilities in Test Event with USS Carter Hall The next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), successfully completed well deck interoperability testing with USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) and demonstrated the craft are another step closer to fleet integration...
01 June 2021 USS Carter Hall Departs Souda Bay, Greece SOUDA BAY, Greece - The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), departed Souda Bay, Greece, May 30, after it’s three-day maintenance and logistics stop...
15 January 2021 San Antonio, Carter Hall Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Pierside Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 11 while pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, marking the first time a large group of personnel received vaccines outside of a Military Treatment Facility...