3MEF

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3rd Marine Expeditionary Force

One of the new 'large' formations being built form the ground up. 3MEF will be based in the Poseidon system with the ground components on Demeter and the Air Wing and support ships on Persephone.

3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, at full strength will consist of three infantry regiments (3rd, 4th and 9th Marines), an artillery regiment (16th Marines), two Force Recon battalions, an assault landing regiment, a full logistics group (with medical, dental, service support and logistics units) and an Air Wing.

In all of this adds up to thirty thousand troops plus their equipment. 3MEF Headquarters has three independent Brigade headquarters groups to give it a flexible all-arms force that really is going to give the lizards a hard time.

The Navy contingent I pictured as a Close Support Carrier (Marine aviation equipped with interface fighter/ground attack craft), Assault ships (Tarawa style sufficient to carry the Marines), Orbital bombardment monitors, Command ships, Logistic support and a Hospital ship - any other ships would be added on an ad-hoc basis depending on the mission

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