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4 unusual facts about Meu


II Marine Expeditionary Force

The MEU consists of approximately 2,200 Marines and Sailors, is capable of rapid response in a variety of possible contingencies, and if the situation requires, can serve as the forward element of a larger MAGTF.

Louis Even

Louis Even (March 23, 1885, Montfort-sur-Meu – September 27, 1974) was a lay Christian leader and publisher who founded the social credit movement in Quebec.

MEU

the Motu language, for which meu is the ISO 639-3 code.

Montfort-sur-Meu

Saint-Lazare chapel: At the beginning of the 18th century, the chapel has been restored by Saint Louis-Marie Grignion when he settled in Saint-Lazare.


11th Marine Expeditionary Unit

During August 2004, the MEU, led an assault consisting of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines; 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; and 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, against the Islamist Mahdi Army of Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf.

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Following the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the 15th MEU (SOC) continued their plans of humanitarian operations to assist the war-torn country of East Timor, before sailing to the North Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

A few weeks later the MEU assisted in the relocation of the United States Liaison Office from Mogadishu, Somalia, to Nairobi, Kenya.

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

On March 22, two MV-22 Osprey, containing a payload of twenty five Recon Marines as a TRAP force, and operated by the 26th MEU operating off of the USS Kearsage recovered the pilot of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle who ejected after an equipment malfunction.

January 2007 -- The MEU is the first to deploy with a MARSOC attachment.

The 26th MEU served as the primary tactical unit for Joint Task Force Liberia from August to September 2003 in the Second Liberian Civil War.

A Tempestade, ou O Livro dos Dias

Possibly reflecting Renato Russo's health, who was eventually aggravating due to his alcoholic crisis and the AIDS he caught, the tracks are very melancholic, introspective and depressing, with emphasis given to "Mil Pedaços", "Soul Parsifal" (co-written by Marisa Monte), "Longe do Meu Lado", "Quando Você Voltar" and "A Via Láctea", considered by fans to be the most depressing song by Legião.

China Marines

Since then, the 31st MEU-SOC has visited China once more on November 22, 2006 during a port visit to Zhanjiang.

Gui de Cavalhon

Since the early 19th century, the identity of Gui with the "Cabrit" of the poem Cabrit, al meu vejaire, written with Ricau de Tarascon, has been generally accepted.

Guilherme Arantes

Arantes dropped out of university to dedicate himself to his solo career, and in 1976, his song Meu mundo e nada mais (My world and nothing more) was picked by Rede Globo to feature in the soundtrack for the telenovela Anjo Mau.

Hans Staden

Como Era Gostoso o meu Francês (How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman), a 1970 film, was based on Staden's stories (but did not include him as a character) and adds a subplot about the main character's love affair with a young native woman.

Headquarters and Service Company

While a line company is formed of three or four platoons, H&S is made up of the headquarters staff and headquarters support personnel of a battalion, MEU, regiment, MEB, division, or MEF.

HMH-361

Detachments were sent to the 13th and 31st MEU's, the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground task force in support of Operation United Shield while the main body remained on Okinawa.

HMH-461

The Marines of HMH-461 Det A continued to support the assault support and heavy lift requirements of the 24th MEU operating in the volatile Helmand Province of Afghanistan until they all returned home safely in November 2008.

HMH-464

In 1999, the HMH-464 detachment assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), participated in a 45 day TRAP standby during Operation Allied Force, a non-combatant evacuation operation in Albania in support of Operation Shining Hope, peace enforcement operations in Macedonia and Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian and humanitarian assistance in Turkey in support of Operation Avid Response.

Julio Iglesias, Sr.

In his 1972 hit "Un canto a Galicia" (a song to Galicia), Julio Iglesias sings about his parents, with the words "Un canto a Galicia, Terra do meu pai. Un canto a Galicia, miña terra mai" (a song to Galicia, land of my father, a song to Galicia, my motherland).

Meu Erro

Meu erro (Portuguese for My mistake") is a rock single by Os Paralamas do Sucesso that was a Brazilian hit.

Montfort Ecomuseum

The Ecomuseum of the district of Montfort is a French ecomuseum located in Montfort-sur-Meu, at 25 km from Rennes, near the forest of Paimpont.

MTV RPM 2002

Recorded at Procópio Ferreira Theater (São Paulo, Brazil), in 26 and 27 March 2002, the album features greatest hits, like "Revoluções Por Minuto", "Alvorada Voraz", "Rádio Pirata", "Sete Mares" and "Louras Geladas", as well as unreleased songs: "Carbono 14", "Rainha", "Vem Pra Mim" (by Herbert Vianna) and "Onde está o meu amor?", recorded in studio and included on the Esperança's original soundtrack, from Rede Globo.

Natiruts Reggae Power Ao Vivo

Recorded at Credicard Hall in São Paulo on September 1, 2005 and the disc which includes generally the band's career, featuring the greatest hits along with Liberdade Pra Dentro da Cabeça and Presente de Um Beija-Flor and its recents Não Chore Meu Amor, Quem Planta Preconceito and Quero Ser Feliz Também (as three hits on the disc Nossa Missão from 2005).

Operation Asbury Park

Between deployment on June 2, 2004, and June 17, 2004, taskforce 1/6 BLT of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (or MEU) engaged Taliban and other anti-coalition forces in both Oruzgan Province and Zabul Province culminating in the Dai Chopan region of Afghanistan.

Operation Vigilant Sentinel

United States Navy and US Marine Corps combat forces (15th MEU) and active and reserve Military Sealift Command forces responded to Iraqi threats against Jordan and Kuwait.

Rebeldes

Also in September, another single was released: the song "Meu Jeito, Seu Jeito", played by Lua Blanco.

Ronald Golias

When Golias died, there were 22 episodes of "Meu Cunhado" never shown on TV, and that probably will never be aired, because his family asked SBT to stop airing his material.

Saint-Gonlay

In the North, there is the Meu river and the Comper river, in the East is the brook of Boutavent and in the South, the forest of Brocéliande.

VMM-261

During the deployment, the main body of the 22nd MEU participated in two major operations: Operation Guardian Retrieval, operating out of Brazzaville, Congo; and Operation Noble Obelisk, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which resulted in the evacuation of more than 2,500 American citizens and foreign nationals.

VMM-263

During the nine-month deployment as part of the 24th MEU in 2002-2003, the Thunder Chickens, as they were then known, flew an unprecedented 9568 hours and participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in the Horn of Africa, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in and around Baghdad, Tikrit, and Al Kut, Iraq.

Walter Lee Miller, Jr.

Upon return the MEU was deployed in an humanitarian aid/disaster relief mission to Leyte, The Republic of the Philippines, to support efforts following their disastrous mountain mud slide.


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