I MEF (Fwd) Deploys to Afghanistan

Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) will be departing Camp Pendleton, California in January 2014 for a deployment to Afghanistan. They will serve in southern Afghanistan - a traditional area of operations for Marines. This unit will form the nucleus of Regional Command Southwest. The hqs element will be responsible for the closing and transferring of bases in RC SW and the movement of personnel home to the states. The retrograde from Afghanistan in RC SW should be complete by the end of 2014. Learn more in "I MEF (Fwd) deploys as last unit to command Marines in Afghanistan", Marine Times Battle Rattle, January 7, 2014.