Graphic: Marine Expeditionary Unit in 2030

Notional future Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) composition under the tentative Force Design 2030/EABO plan. MEUs are inherently flexible organizations so even if this idea persists, it will vary in practice most likely.

The MEU will still consist of a command element (permanently under the I MEF or II MEF), a ground combat element (battalion landing team with units sourced from either 1st Marine Div for I MEF or 2nd Marine Div for II MEF), aviation combat element (a composite aviation squadron sourced from the MEFs' respective Marine Air Wings), and a logistics combat element (a task organized combat logistics battalion).

I MEF and II MEF will be focused on generating 7 MEUs while III MEF forward deployed to the Pacific will have 3 new Marine Littoral Regiments (MLRs) instead.