The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit recently deployed to the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific regions achieved an average readiness rate of 70 percent with its V-22 Ospreys, a marked improvement over past units using the tiltrotor aircraft. Col. Anthony Henderson, the commanding officer of the 13th MEU, gave credit to how his unit worked logistics, as well as the skill of his aviation units. The MEU deployed out of the West Coast with Amphibious Squadron One for seven months, spending...
