II MEF News

Brig. Gen. Christopher S. Owens, Deputy Commanding General of II Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with news reporters about the future of amphibious operations in the Marine Corps during Exercise Bold Alligator 2011 - the first brigade-level amphibious exercise conducted in ten years since the Corps' involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. - Brig. Gen. Christopher S. Owens, Deputy Commanding General of II Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with news reporters about the future of amphibious operations in the Marine Corps during Exercise Bold Alligator 2011 - the first brigade-level amphibious exercise conducted in ten years since the Corps' involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A landing craft air cushion heaves through a near-shore swell on Camp Pendleton's Red Beach coastline during assault training exercise Dawn Blitz. The weeklong Navy/Marine exercise involved 4500 sailors and Marines, seven ships, 60 amphibious assault vehicles, 16 landing craft air cushion and numberous fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. - A landing craft air cushion heaves through a near-shore swell on Camp Pendleton's Red Beach coastline during assault training exercise Dawn Blitz. The weeklong Navy/Marine exercise involved 4500 sailors and Marines, seven ships, 60 amphibious assault vehicles, 16 landing craft air cushion and numberous fixed-wing and rotary aircraft.