Marines


Expeditionary Operations Training Group
N/A
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Mission

The mission of the Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) trains and evaluates deploying Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU), and other designated forces, in select special individual and collective tasks, and evaluates their ability to conduct assigned mission essential tasks in order to prepare those forces to support the geographic combatant commanders.

Staff Sgt. Jerry Colvin unravels a rope before rappelling out of a CH-53 Super Stallion during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. Staff Sgt. Colvin is with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
Four expeditionary operations training group instructors prepare to rappel from a CH-53 Super Stallion during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
Marines gather in front of a CH-53 Super Stallion at Landing Zone Vulture after rappelling during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
Two Marines observe the CH-53 Super Stallion as it prepares to take off for a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
A Marine gives signals to the pilots of a CH-53 Super Stallion before taking off for a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
A Marine supervises a rappel during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
Staff Sgt. Jerry Colvin rappels out of a CH-53 Super Stallion during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. Colvin is with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
Staff Sgt. Jerry Colvin connects an instructor to a rappel line during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017.  The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine.  The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. Colvin is with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.
MAILING ADDRESS:      II MEF EOTG, PCS BOX 20085, Camp Lejeune, NC 28542

Leaders

Colonel Todd E. Mahar
Officer-In-Charge, Expeditionary Operations Training Group

Colonel Mahar was raised outside of Albany, New York and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserves in 1995 while attending East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. Following recruit training at MCRD Parris Island, he served with Company F, 2d Battalion, 25th Marines until 1998. Colonel Mahar commissioned in 1998 through the Platoon Leaders Course Program.

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