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FY25 SRB Program

Program Flyer for the FY25 Selective Retention Bonus Program

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VMM-365 Cyprus Flight Ops

Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)...

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II MEF Suicide Prevention Ruck

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt Maj David Wilson, left, and U.S. Navy Master Chief Chris Back, hike together during a suicide prevention ruck on Marine Corps...

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Tres Kolos 24 Culmination Day

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fire M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles during a shooting competition...

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CLR-27 REGFEX

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Devin Jeziorkowski, a warehouse clerk with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, provides security during...

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22nd MEU UAS Demonstration

Col. Thomas Trimble, commanding officer, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, discusses the features of a group 3 unmanned aerial system with II Marine...

 

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Josh Jonesia, a Houston, Texas native, and section leader for combined anti-armor team, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), poses for a photo during scheduled bilateral training with the Republic of Cyprus National Guard, Oct. 24, 2024. The training, set to take place from September to early November, was coordinated with the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and is designed to strengthen the operational capabilities of both forces and reaffirm the strong security cooperation and commitment to regional stability between the U.S. and Cyprus. The 24th MEU (SOC) and Wasp Amphibious Ready Group are on a scheduled deployment to U.S. Naval Forced Europe and Africa area of operations to support U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region, including in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Routine training exercises ensure that we, alongside our Allies and partners, are postured and ready to respond rapidly and effectively to any mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)

Faces of the 24th MEU (SOC): Staff Sgt. Josh Jonesia

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathalie Laaz, a training clerk and a command physical training representative with Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 24, 2024. According to Laaz’s command, she was selected for warrior of the week for her continued initiative through the workday, leading from the front and constantly volunteering to complete multiple tasks, helping enhance overall unit readiness. When asked what her favorite part of the Marine Corps is Laaz said, “My favorite part of the Marine Corps is the huge family that comes with being in the Corps and the respect that you get from each and every Marine. You feel at home wherever you go.” Each week, 2nd MLG recognizes one outstanding Marine or Sailor that goes above and beyond in their duties and embodies the qualities of an outstanding service member. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Jessica J. Mazzamuto)

Lance Cpl. Laaz; 2nd MLG Warrior of The Week

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ryan Robinson with 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and a native of Sacramento, California, poses for a portrait on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 22, 2024. According to Robinson’s leadership, he was selected as Warrior of the Week for his multifaceted approach to his work by fulfilling many roles outside of his military occupational specialty. Robinson has applied to be a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor and aided eight sailors in receiving their Fleet Marine Forces pin. When asked what his current goals are, Robinson replied, “My goal right now is to help develop Sailors at the command before I leave, so it's not really about me anymore, it's about all the Sailors that are here now and teaching them exactly what they should do, helping them reach their goals.” Each week, 2nd MLG recognizes one outstanding Marine or Sailor that goes above and beyond in their duties and embodies the qualities of an outstanding service member. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Mary Kohlmann)

HM3 Ryan Robinson; 2nd MLG Warrior of the Week

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Kaldoner, 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo in Norfolk, Viriginia, Oct. 15, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thirteen Bahizi)

LCMDR Lauren Kaldoner

U.S. Navy Lt. Ruth Rivera, a chaplain with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and an Overland Park, Kansas native, delivers a sermon during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-25 in Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2024. Religious Ministry Teams are an integral part of WTI, engaging Marines throughout the exercise to remain resilient and mission ready, providing spiritual, emotional and moral care to all supporting agencies. Rivera explained her motivation to serve by saying, “It was a calling to make a difference in ways that others might not. It’s a journey that allows me to walk alongside service members through both their challenges and triumphs.” WTI 1-25 is an advanced seven-week course, which provides standardized tactical training and incorporates Marine Corps planning and implementation of air and ground tactics through a series of escalating evolutions, to support Marine aviation training and readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar)

A Call to Serve, U.S Navy Chaplain Lt. Rivera

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  • 8th ESB HST Ops

    Oct 24 2024
    YUMA, Ariz.
    U.S. Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, prepare to externally load a M777 Howitzer to a CH-53K King Stallion while conducting helicopter support team operations during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-25 in Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2024. WTI 1-25 is an advanced seven-week course, which provides standardized tactical training and incorporates Marine Corps planning and implementation of air and ground tactics through a series of escalating evolutions to support Marine aviation training and readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar)

  • 10th Marine Regiment Rolling Thunder

    Oct 24 2024
    FORT LIBERTY, Nc.
    U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division practice setting up an M777 Howitzer during exercise Rolling Thunder on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Oct. 9, 2024. This live-fire artillery exercise tested 10th Marine Regiment’s command-and-control, indirect fire support, counter-fire operations, and sensor operations in a simulated littoral environment against a future threat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Frank Sepulveda Torres)

  • 22d MEU Combatant Diving Package

    Oct 24 2024
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, Nc.
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jac Gunderson, a reconnaissance Marine with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, tests his equipment during a combatant diving package at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Oct. 3 - 4, 2024. The combatant dive package is a training exercise designed to progress and evaluate the Maritime Special Purpose Force in preparation for the 22d MEU’s upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Alston)

  • BLT 1/8 Beirut Memorial Run

    Oct 24 2024
    MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
    U.S. Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 1/8 conduct a memorial run in remembrance of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 20, 2024. The Wasp (WSP) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 24th MEU (SOC) is conducting operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa area of operations on a scheduled deployment. The WSP ARG-24th MEU (SOC) is supporting U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region, including in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, to continue promoting regional stability and deterring aggression. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Allen)

  • Task Force 61/2 visits USS Oak Hill

    Oct 24 2024
    LARANCA. Cy
    U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Samuel L. Meyer, left, the commanding general of Task Force 61/2, is welcomed aboard the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious landing dock ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in Larnaca, Cyprus, Oct. 18, 2024. Task Force 61/2's synchronized command and control of assigned forces and seamless integration with U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, U.S. Sixth Fleet and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa directly supports regional readiness, crisis response, and deterrence in the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Josue Marquez)

  • VMFA-533 receives their first F-35B lightning II jet

    Oct 17 2024
    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, Sc.
    U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Zachary Hartnett, from Illinois and the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 533, taxis an F-35B Lightning II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Oct. 11, 2024. VMFA-533 received their first F-35B Lightning II jet, marking their transition from the F/A-18 Hornet to the F-35B. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

  • Maritime Special Purpose Force Helocast

    Oct 17 2024
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, Nc.
    Reconnaissance Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct helocast operations with an enhanced combat rubber reconnaissance craft at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Oct. 8, 2024. This event was the first opportunity for II MEF to conduct helocast operations with the recently fielded ECRRC. Helocasting is a specialized insertion and extraction technique that enables Marines to conduct amphibious operations.  (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)

  • 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, APEX Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation

    Oct 17 2024
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, Nc.
    A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires an M240B medium machine gun during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Oct. 7, 2024. MCCRE involves a range of scenarios and challenges that test the unit's ability to plan, coordinate, and execute complex missions, including offensive and defensive operations, logistics, and communications. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)

  • BLT 1/8, 24th MEU (SOC) Marines Conduct Fast Rope Operations with Italian Marines

    Oct 17 2024
    MASSAFRA, Italy.
    U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Vance Stiles, a platoon commander with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), communicates with a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th MEU (SOC) during bilateral training with Italian armed forces in Massafra, Italy, Sept. 26, 2024. The Wasp (WSP) Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 24th MEU (SOC) are conducting operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa area of operations on a scheduled deployment. The WSP ARG-24th MEU (SOC) is supporting U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region, including in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, to continue promoting regional stability and deterring aggression. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

  • 2d Recon Demolition Range

    Oct 17 2024
    BERGA, Swed.
    U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, detonate an explosive charge during a demolition range as part of exercise Archipelago Endeavor 24 in Berga, Sweden, Sept. 2, 2024. Exercise Archipelago Endeavor 24 increases compatible interoperability between Marine Corps and Swedish Amphibious Forces by executing combined amphibious operations in and around the Baltic Sea littorals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Dmochowski.)
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2nd MAW band creates fight song, "Fight In Flight"
Nov. 5, 2024 | 2:20
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael Cook, a production manager with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) band, speaks about the purpose of writing a song for 2nd MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The band wrote the song "Fight In Flight" to commemorate the history and fighting spirit of 2nd MAW. The 2nd MAW band is set to perform "Fight In Flight" for the first time at the U.S. Marine Corps birthday ball on Nov. 8, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)

Check out fight song for 2nd MAW down below!

https://www.music.marines.mil/Bands/2nd-Marine-Aircraft-Wing-Band-North-Carolina/

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael Cook, a production manager with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) band, speaks about the purpose of writing a song for 2nd MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The band wrote the song "Fight In Flight" to commemorate the history and fighting spirit of 2nd MAW. The 2nd MAW band is set to perform "Fight In Flight" for the first time at the U.S. Marine Corps birthday ball on Nov. 8, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. David Ornelas Baeza)

Check out fight song for 2nd MAW down below!

https://www.music.marines.mil/Bands/2nd-Marine-Aircraft-Wing-Band-North-Carolina/

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2nd MAW band creates fight song, "Fight In Flight"

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BLT 1/8 Beirut Memorial Run Reel

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V32 Change of Command B-Roll Package

Oct. 10, 2024 | 38:57

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“We need more cowbell”: U.S. Marines with VMFAT-501 receive the Commanding General’s Cowbell Award for innovation and improvement

Oct. 10, 2024 | 2:54

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“We need more cowbell”: U.S. Marines with VMFAT-501 receive the Commanding General’s Cowbell Award for innovation and improvement

Oct. 10, 2024 | 2:54

Warrior Athlete Readiness and Resiliency Wallace Creek Class

Oct. 8, 2024 | 0:40

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Warrior Athlete Readiness and Resiliency Wallace Creek Class

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"Why Stop Now?"- fiscal year 2025 Enlisted Retention Campaign

Sept. 20, 2024 | 0:45

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2d AA Bn Relief and Appointment

Sept. 6, 2024 | 36:12

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2d Battalion, 2d Marines: Relief and Appointment Ceremony

Sept. 6, 2024 | 38:24

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2d Battalion, 2d Marines: Relief and Appointment Ceremony

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MWCS-28 Marines receive 2nd MAW commanding general's Cowbell Award

Aug. 30, 2024 | 1:52

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MWCS-28 Marines receive 2nd MAW commanding general's Cowbell Award

Aug. 30, 2024 | 1:52

V1/2 conducts SLTE 5-24

Aug. 29, 2024 | 1:30

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V36 FX

Aug. 22, 2024 | 0:21

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2nd Distribution Support Battalion Conducts Helicopter Support Team Operations

Aug. 13, 2024 | 1:04

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2nd Distribution Support Battalion Conducts Helicopter Support Team Operations

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2nd Distribution Support Battalion Conducts Helicopter Support Team Operations

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2nd Distribution Support Battalion Conducts Helicopter Support Team Operations

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Col. Gordon Retirement Ceremony B-Roll Package

Aug. 12, 2024 | 48:04

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Col. Gordon Retirement Ceremony B-Roll Package

Aug. 12, 2024 | 48:04

Fortifying Efforts: 2/2 Conducts Air Assault during UAE UET 24-2 Reel

July 31, 2024 | 0:15

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Fortifying Efforts: 2/2 Conducts Air Assault during UAE UET 24-2 Reel

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