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FWNY 25: SECNAV Visit

Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan speaks to a reporter with CBS aboard the San-Antonio Class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) in...

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USS New York arrives for FWNY

The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard perform during the U.S. Navy Reception aboard the San-Antonio Class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) in...

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UAS with LMADIS Operations

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct surveillance and anti-Unmanned Aerial System...

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Maritime Interception Ops

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit approach the San Antonio-class amphibious transport...

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Small Boat Ops ARGMEUEX

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to dock an 11-Meter Naval Special...

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Rockets Aboard USS Iwo Jima

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Gasper, an aviation ordinance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine...

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Fleet Week New York 2025 Prep

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Jadon Carrol, a field artillery officer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Fleet Week New York, speaks to a...

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VMM-265 (REIN) USS San Antonio

U.S. Navy Sailor ABH3 Darrel Agustin, an aviation boatswain mate handler with the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio...

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2/6 TSULC: Live-Fire Ranges

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Diego Vasquez, left, an infantry rifleman with 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, fires at a target...

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2nd MLG CBRN Response Exercise

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Sevret, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd...

 

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  • 22nd MEU SPIE Training

    May 14 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a wet rehearsal of Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 5, 2025. Wet and dry SPIE training enhances MSPF’s ability to maneuver forces from land or open ocean, granting the 22nd MEU flexibility when inserting or extracting forces from complex terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)
  • Martial Arts Instructor: Obstacle Course

    May 13 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines participate in an obstacle course as part of a Martial Arts Instructor Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 9, 2025. The MAI Course is a physically and mentally demanding three-week program designed to forge Marines into leaders who embody the warrior ethos, instill discipline, and teach others the values of MCMAP across II Marine Expeditionary Force and beyond. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ramos)
  • Iwo Jima Veteran celebrates 100th Birthday

    May 12 2025
    Wilmington
    U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force pose for a photo with Battle of Iwo Jima veteran Louis Bourgault Jr. following a birthday ceremony aboard the decommissioned battleship USS North Carolina, May 9, 2025. Bourgault, a World War II Marine Corps rifleman, was born on May 9, 1925, and fought in several pivotal battles, including Iwo Jima. The ceremony marked his 100th birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexander Lesko)
  • 22nd MEU | Non-Lethal Weapons Course Day 3

    May 12 2025
    Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jared Woodward, right, a non-lethal weapons instructor, with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, instructs during a non-lethal weapons course at Marine Corps Base Stone Bay, April 30th, 2025. The non-lethal weapons course teaches students about weapons that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or materiel while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)
  • U.S. Marines with VMGR-252 conduct aerial refueling

    May 09 2025
    Air
    U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 receive fuel in an MV-22B Osprey from a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 over the Atlantic Ocean near North Carolina, May 6, 2025. VMGR-252 conducted routine aerial refueling operations in support of VMM-261 over eastern North Carolina as part of its ongoing training continuum.
U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Forest Service personnel prepare and recover a downed U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk
Nov. 8, 2023 | 1:55
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), U.S. Navy Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four, and animal packers with the U.S. National Forest Service prepare and recover a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk at Inyo National Forest, California, Oct. 19-21, 2023. The combined efforts of U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Forest Service personnel allowed HMH-461 to successfully recover the MH-60S Seahawk with a CH-53K King Stallion. HMH-461 is a subordinate unit of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 2nd DSB is a subordinate unit of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group, the aviation and logistics combat elements of the II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)(Music licensed from DeWolfe Music)

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), U.S. Navy Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four, and animal packers with the U.S. National Forest Service prepare and recover a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk at Inyo National Forest, California, Oct. 19-21, 2023. The combined efforts of U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Forest Service personnel allowed HMH-461 to successfully recover the MH-60S Seahawk with a CH-53K King Stallion. HMH-461 is a subordinate unit of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 2nd DSB is a subordinate unit of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group, the aviation and logistics combat elements of the II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)(Music licensed from DeWolfe Music)

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