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MWSS-273 set up a forward arming

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Erick Avalos Rivas, left, from Georgia, and Cpl. Landon Pursley, both bulk fuel specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron...

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Royal Netherlands Marines

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464 lead Royal Netherlands Marines to a CH-53E Super Stallion during Atlantic Alliance 2025...

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Anti-submarine warfare Exercise

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Victor Estes, from Alabama, an MV-22B Osprey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162, drops sonobuoys out...

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VMM-261 Conducts Live Fire Ex

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) prepares to take off during a reduced visibility flight...

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India Co, BLT 3/6 Fire Drills

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) bound forward while...

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Marines Practice Judo

U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), practice judo techniques during Composite Training Unit Exercise,...

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Small Boat Operations COMPTUEX

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) board an 11-Meter Naval Special Warfare...

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Jump 20 in the Sky

A Jump 20 group 3 Unmanned Aerial System conducts a surveillance flight during Composite Training Unit Exercise aboard the San Antonio-class...

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Atlantic Alliance 2025

U.S. Marines disembark from a Netherlands Navy Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) performing an amphibious landing at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune,...

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Kilo Co. TCCC aboard Iwo Jima

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Reed Dorionte, a machine gunner with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special...

 

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  • MSPF Maritime Interdiction Operations During COMPTUEX

    Jun 30 2025
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    U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), depart for maritime interdiction operations from the U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), in support of Composite Training Unit Exercise while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 26, 2025. During COMPTUEX, the IWO ARG and 22nd MEU(SOC), refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that enhance operational readiness and lethality as a unified IWOARG/22 MEU(SOC) team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
  • 2nd MLG EOD at Smithsonian’s Museum of American History

    Jun 27 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Radcliff Humphrey, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, inspects a piece of a cannon ball at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025. EOD Marines from 2nd MLG, II MEF, and 3rd MLG, collaborated with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to provide subject matter expertise in the identification and verification of unique ordnance dating from the American Civil War to the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Javier Santillan)
  • DLAP: Critical Thinking Class

    Jun 27 2025
    Camp Lejuene
    U.S. Marine Corps officers with 2d Marine Division, participate in a critical thinking exercise during Division Leads Assessment Program, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 19, 2025. The program consists of multiple events which assess future company commanders across 2d MARDIV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Hunter J. Kuester)
  • 22nd MEU (SOC) | Harrier Flight Ops

    Jun 30 2025
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    U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), depart for maritime interdiction operations from the U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), in support of Composite Training Unit Exercise while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 26, 2025. During COMPTUEX, the IWO ARG and 22nd MEU(SOC), refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that enhance operational readiness and lethality as a unified IWOARG/22 MEU(SOC) team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
  • 22nd MEU (SOC) | Defense Amphibious Task Force Exercise

    Jun 30 2025
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    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Sio, a machine gunner with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), holds security during a Defense of the Amphibious Task-Force exercise as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 26, 2025. During COMPTUEX, the IWOARG and 22nd MEU (SOC), refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to execute warfighting functions that enhance operational readiness and lethality as a unified IWOARG/22 MEU (SOC) team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)
CAESAR
Nov. 9, 2021 | 0:53
French Marines from the 3rd Regiment D'Artillerie De Marine conduct classes on the French CAESAR 155x52mm Gun Howitzer with U.S. Marines from 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division during a bilateral visit at Camp Militaire de Canjuers, France, Nov. 9, 2021. During the 3-week bilateral visit, U.S. and French Marines bolstered relationships and increased interoperability between the forces through field artillery and amphibious training events. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Akeel Austin)

French Marines from the 3rd Regiment D'Artillerie De Marine conduct classes on the French CAESAR 155x52mm Gun Howitzer with U.S. Marines from 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division during a bilateral visit at Camp Militaire de Canjuers, France, Nov. 9, 2021. During the 3-week bilateral visit, U.S. and French Marines bolstered relationships and increased interoperability between the forces through field artillery and amphibious training events. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Akeel Austin)

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