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LAR Conducts a Live-Fire Range

U.S. Marines, with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable),...

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Maneuver and Patrol Training

U.S. Marines, with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable),...

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Unknown Distance Range

A U.S. Marine, with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable),...

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LCAC Landing Operations

A U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion transports U.S. Marines and equipment with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special...

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CLB-26 Pistol Range

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), fire M18 service pistols during a...

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24th MEU VBSS training

U.S. Marines with Maritime Reconnaissance Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, cut through a metal door while conducting visit, board, search, and...

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Flight Operations

A U.S. Sailor signals to a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine...

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Jump 20 Operations

A Jump 20 group 3 Unmanned Aerial System is staged to conduct flight operations aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio...

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CH-53E Flight Operations

A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), monitors...

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Infantry Squad Competition

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Division participate in a simulated fire and maneuver operation as part of an infantry squad competition on Marine Corps...

 

  • CORE26 | U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Drill Advanced Casualty Response During Arctic Exercise

    Mar 30 2026
    Setermoen
    U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, prepare to lift simulated casualty in Setermoen, Norway, March 15, 2026. The simulated mass-casualty and en route care training tested a variety of new technologies during exercise Cold Response 26, such as the Mobile Integrated Remains Collection System, the Mortuary Affairs Reporting and Tracking System, the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform, the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit-Joint, and the Expeditionary Medical Refrigeration Unit. A key component of NATO's enhanced vigilance activity Arctic Sentry, exercise Cold Response 26 is a Norwegian-led winter military exercise designed to enhance collective defense capabilities and ensure U.S. readiness to rapidly deploy and seamlessly operate alongside NATO Allies in challenging arctic conditions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Javier Santillan)
  • CORE26 | Logistics Marines conduct railhead operations in Sweden after Arctic exercise

    Mar 26 2026
    Haparanda
    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edgar RamosUrbano, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, guides a medium tactical vehicle replacement in Haparanda, Sweden, March 22, 2026. RamosUrbano guided the medium tactical vehicle replacement onto a train using a railhead after the conclusion of exercise Cold Response 26. A key component of NATO's enhanced vigilance activity Arctic Sentry, exercise Cold Response 26 is a Norwegian-led winter military exercise designed to enhance collective defense capabilities and ensure U.S. readiness to rapidly deploy and seamlessly operate alongside NATO Allies in challenging arctic conditions. RamosUrbano is a native of New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Apollo Wilson)
  • Underwater Egress Survival Training

    Mar 26 2026
    North Carolina
    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sabine Wilson, a combat photographer with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion pushes herself out of a modular amphibious egress trainer (MAET) during an underwater egress training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 24, 2026. UET provides Marines and Sailors with the skills and confidence to safely evacuate an aircraft submerged in water. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Channah Chilton.)
  • HMLA-167 conducts flight operations

    Mar 25 2026
    North Carolina
    U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William A. Hart, from New Jersey, left, and Capt. Colin Kennelly, from Connecticut, both AH-1Z Viper pilots with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to enter an AH-1Z Viper at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, March 20, 2026. HMLA-167 is one of two Marine light attack helicopter squadrons assigned to 2nd MAW. 2nd MAW generates, deploys and sustains expeditionary, combat-ready units to provide flexible and responsive aviation support to combatant commander presence, security cooperation, and crisis-response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Perri Wood)
  • CORE26 | Swedish Soldiers, U.S. Marines Join Together to Fuel Aircraft in the Arctic

    Mar 23 2026
    Kallax Air Base
    U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Swedish soldiers with the 32nd Intelligence Battalion refuel a Swedish JAS-39 Gripen at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, March 13, 2026. MWSS-273 conducted forward arming and refueling point operations to support NATO air operations during exercise Cold Response 26. A key component of NATO's enhanced vigilance activity Arctic Sentry, exercise Cold Response 26 is a Norwegian-led winter military exercise designed to enhance collective defense capabilities and ensure U.S. readiness to rapidly deploy and seamlessly operate alongside NATO Allies in challenging arctic conditions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donovan Pimentel)

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Northern Wind 2019
March 19, 2019 | 1:04
U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force and Norwegian soldiers with Brigade North participate in Exercise Northern Wind 2019 in Haparanda, Sweden, March 19-21, 2019. Exercises like Northern Wind 2019 give U.S. Marines an opportunity to enhance critical capabilities in challenging cold-weather conditions alongside NATO allies and partners, strengthening interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luisa F. Torres)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force and Norwegian soldiers with Brigade North participate in Exercise Northern Wind 2019 in Haparanda, Sweden, March 19-21, 2019. Exercises like Northern Wind 2019 give U.S. Marines an opportunity to enhance critical capabilities in challenging cold-weather conditions alongside NATO allies and partners, strengthening interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luisa F. Torres)

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