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2d Recon Close Quarters Tactics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Miller, a reconnaissance Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division conducts live-fire Close Quarter...

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Helocasting with Army Airborne

A U.S. Army instructor with Charlie Company 2nd Battalion, U.S. Army Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne), jumps from the back of a U.S. Marine...

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Burmese Chase 25 IIT Training

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, prepare to extract a simulated wounded...

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MCOLF Atlantic Airfield Insert

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, ruck to their objective point during...

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2nd MLG Motor T Mounting Drills

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Noah Bartholomew, a motor transportation operator with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, demonstrates how to...

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2nd DSB Vehicle Machine Gun Range

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tavon Northern, a motor vehicle operator with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, loads a .50...

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HMH-461 load equipment

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), load a utility vehicle onto a...

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HMLA-167 conducts surge operations

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly AH-1Z Viper attack...

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3/2 Homecoming

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Kamila Benitez, left, a native of Stafford, Virginia and corpsman with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine...

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HMH-461 & 2nd DSB external lifts

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB) perform external lifts at Naval Air Station Key West,...

 

  • CLB-8 Advanced Motorized Operations Course

    Jul 28 2025
    Twentynine Palms
    U.S. Navy Corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistic Regiment 2, 2d Marine Logistics Group performs a triage for damage control resuscitation drills during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 24, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Judith Ann Lazaro)
  • Marines Sharpen Unmanned Systems Proficiency During Regimental Fly Day

    Jul 28 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Shields, a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, explains the functions of the Tactical Resupply Vehicle-150 unmanned aerial system during Combat Logistics Regiment 2’s Regimental Fly Day at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 23, 2025. The training aimed to increase flight hours and enhance tactics, techniques and procedures for small, unmanned aircraft systems across the regiment. The Marines executed familiarization flights, mock resupply missions and operational checks to ensure readiness for future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)
  • SLTE 4-25: 2/10 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems

    Jul 28 2025
    Twentynine Palms
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Riley McKamey, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System operator with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, checks rounds for a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 25, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Judith Ann Lazaro)
  • 2nd MLG First Ever Marine Corps Command to Host Tier IV TCCC Course

    Jul 28 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE
    U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Carolan Whitney, a medical officer with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, applies a bandage on a simulated casualty during a Tier IV Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course at the Battle Skills Training School, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 21, 2025. This was the first ever Tier IV TCCC hosted by a Marine Corps command and the first course executed by U.S. Navy personnel on the East Coast. The course trains select military service members to become proficient combat paramedics capable of providing advanced casualty care at the point of injury on the battlefield and in austere environments.
  • U.S. Marines with HMH-461 insert 2nd LAAD

    Jul 28 2025
    Florida
    U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), fly a CH-53K King Stallion near Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, July 22, 2025. Marines with 2nd MAW and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion are training alongside elements of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to refine humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities while also refining the CH-53K King Stallion's ability to support distributed aviation operations in a joint environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mya Seymour)

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"Your mission isn't over"- fiscal year 2025 Enlisted Retention Campaign
June 28, 2024 | 0:44
This video features a compilation of U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) in training and operational environments. This video inspires Marines to secure their Marine Corps legacy by reenlisting as part of the fiscal year 2025 Enlisted Retention Campaign. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anakin Smith) (Music licensed from DeWolfe Music)

This video features a compilation of U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) in training and operational environments. This video inspires Marines to secure their Marine Corps legacy by reenlisting as part of the fiscal year 2025 Enlisted Retention Campaign. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anakin Smith) (Music licensed from DeWolfe Music)

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BLT 1/8 Beirut Memorial Run Reel

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V1/2 conducts SLTE 5-24

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V 1/2 Conducts range 205 for SLTE 5-24

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"Why not?" Sgt. Zonia Kotaro speaks on her love and drive for the Marine Corps

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U.S. Marines with HMLA-167 participate in Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise 24

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U.S. Marines with HMLA-167 participate in Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise 24

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U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion conduct counter-unmanned aircraft system training range

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"Solum Optimum" 26th MEU(SOC)'s LCE Teaser

April 13, 2024 | 0:42

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In the ice, I found my fire: U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing participate in Exercise Nordic Response 24

March 16, 2024 | 2:11

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In the ice, I found my fire: U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing participate in Exercise Nordic Response 24

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"Secure your legacy"- fiscal year 2025 Enlisted Retention Campaign

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