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No Respect For Deadbolts

U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division detonate a linear detonation cord breaching charge during an urban breaching range...

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81st anniversary of Union II

U.S. Marines and French Soldiers, Legionnaires and flag bearers salute during the Union II 81st Commemoration Anniversary ceremony in Les Saisies,...

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Force-on-Force Urban Operations

NATO allies engage opposing forces during a force-on-force urban operations simulation as part of exercise Burmese Chase 25, at Marine Corps Base...

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2nd DSB external lifts

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Devin Shores, from Florida, a logistics specialist with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), Combat Logistics Regiment 2,...

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UCAS Mission Planning

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Michael J. Prusz, a crew chief with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group,...

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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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2nd ANGLICO Close Air Support

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies over a...

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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...

 

  • SLTE 4-25: 2d Recon Close Quarters Tactics

    Aug 01 2025
    Twentynine Palms
    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Miller, a reconnaissance Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division conducts live-fire Close Quarter Tactic training on Range 111 during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 29, 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)
  • 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment Operation Southern Guard Homecoming

    Jul 29 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Kamila Benitez, left, a native of Stafford, Virginia and corpsman with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, greets her husband, Hospitalman Apprentice Erick Benitez-Castelan, a native of Bastrop, Texas and a corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d MARDIV, as Marines and Sailors return from Operation Southern Guard on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 24, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard supported illegal alien holding operations aboard Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba led by the Department of Homeland Security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)
  • U.S. Marines with 2nd MAW execute external lifts and helocasting alongside U.S. Army Special Warfare Training Group

    Aug 01 2025
    U.S. Coast Guard base Sector Key
    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 Corps CH-53K King Stallion at U.S. Coast Guard Base Sector Key West, Florida, July 29, 2025. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 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’s ability to support distributed aviation operations in a joint environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mya Seymour)

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Caribbean Urban Warrior - 2d MARDIV x Dutch Marines
March 23, 2022 | 1:38
U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, and Dutch Marines with the Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, participate in Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 13 - 23, 2022. This exercise is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Recon and Marine Squadron Carib.

U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, and Dutch Marines with the Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, participate in Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 13 - 23, 2022. This exercise is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Recon and Marine Squadron Carib.

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