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CLB-22 conducts HST operations

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, Marine Aircraft Group 29 lifts a training...

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2nd DSB Helicopter Support Team Ops

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron (HMMT) 302, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine...

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Remembering the Fallen

U.S. Marines hold candles in remembrance of the service members killed during the Kabul Airlift during a candlelight vigil held at the Lejeune...

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Underwater Egress Training

U.S. Marines from across II Marine Expeditionary Force prepare to execute underwater egress training (UET) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North...

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Multi-Agency Aircraft Mishap Ex

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, put on full-body protective...

 

  • 2/2 Breaching Doors on Demolition Range

    Sep 05 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment breach a doorway during a demolition range at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 27, 2025. 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Alert Contingency MAGTF, conducted a demolition range to improve the battalion’s ability to clear obstacles and familiarize Marines with different types of explosive charges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Labrador)

  • 2nd Medical Bn QUADCON Movement

    Sep 05 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines with 2nd Medical Battalion and Combat Logistics Battalion 24, both with 2nd Marine Logistics Group, load equipment onto a medium replacement tactical vehicle during a quadruple container movement at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 28, 2025. The logistical movement supported the re-embarkation of medical equipment back to their parent units to ensure equipment and supplies are restocked and inspected following operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Franco Lewis)

  • U.S. and Swedish Marines share weapons skills

    Sep 03 2025
    Berga
    U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Division and Swedish Marines with the 2nd Amphibious Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment conduct interoperability training as part of exercise Archipelago Endeavor 25 in Berga, Sweden, Aug. 27, 2025. Exercise Archipelago Endeavor 25 increases compatible interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and Swedish Amphibious Forces by executing combined amphibious operations in and around the Baltic Sea littorals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Frank Sepulveda Torres)

  • SLTE 4-25: French Foreign Legion Awards Ceremony

    Aug 28 2025
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    U.S. Marine Corps Col. Neil R. Berry, the commanding officer of 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and a French Foreign Legionnaire with 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, 6th Light Armored Brigade, give a speech during an award ceremony as part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 23, 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 Medical Bn Field Tests Battalion Aid Station

    Sep 04 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE
    U.S. Navy Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, triage a simulated patient during a Battalion Aid Station-Enhanced (BAS-X) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 26, 2025. The purpose of the exercise was to build a modernized BAS for the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to inject into Fleet and Marine Corps exercises to support expeditionary advance base operations during combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Makayla Elizalde)

  • 2nd AAB Operator New Equipment Training

    Aug 28 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, operated an Assault Combat Vehicle during Operator New Equipment Training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on August 25, 2025. OPNET is a specialized program focused on training 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, on the Amphibious Combat Vehicle to ensure its safe and effective operation in any environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dominic Trujillo)

  • Fort Macon Evening Gun Ceremony

    Aug 29 2025
    Fort Macon State Park
    U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Jakobe Moore, left, a native of Alabama, and Hospitalman Tricel Walker, a native of New York, both hospital corpsmen with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, push a Model 1841 Navy 32-pounder cannon out of battery during an evening gun ceremony at Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina, Aug. 27, 2025. Fort Macon fires Model 1841 Navy 32-pounder cannons weekly during the summer to honor the tradition of signaling the end of the military day by firing a solution charge. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)

  • 2DMARDIV Small UAS tactical demonstration

    Aug 28 2025
    Camp Lejeune
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Austin Morgan, a native of Virginia and a Small Unmanned Aerial System operator with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, launches an RQ-20 Puma during an UAS tactical demonstration on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 26, 2025. Marines flew multiple UAS platforms in order to gain proficiency of the Radio Agile Integrated Device which groups UAS into a single network. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hunter J. Kuester)

  • 22nd MEU(SOC) | LMADIS Maintenance

    Aug 26 2025
    Naval Station Norfolk
    U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Calix Wheaton, an air-defense systems technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), conducts maintenance on the Light Marine Air-Defense Integrated System, while aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, Aug. 20, 2025. The Marines assigned to the low-altitude air defense platoon performed the maintenance in preparation for the 22nd MEU(SOC)’s regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

  • 22nd MEU(SOC) Preventative Maintenance Checks

    Aug 26 2025
    Norfolk
    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edison Nevarez, left and Lance Cpl. David Maldonado, motor transport operators with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), exchange vehicle mileage and fuel data aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), while in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, August 21, 2025. U.S. Marines with the 22nd MEU (SOC) conducted preventative maintenance checks and services to ensure readiness of equipment and vehicles in support of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group and 22nd MEU (SOC)’s regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)

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V1/2 conducts SLTE 5-24
Aug. 29, 2024 | 1:30
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division conduct Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 5-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 27, 2024. The purpose of SLTE 5-24 is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Grace Stover)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division conduct Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 5-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 27, 2024. The purpose of SLTE 5-24 is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Grace Stover)

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