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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,...

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Marines with HMH-461 insert 2nd LAAD

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...

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2/10 HIMARS

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Riley McKamey, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System operator with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division,...

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Advanced Motorized Operators Course

U.S. Navy Corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistic Regiment 2, 2d Marine Logistics Group performs a triage for damage control...

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Regimental Fly Day

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Shields, a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Combat Readiness...

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2nd MLG Host Tier IV TCCC Course

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Carolan Whitney, a medical officer with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, applies a bandage on a simulated...

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2d Recon Multi-Domain Recon Course

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Defrancesco, left, a reconnaissance Marine and Sgt. Jacob Miller, a team leader, both with 2d Reconnaissance...

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II MEF Relief and Appointment

U.S. Marines assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force perform a pass and review during a relief and appointment ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp...

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Simulated Fires and Support

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct simulated battle tracking and call...

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2d Recon Night Freefall

U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division prepare before a freefall jump during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on...

 

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  • 22nd MEU(SOC) | Supporting Arms Coordinating Center Exercise [Image 6 of 12]

    Jul 18 2025
    CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES
    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Anderson, a joint terminal attack controller with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), looks at grids on a map during Supporting Arms Coordination Center Exercise in support of Composite Training Unit Exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11, 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 Sgt. Tanner Bernat)
  • 22nd MEU(SOC) | Integrated Live Fire Exercise During COMPTUEX

    Jul 18 2025
    ATLANTIC OCEAN
    U.S. Marine Corps Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) gunners with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), carry FIM-92 Stingers during integrated live fire exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), in support of Composite Training Unit Exercise while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, July 5, 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 Sgt. Tanner Bernat)
  • SLTE 4-25: 2d Recon Day Freefall

    Jul 21 2025
    Twentynine Palms
    U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division conduct a freefall jump off a C-130 Hercules during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 17, 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)
  • SLTE 4-25: Live-Fire Platoon Attack

    Jul 21 2025
    Twentynine Palms
    U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division conduct a live-fire platoon attack during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on Range 410A at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 16, 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)
  • Marine Corps' First Tier IV TCCC Course

    Jul 21 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE
    U.S. Navy Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistic Group, and U.S. Coast Guard with Special Missions Training Center receive a class on Tier IV Tactical Combat Casualty Care at Battle Skills Training School, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 15, 2025. Tier Four TCCC begins with refresher training and progresses to advanced levels of combat casualty care intended to train select military service members to be proficient combat paramedics. The course trains advanced level providers the combat paramedic skills necessary to treat patients at the point of injury on the battlefield and in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brady V. Hathaway)
31ST MEU HST Training at MCAS Iwakuni
Feb. 19, 2023 | 1:22
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a helicopter support team (HST) exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 19, 2023. The HST exercise was conducted to certify pilots in sling load operations and improve tactical proficiency. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ryan Ulibarri)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a helicopter support team (HST) exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 19, 2023. The HST exercise was conducted to certify pilots in sling load operations and improve tactical proficiency. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ryan Ulibarri)

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31ST MEU HST Training at MCAS Iwakuni

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22nd MEU(SOC) | COMPTUEX

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U.S. Marines with VMM-162 and HMH-464 transport Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marines during Atlantic Alliance 2025

July 11, 2025 | 0:42

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U.S. Marines with VMM-162 and HMH-464 transport Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marines during Atlantic Alliance 2025

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Atlantic Alliance 2025: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

July 10, 2025 | 0:59

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Atlantic Alliance 2025: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment

July 10, 2025 | 0:59

Marine Air Control Squadron 2 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 participate in Atlantic Alliance 2025

July 9, 2025 | 0:30

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Marine Air Control Squadron 2 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 participate in Atlantic Alliance 2025

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22nd MEU(SOC) | Low-Altitude Air Defense

July 6, 2025 | 1:09

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22nd MEU(SOC) | Low-Altitude Air Defense

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2nd MLG Warfighting Reel

July 1, 2025 | 0:49

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2nd MLG Warfighting Reel

July 1, 2025 | 0:49

2nd MLG Pursue Innovation Reel

June 27, 2025 | 0:36

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2nd MLG Martial Arts Instructor Course

June 24, 2025 | 1:35

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June 24, 2025 | 1:35

22nd MEU ARGMEUEX

June 13, 2025 | 1:33

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Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior 25: Reel

June 10, 2025 | 0:39

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Sgt. Maj. Fincham Retirement Ceremony

June 6, 2025 | 55:14

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