II Marine Expeditionary Force

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Evacuation Operation

A U.S. Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, processes evacuees during a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation exercise as part of...

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Marines conduct flight ops

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, lands on...

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Shore-to-ship Movement

U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, traverse offshore towards the...

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Ship-to-shore Movement

A U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, lands at Onslow Beach during...

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Marines Hone marksmanship

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jimmy Torresviana, left, an engineer equipment mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2,...

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Joint Logistics Training

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Richard Jethon, a logistics officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine...

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Integrated Arctic Training

Norwegian army Private Thomas Hegvik, a Bandvagn 206 driver with the Combat Service and Support Battalion (Stridstrenbataljonen), Brigade Nord and...

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Norwegian Arctic Vehicles

Norwegian army Lieutenant Colonel Anders Aasheim, battalion commander of Combat Service and Support Battalion (Stridstrenbataljonen), Brigade Nord,...

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Marines Deploy for Exercise

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, offload cargo at Rygge...

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Live-Fire Squad Attacks

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marek Campbell, left, and Lance Cpl. Danian Trujillo, both riflemen with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine...

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Members of the Washington Commanders’ Command Force, retired football players, U.S. Marines, and Norwegian troops pose for a group photo after a combined workout session in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 28, 2026. The visit was part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour that brought NFL personalities, mixed martial arts fighters, and musicians to service members deployed for exercise Cold Response 26. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexis French) — CORE26 | Washington Commanders, U.S. Marines, and Norwegian Troops Team Up for Workout in the Arctic

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Capt. Thomas Uhl, commanding officer of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), poses for a photo with Dr. Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Charge D’Affaires Karin Sullivan, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown, Barbados, and accredited to Saint Kitts and Nevis, along with distinguished guests aboard the San Antonio, Feb. 24, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo) — 22nd MEU (SOC) | Caribbean Community Leadership Visits Marines and Sailors Aboard USS San Antonio

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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ryan A. Lynch, left, commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to Department of State personnel on MEU capabilities during a visit to Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Feb. 24, 2026. The visit was a part of the 24th MEU’s certification exercise, a land-based pre-deployment exercise that enhances the integration and collective capability of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force while providing the opportunity to train and execute operations in austere and urban environments.   (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.) — Department of State Personnel Visits 24th MEU during CERTEX

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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Dylan Cox, right, first sergeant of General Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, reads a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal citation during CLB-24's Warrior’s Night as part of Mountain Training Exercise 1-26 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, Feb. 10, 2026. Warrior’s Night is a tradition that usually follows major training exercises and is held to build camaraderie and celebrate accomplishments while honoring unit history through ceremony, toasts, and shared activities. Exercises like MTX 1-26 prove Marines’ ability to provide flexible and responsive combat service support during high intensity combat operations in contested and mountainous terrain. Cox is a native of Colorado. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabelle Veillette) — MTX 1-26 | Combat Logistics Battalion 24 Warrior’s Night

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U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, train with Norwegian Armed Forces in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 24, 2026. 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 Cpl. Garrett Gillespie) — CORE 26 | U.S. Marine Corps HIMARS train with Norwegian Armed Forces

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U.S. Marines with HMLA-269 conduct familiarization flight during MAG-29 DAO Exercise

Mar 05 2026

Andros Island

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, MAG-26, 2nd MAW, prepare for takeoff during MAG-29 Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise at the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island, The Bahamas, Feb 15, 2026. MAG-29 DAO Exercise is a multi-week exercise designed to distribute command and control aviation forces, pushing authorities to the lowest levels while keeping forces moving between airfields and air sites. MAG-29 DAO is set to take place across the southeastern U.S. and the Caribbean, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and The Bahamas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

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CORE26 | U.S. Marines and Sailors Test Combat Skills in Arctic Biathlon

Mar 04 2026

Bardufoss

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Darren Plotnick, with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fires his rifle during the live-fire portion of a biathlon in Bardufoss, Norway, Feb. 23, 2026. The training event, part of exercise Cold Response 26, required participants to ski a 500-meter loop and engage in live-fire exercises to enhance their effectiveness in cold-weather environments. 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. Plotnick is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexis French)

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MTX 2-26: U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion Conduct a Tucker Course

Mar 04 2026

BRIDGEPORT

U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, swap drivers to earn the required driving hours as part of a Tucker Course during Mountain Training Exercise 2-26 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, Feb. 23, 2026. MTX 2-26 is designed to prepare units to survive, strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics, and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jesse Davis)

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HMLA-269 and HMH-464 land in The Bahamas

Mar 05 2026

Andros Island

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, lands during MAG-29 Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise at the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island, The Bahamas, Feb. 13, 2026. MAG-29 DAO Exercise is a multi-week exercise designed to distribute command and control of aviation forces, pushing authorities to the lowest levels while keeping forces moving between airfields and air sites. MAG-29 DAO is set to take place across the southeastern U.S. and the Caribbean, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and The Bahamas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

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U.S. Marines with HMLA-269 conduct flight operations during MAG-29 DAO Exercise

Mar 05 2026

Andros Island

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Pablo Ortega, from California, a weapons and tactics crew chief instructor with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies on a UH-1Y Venom during MAG-29 Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise at the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island, The Bahamas, Feb 17, 2026. MAG-29 DAO Exercise is a multi-week exercise designed to distribute command and control aviation forces, pushing authorities to the lowest levels while keeping forces moving between airfields and air sites. MAG-29 DAO is set to take place across the southeastern U.S. and the Caribbean, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and The Bahamas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

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Lance Cpl. Schule Designs 3D Printed Antenna Mast, Saves Fleet Marine Force Thousands

A U.S. Marine places a broken Mobile User Object System (MOUS) on a shelf, the fiberglass of the MOUS antenna mast brittle and weakened from use and exposure. It sits next to dozens of others, all unusable because of one flaw.

Exercise Panamanian Partnership 26: U.S. Marine Corps Engineers Build Readiness Side by Side with Panamanian Forces

“For me, it always comes back to discipline and mastering the fundamentals because if we are not consistent in the basics, nothing else we do will hold up under pressure,” said U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Lonnie D. Stowers, the senior enlisted leader of Charlie Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division.

U.S. Marine Corps General Takes Command of Fully Integrated Norwegian-American Logistics Headquarters

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Maura M. Hennigan, commanding general of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, assumed command of the Combined Joint Logistics Support Group (CJLSG) from Norwegian army Brig. Gen. Nina S. Berg in a transfer of authority ceremony here, February 27, 2026.

CORE26 | NATO Allies Establish Fully Integrated Joint Logistics Command for Exercise Cold Response 26

In a historic first, the U.S. Marine Corps’ 2nd Marine Logistics Group and the Norwegian Joint Logistics Support Group (JLSG) established the Combined Joint Logistics Support Group (CJLSG) in January 2026.

CORE26 | Port to Power Projection: How RSOM Enables Rapid Mobilization in Exercise Cold Response 26

The current proliferation of modern technology such as inexpensive one-way attack drones, loitering munitions, and the increasing use of artificial intelligence for autonomous targeting has thrust the Marine Corps into a dynamic environment, creating a tactical shift in warfare unseen by warfighters since the widespread introduction of machine guns and tanks in World War I. Battles are now faster, more dispersed, and fought in contested environments where logistical infrastructure and supply lines have become priority targets.

EOTG MEUEX III Production

March 9, 2023 | 1:17

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force and Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a simulated raid and tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) during MEU Exercise (MEUEX) III on Clarks Hill National Guard Training Site, South Carolina, March 9, 2023. A raid is a mission requiring a small force to swiftly penetrate hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or to destroy their installations, and ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the mission. EOTG organized MEUEX III as part of the 26th MEU’s third phase of the pre-deployment training to ensure their Marines and Sailors, in partnership with their Navy teammates, are ready to serve as a formidable deterrent capable of performing missions across a full range of military operations from the sea. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Adam Scalin)

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II Marine Expeditionary Force

01

Evacuation Operation

02

Marines conduct flight ops

03

Shore-to-ship Movement

04

Ship-to-shore Movement

05

Marines Hone marksmanship

06

Joint Logistics Training

07

Integrated Arctic Training

08

Norwegian Arctic Vehicles

09

Marines Deploy for Exercise

10

Live-Fire Squad Attacks

U.S. Marines with HMLA-269 conduct familiarization flight during MAG-29 DAO Exercise

CORE26 | U.S. Marines and Sailors Test Combat Skills in Arctic Biathlon

MTX 2-26: U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion Conduct a Tucker Course

HMLA-269 and HMH-464 land in The Bahamas

U.S. Marines with HMLA-269 conduct flight operations during MAG-29 DAO Exercise

Featured Stories

Lance Cpl. Schule Designs 3D Printed Antenna Mast, Saves Fleet Marine Force Thousands

Exercise Panamanian Partnership 26: U.S. Marine Corps Engineers Build Readiness Side by Side with Panamanian Forces

U.S. Marine Corps General Takes Command of Fully Integrated Norwegian-American Logistics Headquarters

CORE26 | NATO Allies Establish Fully Integrated Joint Logistics Command for Exercise Cold Response 26

CORE26 | Port to Power Projection: How RSOM Enables Rapid Mobilization in Exercise Cold Response 26

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