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March 5, 2025

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Marines Attend JTFEX-25 Pre-Exercise Academics

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kenneth Jones, fires and effects coordinator, II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), briefs Marines, Sailors, and NATO allies...

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2nd Combat Readiness Regiment Celebrates 1st Birthday

A trophy and a birthday cake sit on a table prior to the 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, field meet, celebrating their...

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Headquarters and Service Battalion Conduct a 10km Hike

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Chad Phillips, left, battalion commander, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and Sgt. Maj....

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U.S. Marines with MWSS-272 construct an expeditionary landing zone in the Bahamas

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272 clear a landing zone site near the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center...

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U.S. Marines with 2nd MAW offload equipment and supplies in the Bahamas

U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. William Rushing, from Virginia, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272 prepares to receive a...

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FY26 Retention Campaign

FY26 Retention Campaign Flyer

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FY25 SRB Program

Program Flyer for the FY25 Selective Retention Bonus Program

 

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  • 22nd MEU TRAP

    Feb 28 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sam Lorey, the assistant air officer with II Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), communicates with aircraft during an EOTG exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 10, 2025. The exercise focused on the procedures of tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel. EOTG trains II Marine Expeditionary Force units in preparation for upcoming deployments in support of geographic combatant commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin)
  • 26th MEU crisis response exercise

    Feb 27 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASECAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) evacuate a simulated casualty during an Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 23, 2025. The 26th MEU completed their full mission profile to assess their ability to operate as a Marine Air Ground Task Force across various crisis response scenarios. EOTG trains II Marine Expeditionary Force units in preparation for upcoming deployments in support of geographic combatant commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin)
  • MWSS-272 construction projects in the Bahamas

    Feb 27 2025
    ATLANTIC UNDERSEA TESTING AND EVALIATION CENTER
    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jaime Delgado, from Florida, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272, takes down a scaffolding at the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island, Bahamas, Feb. 21, 2025. MWSS-272 deployed to the Bahamas to conduct aviation ground support rehearsals and refine distributed aviation operations for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)
  • MWSS-272 prepares the Bahamas

    Feb 27 2025
    Andros Island
    U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272, load gear onto a surface vessel at the U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island, Bahamas, Feb. 20, 2025. MWSS-272 deployed to the Bahamas to conduct aviation ground support rehearsals and refine distributed aviation operations for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour)
  • Combat Convoy Simulator

    Feb 27 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Jackson, a battery local security chief with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, searches for threats during a combat convoy simulator as part of an Explosive Hazards Improvised Threat (EHIT) Basic Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 6, 2025. The EHIT Basic Leaders Course is a unique training that teaches Marines how to handle explosive hazards and improvised threats, build skills, teach others, and stay ready for dangerous environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)
  • 3/6 Lima Co. Day Raid

    Feb 21 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Justin Jensen, a machine gunner with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols through terrain during a simulated raid in support of Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability Exercise at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Feb. 10, 2025. The raid is one of several training events within the Marine Air Ground Task Force Interoperability, a course conducted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group. This course is designed to train and evaluate integrated elements of the 22nd MEU across a variety of full mission profiles in a simulated peer threat environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)
  • 3/6 Lima Co. Night Raid

    Feb 21 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, executes a simulated raid during Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability Exercise, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 8, 2025. The raid is one of several training events within MAGTF Interoperability, a course conducted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group. This course is designed to evaluate integrated elements of the 22nd MEU across a variety of full mission profiles in a simulated peer threat environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)
  • Helicopter Support Team Operations

    Feb 21 2025
    BOGUE AIRFIELD, NC.
    U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, observer a CH-53E super stallion transport a container during helicopter support team operations as part of 2nd CRR’s Regimental Field Exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Bogue, North Carolina, Feb. 5, 2025. 2nd CRR conducted the REGFEX to enhance the regiment’s ability to support II Marine Expeditionary Force with logistical support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christian Salazar)
  • 22nd MEU insertion and extraction drills

    Feb 21 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Sam Lorey, the assistant air officer with II Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), conducts a special patrol insertion and extraction rigging drill during an EOTG Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Master Course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 14, 2025. EOTG trains II Marine Expeditionary Force units in preparation for upcoming deployments in support of global combatant commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin)
  • II MSB Relief and Appointment Ceremony

    Feb 21 2025
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.
    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Crispiniano D. Curiel, incoming sergeant major, II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, II MEF Information Group, delivers a speech during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 14, 2025. A relief and appointment ceremony is a military tradition that signifies all responsibilities and authorities being transferred between the old and new senior enlisted leader of the command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marc Imprevert)
Sustaining the Transformation: Chapter 4
Dec. 20, 2024 | 1:52
U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Pellon, the director of the 2d Marine Division Band, speaks on his experience as a chief warrant officer on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct 10, 2024. This is in effort to support and elaborate on the updated version of Marine Corps Tactical Publication 6-10A, “Sustaining the Transformation.”

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Pellon, the director of the 2d Marine Division Band, speaks on his experience as a chief warrant officer on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct 10, 2024. This is in effort to support and elaborate on the updated version of Marine Corps Tactical Publication 6-10A, “Sustaining the Transformation.”

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