U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Xavier Gregory, aviation ordnance systems technician, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine...
A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine...
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...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Pablo Ortega, from California, a weapons and tactics crew chief instructor with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)...
U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor...
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...
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Darren Plotnick, with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group,...
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marek Campbell, left, and Lance Cpl. Danian Trujillo, both riflemen with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine...
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct an acclimation hike during Mountain Training Exercise 2-26 at Marine...
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, walk toward Amphibious Combat Vehicles prior to a convoy...
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.
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“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 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.
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.
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.
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U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 and Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Capt. Christopher Lane refuel an MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 over the Atlantic Ocean near North Carolina, May 6, 2025. VMGR-252 conducted routine aerial refueling operations in support of VMM-261 over eastern North Carolina as part of its ongoing training continuum. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Gavin K. Kulczewski)
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