II MEF Videos

U.S. Marine Col. Ryan Lynch, the II MEF current operations officer, and Lt. Col. Ingvar Kristensen, the Norwegian Armed Forces advisor to II MEF, take part in an interview about MEF Exercise 24 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2024. MEFEX is an annual exercise that develops command and control capabilities of the MEF staff in preparation for an operation or contingency.(U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Adam Scalin)

U.S. Marines with Arrival and Assembly Operations Group (AAOG), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), offload vehicles from the Samskip Kvitbjorn, a Norwegian cargo ship, at Verdal Port, Norway, April 4, 2024. Marines with II MEF AAOG remained in Norway after the conclusion of Exercise Nordic Response 24 to repair, inspect and manage the return of II MEF and Marine Corps Pre-Positioning Program – Norway (MCPP-N), vehicles and equipment for future use. MCPP-N uses climate-controlled caves across Norway to store munitions to support a Marine Expeditionary Brigade for up to 30 days, and ground equipment to support a Marine Air Ground Task Force built around an infantry battalion task force, combat logistics battalion, and composite aviation squadron. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Sgt. Gavin Umboh)

U.S. Marines with Arrival and Assembly Operations Group (AAOG), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), offload equipment and vehicles used during Nordic Response 24 from the Samskip Kvitbjorn, a Norwegian cargo ship, at Hammarnesodden Port, Norway, March 31, 2024. Marines with II MEF AAOG remained in Norway after the conclusion of Exercise Nordic Response 24 to repair, inspect and manage the return of vehicles and equipment for future use. Nordic Response is a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting in a challenging arctic environment. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Sgt. Gavin Umboh)

U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and British army soldiers with EOD and Search, 49 Field Squadron, execute a disposal range in Setermoen, Norway, March 4, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response 24 is designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting scenarios under challenging arctic conditions, while providing U.S. Marines unique opportunities to train alongside NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike) This B-Roll contains the following: U.S. Marines and British soldiers preparing munitions for detonation GoPro point-of-view footage from the front of a snowmobile Slow-motion footage of U.S. Marines and British soldiers riding snowmobiles and interacting The detonation of munitions Slow-motion video portraits of U.S. Marines and British soldiers Scenic footage of Norwegian mountains

Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force instructors observe and evaluate U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a simulated a tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, January 10, 2024. TRAP training develops the MEU’s capability to recover isolated personnel and aircraft in hostile, uncertain and permissive environments. Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) enhances the MEU’s capability to execute special skills operations by training the command element (CE), aviation combat element (ACE), and ground combat element (GCE). Realistic urban training (RUT) offers an enhanced opportunity for amphibious ready group (ARG)-MEU interoperability training in preparation for their upcoming deployment overseas. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)