II MEF Videos

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are evaluated by Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force, as they participate in urban terrain training during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 2, 2023. EOTG organized COMPTUEX as part of the 26th MEU’s final 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 Cpl. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)

U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force, evaluate the Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), as they conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rapid infiltration (HIRAIN) and a refuel during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), at Avon Park, Florida, May 31, 2023. HIRAIN is the process of identifying an enemy target from forward observation points and unmanned aerial vehicles, seizing key terrain for an aerial landing, inserting HIMARS onboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, destroying the target and retrograding back to a secure location. EOTG organized COMPTUEX as part of the 26th MEU’s final 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 Cpl. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)

U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force, evaluate the Marines of Maritime Special Purpose Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), as they conduct a simulated raid during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), at Alexandria, Alabama on May 23, 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 COMPTUEX as part of the 26th MEU’s final 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 Cpl. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division sit at an observation post (OP) during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), at Alexandria, Alabama on May 22, 2023. An OP is a temporary or fixed position from which Marines can watch enemy movements, to warn of approaching enemies, or to direct fire. Expeditionary Operations Training Group organized COMPTUEX as the culminating exercise in the 26th MEU’s Pre-deployment Training Program, providing realistic training and scenarios to reinforce the MEU’s capabilities as a crisis response force prior to deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)

U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force, evaluate the Marines of Maritime Special Purpose Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), as they conduct a simulated Reconnaissance and Surveillance (R&S) Insert during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), at Alexandria, Alabama on May 20, 2023. During the R&S Insert Marines were tasked with seizing and securing the area. EOTG organized COMPTUEX as part of the 26th MEU’s final 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 Cpl. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)