II MEF Videos

Marines and Sailors participate in Maritime Prepositioning Force Exercise 20 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Fla. and U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, throughout February 2020. MPFEX 20 demonstrated the ability of a Navy-Marine Corps team to deploy, employ and redeploy a staff capable of commanding and controlling forces in support of operations in Europe. (Courtesy Video)

Marines and Sailors with II Marine Expeditionary Force Forward are conducting a command and control exercise as part of Maritime Preposition Force Exercise 20 at U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, Feb. 13, 2020. MPFEX 20 provides an opportunity for II MEF to develop, refine and test portions of theater opening and force deployment processes to gain MEF-level warfighting proficiency and readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Hector de Jesus)

Allied and partner nation service members participate in Bold Alligator 16.

Our ally and partner-nation participants share their Bold Alligator experiences with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Expeditionary Strike Group 2. Hear first hand about the expertise they bring to the table and the things they're learning as integral parts of our staffs. ‪#‎BA16‬ ‪#‎AlliedStrong

Italian Marine Lt. Paride Epifani is one of many allied and partner-nation service members integrated into the staff of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 during Bold Alligator 16. Epifani is serving as a 2nd MEB targeting officer during the exercise, which is taking place along the eastern seaboard Aug 15-26, 2016. Both staffs will plan and execute a MEB-sized amphibious assault from a sea base in a medium land and maritime threat environment and anti-access/area denial environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies.

2nd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group change of command ceremony between Navy Capt. Cameron Waggoner and Capt. Michael Sokolowski aboard Camp Lejeune, Sept. 30, 2013.