II MEF Videos

Marines and Sailors participate in casualty evacuation drills as part of the Mountain Warfare Training exercise in Bridgeport, Calif, Sept. 1, 2017. Mountain Warfare Training is a field exercise designed to teach Marines fighting tactics and survival skills in high altitudes and cold weather. The Marines are with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 6th Communication Battalion, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, and 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gloria Lepko.)

Marines with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion learn rappelling techniques during Mountain Warfare Training in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 19-Sept. 9. Mountain Warfare Training is a field exercise designed to teach Marines fighting tactics and survival skills in high altitudes and cold weather. The Marines are with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 6th Communication Battalion, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, and 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gloria Lepko.)

Marines learn survival skills during an Improvised Explosive Device training exercise as part of the Mountain Warfare Training exercise in Bridgeport, Calif, Aug. 19-Sept. 9, 2017. Mountain Warfare Training is a field exercise designed to teach Marines fighting tactics and survival skills in high altitudes and cold weather. The Marines are with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 6th Communication Battalion, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, and 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gloria Lepko.)

Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, completed Mountain Exercise 1-16 at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 11-21, 2016. The exercise allowed the Marines to hone their infantry and cold weather survival skills in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16 in Norway. Cold Response will bring together 12 NATO allies in order to build joint crisis response capabilities.

Corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Headquarters Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, endure self-induced hypothermia as part of a training exercise aboard U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Bridgeport, California, Jan. 17, 2015. The training highlighted the symptoms of hypothermia, along with treatment and prevention. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kaitlyn Klein/released)

Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Headquarters Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct mountain warfare training aboard the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Bridgeport, California, Jan. 9-Feb. 10, 2015. CLB-26 provided logistical support to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, as they trained to maintain readiness as a self-sustaining unit through mobility and mountain warfare. Includes soundbites from Lt. Col. Daniel Coleman, commanding officer, CLB-26, Sgt. Maj. Phillip Billiot, sergeant major, CLB-26, Sgt. John Nelson, U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center instructor, and Cpl. Stephen St. Clair, landing support specialist, CLB-26. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kaitlyn Klein/Released)

Sgt. Eric Rader, Tucson, Ariz., Tampa Fla., raised in W.Va, talks to a WDTV-TV reporter in Bridgeport, W.Va. about his family and being deployed for the holidays.