II MEF Videos

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) conduct a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercise during realistic urban training (RUT) at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, March 1-21, 2025. RUT is a land-based training exercise which enables the 22nd MEU to conduct expeditionary operations as a cohesive Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kenya Bolton)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) with U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, January 16, 2024. TRAP training with SOF enforces and improves joint personal recovery tactics, training, and procedures for MEU- Special Operations Capabilities (SOC). 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)

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)

Marines with Task Force Southwest conduct day and night Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercises in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 22-24, 2017. Task Force Southwest is comprised of approximately 300 Marines whose mission will be to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Army 215th Corps and the 505th Zone National Police. The unit is scheduled to deploy in the spring. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff)

Marines conduct tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 21, 2016. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conducted the training to prepare for their TRAP force role during the upcoming Special-Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force, Crisis response-Africa deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Victoria Ross)

Marines and sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, participate in a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel course aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The training ensures that the Marines and sailors are able to safely and efficiently conduct casualty care and recover personnel from a crash site. **SLATE AFTER VIDEO**