II MEF Videos

U.S Marines and Sailors with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion (II MSB), conduct a 10-kilometer conditioning hike on Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 16, 2024. The hike was conducted in order to increase Marines and Sailors' abilities to effectively hike under a load while also strengthening unit cohesion and unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

U.S. Marines with 8th Communication Battalion, II MEF Information Group, conduct a five mile conditioning hike aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2022. The hike was conducted in order to celebrate the Marine Corps Birthday while building combat readiness, unit cohesion, and esprit de corps. During the hike, 8th Communication Battalion held a competition by seeing which company could carry and deliver the most amount of canned goods to the hike finish line. The canned goods were donated to local food banks to show partnership with the community outside of Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Elijah Hurtado)

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion made history by conducting a battalion hike to commemorate a new command post at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 21, 2016. Following the 12.6 mile movement to contact, 2nd Marine Division commanding general, Maj. Gen. Brian Beaudreault, along with the battalion commanding officer, Lt. Col. Gary A. McCullar, cut down a concertina wire fence to “breach” open access to the new facility.

Capt. Stephen Lanpher, current operations officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 252, talks about upcoming exercise Cold Response 16 during prerequisite cold weather training, Mountain Exercise 1-16, at Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 20, 2016. Cold Response is a large, multi-national exercise that will be held in Norway, March of this year, that will challenge 12 NATO allies' and partners' abilities to work together and respond in the case of a crisis.

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)

More than 150 Marines and sailors with General Support Maintenance Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conducted a nine-mile hike through the townships of Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, Feb. 27, 2014. The hike was used to train and educate the Marines about the Civil War battle of Fort Fisher and allow them to walk in the footsteps of those who have fought and laid down their lives for their country. It also gave them a chance to interact with some of the local school children and residents they serve. Marines and sailors with the company hiked with approximately 70 pounds of gear at a pace of three miles per hour, stopping at historical locations for professional military education lectures. (U.S. Marine Corps video taken by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andersen, photos by Lance Cpl. Shawn Valosin) Also available in high definition

Marines with Improved Ribbon Bridge Platoon, Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group participated in a two-day field exercise consisting of rowing zodiac boats, land navigation, and an approximately 5 mile hike aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 25, 2013.

Raw footage of Marines and Sailors hiking through the woods at Fort Bragg, N.C. Combat conditioning hikes are beneficial to Marines and Sailors, especially Combat Logistics Battalion - 22 as they prepare for their deployment attaching to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in December.

In preparation for their deployment, Combat Logistics Battalion - 22 takes a combat conditioning hike. The battalion went to Fort Bragg, N.C. for a ten-day field training exercise. On the last training day the battlion took a six-mile hike. Produced by Marine Cpl. Rachael Moore. Includes soundbites from Lt. Col. Matthew Reuter - commanding officer, Seaman Apprentice Michael Sency - religious programmer, and Pfc. Patrick Culleton - radio operator.