II MEF News

Marines assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit an MV-22B Osprey to conduct platoon-level training on Kurayn Island, Saudi Arabia, April 22, 2020. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU, supported by air power from the Aviation Combat Element of the ARG/MEU, including AV-8B Harriers and attack helicopters, are conducting routine sustainment training in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in order to enhance the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to employ low-signature, operationally relevant and strategically mobile crisis response forces to project power over key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tanner Seims) - Marines assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit an MV-22B Osprey to conduct platoon-level training on Kurayn Island, Saudi Arabia, April 22, 2020. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU, supported by air power from the Aviation Combat Element of the ARG/MEU, including AV-8B Harriers and attack helicopters, are conducting routine sustainment training in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in order to enhance the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to employ low-signature, operationally relevant and strategically mobile crisis response forces to project power over key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tanner Seims)

Assault amphibious vehicles assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage on the beach of Karan Island, Saudi Arabia, April 20, 2020. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU are conducting routine sustainment training in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in order to enhance the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to employ low-signature, operationally relevant and strategically mobile crisis response forces to project power over key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gary Jayne III) - Assault amphibious vehicles assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage on the beach of Karan Island, Saudi Arabia, April 20, 2020. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU are conducting routine sustainment training in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in order to enhance the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to employ low-signature, operationally relevant and strategically mobile crisis response forces to project power over key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gary Jayne III)

Lance Cpl. Randoll Gonzales, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Task Force New York, screens vehicles while providing security for the USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during COVID-19 relief efforts in New York City, April 19, 2020. Comfort cares for trauma, emergency and urgent care patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with the Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stormy Mendez) - Lance Cpl. Randoll Gonzales, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Task Force New York, screens vehicles while providing security for the USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during COVID-19 relief efforts in New York City, April 19, 2020. Comfort cares for trauma, emergency and urgent care patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with the Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Stormy Mendez)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Samuel Argentieri, a light armored vehicle mechanic, with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fires his rifle at a notional enemy target during a live-fire range on the National Training Center 20-05 in Ft. Irwin, Calif., March 22, 2020. The National Training Center is a unique opportunity that allows Marines and Sailors to train with and against a peer competitor in a conventional combat operational setting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elijah J. Abernathy) - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Samuel Argentieri, a light armored vehicle mechanic, with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fires his rifle at a notional enemy target during a live-fire range on the National Training Center 20-05 in Ft. Irwin, Calif., March 22, 2020. The National Training Center is a unique opportunity that allows Marines and Sailors to train with and against a peer competitor in a conventional combat operational setting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elijah J. Abernathy)

Lance Cpl. Danielle Giles, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, conducts 360 reconnaissance during Dismount Recon Sets Kit and Outfits training at the Guardian Center in Perry, Ga., Aug. 17, 2018. DRSKO training enhanced CBRN’s capabilities by providing realistic scenarios to test their minds and techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melanye Martinez) - Lance Cpl. Danielle Giles, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, conducts 360 reconnaissance during Dismount Recon Sets Kit and Outfits training at the Guardian Center in Perry, Ga., Aug. 17, 2018. DRSKO training enhanced CBRN’s capabilities by providing realistic scenarios to test their minds and techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melanye Martinez)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Feldman, a machine gunner with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2Nd Marine Division, sights in with an M240B machine gun at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 2, 2020. V36 conducted company and platoon attack training scenarios during Mountain Exercise 2-20 at MCMWTC to further their familiarization and warfighting capabilities in cold, mountainous terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Parsons - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Feldman, a machine gunner with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2Nd Marine Division, sights in with an M240B machine gun at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 2, 2020. V36 conducted company and platoon attack training scenarios during Mountain Exercise 2-20 at MCMWTC to further their familiarization and warfighting capabilities in cold, mountainous terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Parsons)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division standby for breakfast at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 2, 2020. V36 conducted Mountain Exercise 2-20 at MCMWTC to further their familiarization and warfighting capabilities in cold, mountainous terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Parsons) - U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division standby for breakfast at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 2, 2020. V36 conducted Mountain Exercise 2-20 at MCMWTC to further their familiarization and warfighting capabilities in cold, mountainous terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Parsons)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Mitch Nordskog, a Reconnaissance Marine with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and the American instructor for the Norwegian Military’s Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol course, instructs Marines during the LRRP in Norway, Feb. 22, 2020. The Marines are conducting the LRRP to strengthen the interoperability, mobility, expeditionary readiness and warfighting excellence of FORECON and the Norwegian Military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Douds) - U.S. Marine Sgt. Mitch Nordskog, a Reconnaissance Marine with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and the American instructor for the Norwegian Military’s Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol course, instructs Marines during the LRRP in Norway, Feb. 22, 2020. The Marines are conducting the LRRP to strengthen the interoperability, mobility, expeditionary readiness and warfighting excellence of FORECON and the Norwegian Military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Douds)

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, conduct a movement on skis during the Norwegian Military’s Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol course in Norway, Feb. 17, 2020. The Marines are conducting the LRRP to strengthen the interoperability, mobility, expeditionary readiness and warfighting excellence of FORECON and the Norwegian Military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Douds) - U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, conduct a movement on skis during the Norwegian Military’s Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol course in Norway, Feb. 17, 2020. The Marines are conducting the LRRP to strengthen the interoperability, mobility, expeditionary readiness and warfighting excellence of FORECON and the Norwegian Military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Douds)