II MEF News

Maj. Marc Walker, operations officer, 8th Communication Battalion, and 1st Sgt. Hector Hernandez, first sergeant, Headquarters Company, 8th Comm. Bn., lead Marines with 8th Communication Battalion during the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, July 4, 2016. Marines marched directly behind the sailors of the USS Arlington and Navy officer candidates from Naval Officer Training Command Newport, RI. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Maj. Marc Walker, operations officer, 8th Communication Battalion, and 1st Sgt. Hector Hernandez, first sergeant, Headquarters Company, 8th Comm. Bn., lead Marines with 8th Communication Battalion during the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, July 4, 2016. Marines marched directly behind the sailors of the USS Arlington and Navy officer candidates from Naval Officer Training Command Newport, RI. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Marines with Motor transportation Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, take down the name of one of the five points during a land navigation course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct. 28th, 2015. Participants of the course were allotted three hours to successfully plot points and reach those points. The Marines covered several hundred meters of ground over the given time. (U.S. Marine Corps video illustration by Lance Cpl. Dalton Precht/released) - Marines with Motor transportation Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, take down the name of one of the five points during a land navigation course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct. 28th, 2015. Participants of the course were allotted three hours to successfully plot points and reach those points. The Marines covered several hundred meters of ground over the given time. (U.S. Marine Corps video illustration by Lance Cpl. Dalton Precht/released)

Marines post the colors during the Combat Logistics Battalion 8’s reactivation ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 1, 2015. The unit’s reactivation allows 2nd MLG to provide direct support to all of 2nd Marine Division’s infantry units, and it is scheduled to take over the logistics command element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Africa in 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Fatmeh Saad/Released) - Marines post the colors during the Combat Logistics Battalion 8’s reactivation ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 1, 2015. The unit’s reactivation allows 2nd MLG to provide direct support to all of 2nd Marine Division’s infantry units, and it is scheduled to take over the logistics command element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Africa in 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Fatmeh Saad/Released)

Marines, sailors and civilian workers with 2nd Marine Logistics Group attended a week-long Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 14-18, 2015. ASIST is a five-day workshop where candidates learn how to appropriately interact with someone who is having suicidal thoughts and also become instructors on how to teach the class to other service members in their units. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Michael Dye/released)  - Marines, sailors and civilian workers with 2nd Marine Logistics Group attended a week-long Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 14-18, 2015. ASIST is a five-day workshop where candidates learn how to appropriately interact with someone who is having suicidal thoughts and also become instructors on how to teach the class to other service members in their units. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Michael Dye/released) 

A Marine with 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 23, 2015. The battalion conducted the training, which simulates vehicle rollovers and how to react, in order to hone their skills prior to deploying. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - A Marine with 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 23, 2015. The battalion conducted the training, which simulates vehicle rollovers and how to react, in order to hone their skills prior to deploying. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Marine pilots in a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302, carry away an 8,500-pound high beam during an external lifts exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 25, 2015. The CH-53E completed a short circle pass, then slowly descended to allow Marines on the ground to disconnect the beam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Marine pilots in a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302, carry away an 8,500-pound high beam during an external lifts exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 25, 2015. The CH-53E completed a short circle pass, then slowly descended to allow Marines on the ground to disconnect the beam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)