II MEF News

A 2000 pound inert Guided Bomb Unit 24 impacts the target area during the 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, close air support exercise Sept. 11. An F-15 from 333rd Fighter Squadron, based out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, dropped the GBU-24. - A 2000 pound inert Guided Bomb Unit 24 impacts the target area during the 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, close air support exercise Sept. 11. An F-15 from 333rd Fighter Squadron, based out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, dropped the GBU-24.

Major Eric Young, commanding officer of 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, speaks to his Marines during 2nd LEB's activation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 26. The battalion will be a force multiplier to the operating forces by assisting in a variety of missions that include law enforcement, route regulation, humanitarian assistance, nonlethal weapons training and military working dog employment. - Major Eric Young, commanding officer of 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, speaks to his Marines during 2nd LEB's activation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 26. The battalion will be a force multiplier to the operating forces by assisting in a variety of missions that include law enforcement, route regulation, humanitarian assistance, nonlethal weapons training and military working dog employment.

Maj. Gen. W. Lee Miller, Jr., Marine Air Ground Task Force - 13 commander and Sgt. Maj. Paul A. Berry, MAGTF-13 sergeant major uncase the colors at the activation ceremony for MAGTF-13, held aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 29. MAGTF-13 is scheduled to deploy to southern Afghanistan and assume operational control of Regional Command Southwest in early 2013. - Maj. Gen. W. Lee Miller, Jr., Marine Air Ground Task Force - 13 commander and Sgt. Maj. Paul A. Berry, MAGTF-13 sergeant major uncase the colors at the activation ceremony for MAGTF-13, held aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 29. MAGTF-13 is scheduled to deploy to southern Afghanistan and assume operational control of Regional Command Southwest in early 2013.

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force conduct a Change of Command Ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. on June 28, 2012. The Change of Command ceremony was conducted to pass on authority. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David McKenzie) - U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force conduct a Change of Command Ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. on June 28, 2012. The Change of Command ceremony was conducted to pass on authority. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David McKenzie)

Corporal Andrew J. Leonard, a green belt instructor in the Marine Corps Martial Arts program, 2nd Radio Battalion, teaches tan belt techniques to Maria Marin, a Marine wife, during 2nd Radio Battalion’s Jane Wayne Day, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 19, 2012.Throughout the day wives, children and one husband took part in MCMAP, physical training, rides in military vehicles and firing weapons. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel A. Wulz) - Corporal Andrew J. Leonard, a green belt instructor in the Marine Corps Martial Arts program, 2nd Radio Battalion, teaches tan belt techniques to Maria Marin, a Marine wife, during 2nd Radio Battalion’s Jane Wayne Day, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 19, 2012.Throughout the day wives, children and one husband took part in MCMAP, physical training, rides in military vehicles and firing weapons. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel A. Wulz)

Maj. Sean P. Dynan, the Operational Planning Team Leader for the Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise, explains the orientation of a map used during MEFEX 12, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 20, 2012. The MEFEX is a large scale exercise for conventional combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel A. Wulz) - Maj. Sean P. Dynan, the Operational Planning Team Leader for the Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise, explains the orientation of a map used during MEFEX 12, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 20, 2012. The MEFEX is a large scale exercise for conventional combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel A. Wulz)

1st Lt. David Pursel (center), the logistics officer with a police advisory team preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, talks to Afghan role-players at the Advisory Training Cell, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 28, alongside the rest of the Marines and sailors on his team. Talking with the role-players helped Pursel, a native of Jacksonville, N.C., and the rest of his team prepare for the cultural differences between themselves and the Afghans they will be working hand-in-hand with during their upcoming seven-month deployment to Washir district, Helmand province. - 1st Lt. David Pursel (center), the logistics officer with a police advisory team preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, talks to Afghan role-players at the Advisory Training Cell, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 28, alongside the rest of the Marines and sailors on his team. Talking with the role-players helped Pursel, a native of Jacksonville, N.C., and the rest of his team prepare for the cultural differences between themselves and the Afghans they will be working hand-in-hand with during their upcoming seven-month deployment to Washir district, Helmand province.