II MEF News

Rct. Jeffrey J. Kenney poses for a photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., in 1975. Kenney, now a colonel, currently serves as officer-in-charge of Expeditionary Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, and is scheduled to retire Dec. 21, 2016 after more than 41 years of active service. (Courtesy photo) - Rct. Jeffrey J. Kenney poses for a photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., in 1975. Kenney, now a colonel, currently serves as officer-in-charge of Expeditionary Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, and is scheduled to retire Dec. 21, 2016 after more than 41 years of active service. (Courtesy photo)

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion provide first aid to a simulated trauma victim during a the final scenario of Health Service Augmentation Program training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. HSAP training, a week-long field exercise, is geared towards training medical personnel to function in a shock trauma platoon in a deployed environment. - Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion provide first aid to a simulated trauma victim during a the final scenario of Health Service Augmentation Program training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. HSAP training, a week-long field exercise, is geared towards training medical personnel to function in a shock trauma platoon in a deployed environment.

Sergeant Christopher M. Champagne (center), a meteorological and oceanographic forecaster with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and native of Savannah, Georgia, poses for a photo outside of the Tarawa Terrace Community Center with his wife, child and community center recreation specialist Lorraine Fuller (right) Oct. 29. Champagne has dedicated approximately 200 hours per year to volunteering for a variety of causes, most recently with the community center. “I wish we had a hundred more just like him,” said Fuller. “Such motivated and dedicated volunteers don’t exist in the regular population.” - Sergeant Christopher M. Champagne (center), a meteorological and oceanographic forecaster with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and native of Savannah, Georgia, poses for a photo outside of the Tarawa Terrace Community Center with his wife, child and community center recreation specialist Lorraine Fuller (right) Oct. 29. Champagne has dedicated approximately 200 hours per year to volunteering for a variety of causes, most recently with the community center. “I wish we had a hundred more just like him,” said Fuller. “Such motivated and dedicated volunteers don’t exist in the regular population.”