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)

Clearing debris from the beach, Marines from 2nd Radio Battalion and 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion drag a fence to a ferry for removal as part of a beach clean-up of Shackleford Banks Island April 21, 2016. The Marines worked in cooperation with the Single Marine Program for transportation and the National Park service for removal of the trash. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda Faughn/Released) - Clearing debris from the beach, Marines from 2nd Radio Battalion and 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion drag a fence to a ferry for removal as part of a beach clean-up of Shackleford Banks Island April 21, 2016. The Marines worked in cooperation with the Single Marine Program for transportation and the National Park service for removal of the trash. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda Faughn/Released)

Sgt. Nicholas G. Tissandier, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, oversees the landing of an MV-22 Osprey during para-operations above Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The air crew practiced landings to reflect flight operations in areas of reduced visibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Sgt. Nicholas G. Tissandier, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, oversees the landing of an MV-22 Osprey during para-operations above Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The air crew practiced landings to reflect flight operations in areas of reduced visibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

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)