II MEF News

A Marine embraces a loved one during Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa’s homecoming at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 10, 2017. After completing the mission of protecting U.S. personnel, property and interests in Europe and Africa, Marines returned home safely from their nine-month deployment. The Marines and sailors returning are with Combat Logistic Battalion 2 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda Faughn) - A Marine embraces a loved one during Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa’s homecoming at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 10, 2017. After completing the mission of protecting U.S. personnel, property and interests in Europe and Africa, Marines returned home safely from their nine-month deployment. The Marines and sailors returning are with Combat Logistic Battalion 2 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda Faughn)

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, verify the identity of a notionally-displaced citizen at the first station of the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez) - Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, verify the identity of a notionally-displaced citizen at the first station of the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)