II MEF News

Marines with 2nd Air Delivery, 2nd Transportation Support Battalion check each other’s parachutes before they jump at Camp Davis, N.C., Aug. 17, 2016. The Marines in 2nd Air Delivery are jumping with the newly issued MC-7parachutes in order to be certified as basic airborne jumpers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Lawson) - Marines with 2nd Air Delivery, 2nd Transportation Support Battalion check each other’s parachutes before they jump at Camp Davis, N.C., Aug. 17, 2016. The Marines in 2nd Air Delivery are jumping with the newly issued MC-7parachutes in order to be certified as basic airborne jumpers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Lawson)

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)