II MEF News

Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion maneuver downrange in an amphibious assault vehicle during a gunnery skills exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 13, 2016. The company conducted the training to prepare for their upcoming participation in the Integrated Training Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion maneuver downrange in an amphibious assault vehicle during a gunnery skills exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 13, 2016. The company conducted the training to prepare for their upcoming participation in the Integrated Training Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

AAV crews, sections qualify for ITX

Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion reinforced their collective skills as crews and sections during a gunnery range exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 13.

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A Marine with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, provides security as his squad conducts casualty evacuation drills during Mountain Exercise 1-16 at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 15, 2016. Marines across II Marine Expeditionary Force and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade were taking part in the training in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16 in Norway this March. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dalton A. Precht/released) - A Marine with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, provides security as his squad conducts casualty evacuation drills during Mountain Exercise 1-16 at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 15, 2016. Marines across II Marine Expeditionary Force and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade were taking part in the training in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16 in Norway this March. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dalton A. Precht/released)

Tackling the Mountain: Marines across II MEF brace themselves for Cold Response 16

Marines and sailors from across the II Marine Expeditionary Force and the 2nd Marine Expeditionary

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II MEF Marines test the human factor in preparation for Cold Response 16

Noses and cheeks are red and breath makes an appearance with every exhalation. It has been below

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Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, practice firing an unloaded Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon during a platoon fire and maneuver range at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Aug. 13, 2015. The platoons put everything they had learned so far during the deployment for training exercise to the test by using both their provisional infantry and combat engineering skills during the culminating event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michelle Reif/Released) - Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, practice firing an unloaded Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon during a platoon fire and maneuver range at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Aug. 13, 2015. The platoons put everything they had learned so far during the deployment for training exercise to the test by using both their provisional infantry and combat engineering skills during the culminating event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michelle Reif/Released)

2nd CEB’s deployment for training comes to explosive conclusion

For the Marines of Bravo and Charlie Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, the last three weeks of training have been leading them up to this moment. They have worked tirelessly through static ranges, demolition ranges, urban assaults and much more. Now it was time to put what they had learned to the test in the grand, culminating event. Everything was on the line and it was time to prove their worth as combat engineers and basic infantrymen.

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