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Marines recover downed Seahawk

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cody Parry, a landing support specialist with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), 2nd Marine Logistics Group (MLG),...

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248th Marine Corps Birthday run

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct a Marine Corps Birthday celebration formation run on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 9,...

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New York Veteran's day parade

U.S. Sailors with USS New York (LPD-21) participate in the New York Veteran's day parade at New York City, New York, Nov 11, 2023. U.S. Marines and...

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3/2 Marines CAAT Range

U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT), 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fire a TOW missile from a Joint Light...

 

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col Jonathan Landers, battalion commander of 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, awards a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Clay Campbell, a field medical technician with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, September 15, 2023. Campbell was awarded and recognized for providing medical care to a young woman having a seizure until medics arrived on scene, ultimately saving her life. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

Clearwater, Fl Native Corpsman Saves a Life

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jarid Fowle, an aviation precision-measurement equipment technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 14, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 26, 2023. Fowle was selected for the Commandant’s Retention Program and reenlisted in the Marine Corps to give back to his Marines. MALS-14 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christian Cortez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jarid Fowle: an aviation precision-measurement equipment technician with MALS-14

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Gilmore, an aviation-logistics information management systems specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 14, speaks during an interview at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 15, 2023. Gilmore discussed why he thinks Marines should reenlist and get the most out of their Marine Corps experience. MALS-14 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps still image extracted from video by Cpl. Christian Cortez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Gilmore follows his family's legacy

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV) accepted an invitation from The Commandant of the Netherlands Marine Corps to participate in a unique training experience in the Surinamese jungles in Northern South America. The Suriname Army hosted an eight-week jungle training course between March 27 and May 16, 2023. Four Marines participated in the training courses called the Jungle Movement and Survival Course and the Jungle Warfare Instructor Course.

Marines with 1/2 participate in Suriname Jungle Training

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jennifer J. Black, a supply specialist with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 10, 2023. Black reenlisted in the Marine Corps to help her Marines and her family. MWHS-2 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Servante R. Coba)

Giving Back to Her Nation: Sgt. Jennifer Black

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Dustin Alexander, with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, gives blood during a “walking blood bank” training scenario as part of a tactical scalable surgical system (TS3) team training exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 26, 2023. The TS3 team from 2nd Medical Battalion exercised damage control surgery, resuscitation and in route care to validate the readiness of the team and to establish a training pathway for future assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

2nd Medical Battalion Tactical Scalable Surgical System Team

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brady Wulf, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, looks at the camera during a flight over Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 15, 2023. VMM-261 trained to support Marine ground units during Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, a series of exercises designed to prepare Marines for operations around the globe. VMM-261 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)

VMM-261 conducts low-visibility landings in the desert

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Emerson Baltazar, a food service specialist with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, cooks pasta for a Chef of the Quarter Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 14, 2023. The winner of each quarter competes at the end of the year for the title of Chef of the Year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Zephir)

MCB Camp Lejeune Chef of the Quarter 2023

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Youngblood, a Pearsall, Texas, native and a reconnaissance Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, works on a RQ-20B Puma during a maritime raid exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 14, 2023. The maritime raid exercise employed the use of unmanned aerial systems in support of the development of multi-domain tactical level reconnaissance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emma Gray)

2d Recon Maritime Raid Exercise-RQ-20B Puma

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph W. Ploog, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, looks at the camera during a flight over Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Feb. 6, 2023. VMM-261 trained to support Marine ground units during Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 2-23. SLTE is a series of exercises designed to prepare Marines for operations around the globe. VMM-261 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)

VMM-261 flies over the desert

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dillon Ruggiero, a San Francisco, California native and a M252 Mortar gunner with the Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), poses for a photo during MEU Exercise II (MEUEX II) on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 3, 2022. The raid was the culminating event for MEUEX II, following Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT). MEUEX II focused on the transition of the 26th MEU from the sea into a three-day land-based training exercise centered on a fire support control exercise and a motorized infantry company live-fire raid. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle Jia)

MEUEX II: 1/6 Fires Mortars

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Lonnie N. Travis, center, II Marine Expeditionary Force Sergeant Major, retired after 32 years of faithful service and was relieved of his duties by Sgt. Maj. David A. Wilson, during a Relief and Appointment aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 3, 2023.The Relief and Appointment signifies the passing of authority form the outgoing Sgt. Maj., to the oncoming Sgt. Maj. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette)

II MEF Relief and Appointment

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos A. Sierrasans, fixed/rotary wing aircraft mechanic, currently with the Consolidated Hazmat Material Reutilization Inventory Management Program, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS) on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, poses for a photo on MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Jan. 26, 2023. Sierrasans, the recipient of this month's MCAS New River Go-Getter award, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2020 from Hialeah, Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Zephir)

MCAS New River Go-Getter

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joe Whalen, a flight-line mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, poses for a photo near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Jan. 12, 2023. VMM-261 trained to support Marine ground units during Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, a series of exercises designed to prepare Marines for operations around the globe. VMM-261 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)

U.S. Marines Conduct Reduced-Visibility landing training in desert

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Carlos Lopezllamozasguzman, an MV-22 Osprey avionics instructor with the Center for Naval Technical Training Unit, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, gives his son, Vincent Lopezllamozasguzman, a tour of an MV-22 Osprey during his visit to MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Dec. 15, 2022. Lopez, the recipient of this month's MCAS New River Go-Getter award, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2015 from Doral, Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexis Sanchez)

MCAS New River Go-Getter

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lydia Deprey, a Waldo, Ohio native and a mortarman with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 19, 2022. In addition to her duties as a mortarman, Deprey is also newly qualified as a Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival. Deprey was identified as a “Follow Me” Marine in efforts to share the stories of 2d MARDIV Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Malia Sparks)

Taking Challenges Head On

A U.S. Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, practices skiing during cold weather training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 1, 2022. This training was conducted to enhance the unit’s combat effectiveness in extreme cold weather as they prepare for an upcoming deployment to Marine Corps Forces Europe-Africa theater of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dylan Chagnon)

2d Recon Bn Cold Weather Training

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, greets a service member's dogs during the annual Trees for Troops Christmas tree holiday event at the Paradise Point Golf Club on MCB Camp Lejeune, Dec. 2, 2022. Each year, Trees for Troops visit U.S military bases across all service branches to provide Christmas trees to military families home and abroad. This year, an estimated 15,300 total trees will be given to 84 total bases, donated by Christmas tree farms from around the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Antonino Mazzamuto)

Trees for Troops

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Gregory Johnson, a combat engineer officer with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, maneuvers a simulated rooftop during the final stage of the Intramural Marksmanship Competition on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 7, 2022. The Marine Corps Intramural Marksmanship Competition inspires unit cohesion and mission readiness by allowing Marines to compete and improve lethality with both rifle and pistol weapons. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Antonino Mazzamuto)

Intramural Marksmanship Competition

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jasmine Scott, a communication strategy and operations officer, assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, and native of Detroit, Michigan, raises a hand full of trash collected from a port near Elefsina as part of a community outreach event between service members aboard the USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) the Hellenic Marine Environmental Protection Association and the U.S. Embassy on November 25, 2022. Marines assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, embarked aboard USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) to improve interoperability while refining the U.S. capability to rapidly deploy forces aboard U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport vessels. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

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  • 3/2 Marines Conduct Live-fire

    Oct 26 2023
    YUMA, ARIZONA
    U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division employ an M240B machine gun and a M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System during a live-fire and maneuver range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, Sept. 22, 2023. Live-fire and maneuver ranges give Marines the opportunity to engage and destroy targets in a dynamic environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Dmochowski)

  • Gladius Forge 23.2

    Oct 26 2023
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.
    U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion check their protective equipment for Chlorobenzyl Dene Malononitrile, more commonly known as CS gas, during Gladius Forge 23.2 at LZ Egret, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sep. 26, 2023. Gladius Forge 23.2 is a II MSB field exercise in conjunction with 8th Communication Battalion, 2d Supply Battalion, and 2d Medical Battalion to execute mission essential tasks, while validating the battalion’s support capabilities and proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Alston)

  • Air Delivery Operations

    Oct 26 2023
    YUMA, ARIZONA
    U.S. Marines attached to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, perform pre-jump safety procedure for air delivery operations during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-24 in Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 10, 2023. WTI 1-24 is an advanced seven-week course, which provides standardized tactical training and incorporates Marine Corps planning and implementation of air and ground tactics through a series of escalating evolutions, to support Marine aviation training and readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)

  • Beirut Memorial Run

    Oct 26 2023
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE
    Veterans from Battalion Landing Team 1/8 pose for a photo during the opening ceremony for the Beirut Memorial Run at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 2023. The Beirut Memorial Run is an annual event that honors the Marines that died in the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on Oct. 23, 1983. Participants run a total of 241 laps for each service member that died in the bombing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

  • Cold Steel Fast Ropes

    Oct 13 2023
    Spain
    U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-armor Team Red, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) conduct fast rope training at Sierra del Retin Training Camp, Oct. 6, 2023. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport docking ship USS Mesa Verde, assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michele Clarke)

  • Aerial Gunnery

    Oct 13 2023
    Yuma, Arizona
    U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Antonio Trujillo, a CH-53K King Stallion crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, sits on the ramp of a CH-53K during a terrain-familiarization flight as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 10, 2023. The WTI course is an advanced, graduate-level, seven-week course hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS) 1, which provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications, to support Marine aviation training and readiness and to assist in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. HMH-461 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)

  • Sniper teams integrate during unknown distance training

    Sep 06 2023
    SETERMOEN, NORWAY
    A U.S. Marine with the Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) Bravo Command Element, engages a target while training with Italian Marines San Marco Brigade during an integrated live-fire sniper range part of a Norwegian Bilateral Exercise in Setermoen, Norway, Aug. 12, 2023. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 26th MEU(SOC), under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

  • Marines fire MK19 and M107

    Oct 13 2023
    Yuma, Arizona
    A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division fires a M107 .50 Caliber Semi-Automatic Sniper System during a battalion field exercise on U.S. Army Proving Grounds Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 22, 2023. Live-fire training ensures that Marines can effectively employ their weapon systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Dmochowski)

  • DSCA Destructive Weather Rehearsal

    Sep 06 2023
    NAVAL BASE NORFOLK, V.A.
    A Marine Corps V-22 Osprey, assigned to the "Thunder Chickens" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, lands on the flight deck of USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) during Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) mission rehearsals at Naval Base Norfolk, Virginia, Aug. 21, 2023. Marines and Sailors with the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) Maritime DSCA Task Force conducted a full destructive weather mission rehearsal, designed by II MEF and United States Fleet Forces Command to prepare their capabilities for a future DSCA mission. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

  • JLTV Driving Course

    Oct 13 2023
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE
    U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion maneuver a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle around a driving course during Gladius Forge 23.2 at LZ Egret, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sep. 26, 2023. Gladius Forge 23.2 is a II MSB field exercise in conjunction with 8th Communication Battalion, 2d Supply Battalion, and 2d Medical Battalion to execute mission essential tasks, while validating the battalion’s support capabilities and proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Alston)

  • Helicopter Support

    Oct 13 2023
    Yuma, Arizona
    U.S. Marines attached to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, signal to a CH-53E Super Stallion to land while conducting helicopter support team operations during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24 in Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 3, 2023. WTI 1-24 is an advanced seven-week course, which provides standardized tactical training and incorporates Marine Corps planning and implementation of air and ground tactics through a series of escalating evolutions, to support Marine aviation training and readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)

  • A Tale of Two Forces

    Sep 06 2023
    SETERMOEN, NORWAY
    Italian Marines San Marco Brigade, pose for a group photo alongside U.S. Marines with the Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) Bravo Command Element, while participating in a Norwegian Bilateral Exercise in Setermoen, Norway, August 8, 2023. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 26th MEU(SOC), under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)

  • 10th Marines Conduct Aerial Transport

    Sep 06 2023
    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.
    U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 464, and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division conduct an aerial transport on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, August 22, 2023. The Marines conducted the field exercise to maintain combat readiness and prepare for upcoming exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Vivian Linwu)

  • Archipelago Endeavor 23

    Sep 06 2023
    Sweden
    A UH-60 Black Hawk lands during Exercise Archipelago Endeavor 23 in Sweden on Sept. 5, 2023. Exercise Archipelago Endeavor is an integrated, Swedish Armed Forces-led exercise that increases operational capability and enhances strategic cooperation between the U.S. Marines and Swedish forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emma Gray)

 

 

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