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Current Ops 1 of {y} 26th MEU VBSS Evaluation

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2/8 Participates in Range 400

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division participates in a company live-fire range as part of a Service Level...

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CLB-24 Conducts Evac Training

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 (CLB-24), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, comforts a simulated patient...

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26th MEU head into Norway

Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable (SOC)), prepare for their upcoming bilateral training with Norwegian...

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V 3/2 FEX

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct a live- fire range during a field exercise on Camp Lejeune, North...

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Martial Arts Instructor Course

U.S. Marines participate in a culminating event during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor (MAI) Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 27,...

In the News

U.S. Marines Save Life of Local Estonian Citizen

5/11/2023 - https://www.dvidshub.net/news/444466/us-marines-save-life-local-estonian-citizen

American Troops are jumping into freezing water to learn Arctic warfare

3/02/2023 - https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soliders-finland-norway-arctic-forge/

1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment returns from deployment

2/16/2023 - https://www.witn.com/2023/02/15/1st-battalion-2nd-marine-regiment-returns-deployment/

Home of the Brave: ENC airports vital to training for military

2/02/2023 - https://wcti12.com/news/local/home-of-the-brave-enc-airports-vital-to-training-for-military

Joint Amphibious exercise training with Sailors and Marines at JEB Little Creek

2/02/2023 - https://www.wtkr.com/news/military/joint-amphibious-exercise-with-sailors-and-marines-at-jeb-little-creek

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)

Port Clean Up in Greece

Featured Stories

USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SOC) Arrives in the U.K.

Marines and Sailors from the USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)’S (MEU(SOC)) Bravo Command Element arrived in Plymouth, U.K. for a regularly scheduled port visit, July 28. During the visit, Sailors and Marines will have a chance to experience the rich culture of the area through morale welfare and recreation tours to popular cultural and historical landmarks around the city. This port visit marks the first stop for the USS Mesa Verde while deployed in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe (NAVEUR) area of operations.

Dutch Marine helps strengthen bonds between nations

The U.S. Marine Corps and the Netherlands Marine Corps have a long-standing relationship dating back to 1943 and have exchanged officers to share knowledge and strengthen relationships between nations. Most recently, the commanding general of 2d Marine Division recognized it’s 22nd Netherlands exchange officer, Capt. Fabian Schra.

II MEF Certifies First Special Operations-Capable MEU in a Decade

II Marine Expeditionary Force has certified the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit as a Special Operations Capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The designation of MEU(SOC) is a first for the Marine Corps in more than a decade. The designation continues to demonstrate the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the Joint Force in support of daily campaigning, crisis response, and integrated deterrence missions.

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Change of Command

Colonel Ryan M. Hoyle relinquished command of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to Colonel Todd E. Mahar during the change of command ceremony at Marston Pavilion on June 26.

June 2, 2023 | 1:20

The Force Design Annual Update 2023 outlines the Marine Corps’ continued modernization and provides a framework for priorities moving forward.

With further experimentation and wargaming with concepts such as The Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Based Operations, A Concept for Stand-In Forces, the guiding documents Training and Educations 2030, the updated Talent Management 2030 and Installations and Logistics 2030, the Marine Corps is already implementing elements of Force Design and our Marines now use many of the capabilities it describes.

We know that if we are to stay ahead of our peer competitors, we need to accelerate our modernization.

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The Force Design Annual Update 2023 outlines the Marine Corps’ continued modernization and provides a framework for priorities moving forward.

With further experimentation and wargaming with concepts such as The Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Based Operations, A Concept for Stand-In Forces, the guiding documents Training and Educations 2030, the updated Talent Management 2030 and Installations and Logistics 2030, the Marine Corps is already implementing elements of Force Design and our Marines now use many of the capabilities it describes.

We know that if we are to stay ahead of our peer competitors, we need to accelerate our modernization.

Current Ops

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2/8 Participates in Range 400

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CLB-24 Conducts Evac Training

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26th MEU head into Norway

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V 3/2 FEX

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Martial Arts Instructor Course

In the News

U.S. Marines Save Life of Local Estonian Citizen

American Troops are jumping into freezing water to learn Arctic warfare

1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment returns from deployment

Home of the Brave: ENC airports vital to training for military

Joint Amphibious exercise training with Sailors and Marines at JEB Little Creek

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

Marines with 1/2 participate in Suriname Jungle Training

Giving Back to Her Nation: Sgt. Jennifer Black

2nd Medical Battalion Tactical Scalable Surgical System Team

VMM-261 conducts low-visibility landings in the desert

MCB Camp Lejeune Chef of the Quarter 2023

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

VMM-261 flies over the desert

MEUEX II: 1/6 Fires Mortars

II MEF Relief and Appointment

MCAS New River Go-Getter

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

MCAS New River Go-Getter

Taking Challenges Head On

2d Recon Bn Cold Weather Training

Trees for Troops

Intramural Marksmanship Competition

Port Clean Up in Greece

Featured Stories

USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SOC) Arrives in the U.K.

Dutch Marine helps strengthen bonds between nations

II MEF Certifies First Special Operations-Capable MEU in a Decade

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Change of Command

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