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Tactical Recovery 22nd MEU

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board an...

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St. Patrick’s Day Field Meet

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Geoffry Laney, left, an instructor at the Marine Corps Engineer School, Training Command, and Cpl. Jagger Robinson, a...

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Attaching Medical Supplies

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Keith Abraham, left, an intelligence specialist, and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class William Debruler, both with Combat...

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French 6th Light Armored Brigade and 2d MARDIV JTFEX-25

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David Odom, the commanding general of 2d Marine Division, and Brigadier General Seiler, Commanding General French Army’s...

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2nd MLG CBRN Gas Chamber Training

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group don mission oriented protective posture...

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RUT Arial Range

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, load 20MM rounds onto an AH-1Z Viper helicopter...

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II MEF Fundraiser for Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

From left to right, U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Petty Officer John Beck, II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) Command Master Chief, Sgt. Maj....

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FY26 Retention Campaign

FY26 Retention Campaign Flyer

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FY25 SRB Program

Program Flyer for the FY25 Selective Retention Bonus Program

In the News

There's a New War Game for 'Nerds with a Drive for Violence.' It's Spreading Across the Marine Corps.

3/13/2025 - https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/12/playing-down-range-how-marines-are-taking-war-gaming-their-own-hands.html

U.S. Marine Corps’ VMFA-533 Receives First F-35B Lightning II Block 4 at MCAS Beaufort

10/16/2024 - https://theaviationist.com/2024/10/13/usmc-vmfa-533-receives-first-f-35b-block-4/

Camp Lejeune’s School Liaison Officer Loves Serving Marine Parents and Students

9/12/2024 - https://lejeunenewriver.usmc-mccs.org/news/camp-lejeune-s-school-liaison-officer-loves-serving-marine-parents-and-students

Military air training set for 2 days at NC coastal town; exercise against ferry attack set near coast for 1 day

9/12/2024 - https://news.yahoo.com/news/major-military-air-training-set-181643483.html

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesus Ruiz, left, a food service specialist with 3d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, is presented a challenge coin by Brig. Gen. James W. Lively, the assistant division commander of 2d MARDIV, for his support during operations across the Division on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, March 14, 2025. Food service Marines support the operational requirements of 2d MARDIV by providing Marines with meals throughout their deployments and training environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Frank Sepulveda Torres) — 2d MARDIV ADC visits Food Service Marines

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Akridge (Right Center), from Virginia, a tactical air defense controller with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 2, was awarded with a cowbell from Maj. Gen. William H. Swan, from Wisconsin, commanding general, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), alongside his staff at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, March 13, 2025. Cpl. Akridge was awarded the 2nd MAW commanding general's cowbell award for his outstanding performance as a datalink coordinator with Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Gavin Kulczewski) — MACS-2 Marine Awarded 2nd MAW Cowbell Award

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U.S. Marine Capt. Samantha Donatelli, the logistics officer-in-charge with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, which deployed as the Battalion Landing Team with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in 2024, poses for a portrait on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 11, 2025. Donatelli won the First Lieutenant Travis Manion Marine Corps Logistician of the Year award for her actions with the 24th MEU in 2024. This award is one of the highest honors a Marine Corps logistics officer can receive. Named after 1st Lt. Travis Manion, who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in Iraq, the award recognizes logisticians who demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation, and impact in supporting combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Victoria Hutt) — Capt. Donatelli Wins Logistics Officer of the Year Award

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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joshua Fish with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo at the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 6, 2025. Fish was selected as the 2nd MLG Warrior of the Week by his leadership due to his proficiency, maturity, and dedication to his job as a Surgical Technologist, providing 16 hours of Clinical Skills Sustainment to the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune operating room. When asked what advice he would give to junior Sailors, Fish said, "Stay humble and open to learning, never settle for complacency, and above all, embrace failure as a steppingstone to growth." Each week, 2nd MLG recognizes one outstanding Marine or Sailor that goes above and beyond in their duties and embodies the qualities of an outstanding service member. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ramos) — HM2 Fish; 2nd MLG Warrior of the Week

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alondra RuizHernandez, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo in Setermoen, Norway, March 5, 2025. RuizHernandez was selected as the 2nd MLG Warrior of the Week for her hard work, dedication and leadership while preparing and serving meals to over 250 service members participating in Exercise Joint Viking 25. When asked what keeps her motivated she said, “I enjoy knowing that people are fed, and morale is high.” Each week, 2nd MLG recognizes one outstanding Marine or Sailor that goes above and beyond in their duties and embodies the qualities of an outstanding service member. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Gavin Umboh) — Lance Cpl. Alondra RuizHernandez; 2nd MLG warrior of the week

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Featured Stories

Impacting at every level: How one Lance Corporal’s innovation earned a Cowbell

The searing heat of Djibouti beat down around U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steven Akridge, a Martinsville, Virginia, native and tactical air defense controller with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). He stared at the inoperable air surveillance system, a critical piece of equipment for 2nd MAW’s tactical air defense control unit. Without it, operations could be delayed, and the unit's mission could have been placed in jeopardy. Replacing or fixing the air surveillance system would take time. Instead of waiting on others, Lance Cpl. Akridge, knowing the unique position he was in, decided to take the initiative to correct the issue himself.

2nd MAW units complete distributed aviation operations exercise in The Bahamas

Units with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) completed an exercise focused on distributed aviation operations (DAO) near the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) on Andros Island, Bahamas, Jan. 28 to Mar. 15.

2d Marine Division Enhance Joint Capabilities During JTFEX-25

2d Marine Division and 6 Light Armored Brigade command staffs trained together in Joint Task Force Exercise 25 (JTFEX-25), to practice command and control of a Marine Expeditionary Force sized Marine Air Ground Task Force in a dynamic operational scenario.  This training scenario enables 2d Marine Division and 6 Light Armored Brigade to grow closer as warfighting organizations and learn how to complement the strengths that each organization can leverage.  

Destructive Weather Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm/Tornado Condition II for Camp Lejeune and New River until 7 PM: 45-60 kt wind

22nd MEU Completes MAGTF Interoperability Exercise

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) recently completed the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability exercise, an event designed to assess the MEU’s warfighting capabilities in a simulated peer-threat environment. Conducted from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11, 2025, the exercise included a range of full-mission profiles to validate integration across various combat and support functions.

2nd MLG Field Meet

Mar 12 2025

Camp Lejeune

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group, cheer on a fellow Marine participating in a squat competition as part of the H&S Bn Field Competition at Camp Johnson, North Carolina, March 7, 2025. Headquarters and Service Battalion held the field meet in order to improve cohesiveness throughout the battalion while strengthening esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ramos)

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Bahamas Medical and Dental Civil Action Program

Mar 11 2025

bahamas

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Anderson Marin, left, from Virginia, a dental corpsman, and Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Regina Thomas, from Texas, an advanced dental laboratory technician, both with 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and attached to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272, provide information on dental health to Bahamian patients in Coakley Town, Bahamas, Feb. 26, 2025. MWSS-272 deployed to The Bahamas to conduct aviation ground support rehearsals and refine distributed aviation operations for 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)

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MTX 25 Live Fire Range

Mar 13 2025

Bridgeport

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Allen Kirsch, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, fires an M16A4 service rifle while participating in a live-fire range with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, during Mountain Training Exercise 2-25 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, March 9, 2025. MTX 2-25 is designed to prepare units to strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mary Torres)

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2nd Combat Readiness Regiment Celebrates 1st Birthday

Mar 06 2025

Camp Lejeune

A trophy and a birthday cake sit on a table prior to the 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, field meet, celebrating their first birthday as a regiment on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 27, 2025. 2nd CRR conducted the field meet, which consisted of various athletic events to promote physical fitness, cohesion and camaraderie, in order to celebrate the regiment’s first birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jessica J. Mazzamuto)

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Marines Attend JTFEX-25 Pre-Exercise Academics

Mar 06 2025

Camp Lejeune

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kenneth Jones, fires and effects coordinator, II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), briefs Marines, Sailors, and NATO allies prior to the execution of Joint Task Force Exercise 25 (JTFEX 25) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 27, 2025. JTFEX 25 enhances II MEF command element staff across all warfighting functions at the operational level of war in order to exercise the II MEF warfighting construct as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Allen)

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2nd MAW Marines complete distributed aviation operations exercise in The Bahamas

March 19, 2025 | 2:09

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and 2nd Marine Logistics Group conduct a distributed aviation operations (DAO) exercise near the U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island, Bahamas, Feb. 19 to Mar. 3, 2025. 2nd MAW deployed to The Bahamas to conduct aviation ground support rehearsals and refine DAO for 2nd MAW. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour)

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II Marine Expeditionary Force

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Tactical Recovery 22nd MEU

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St. Patrick’s Day Field Meet

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Attaching Medical Supplies

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French 6th Light Armored Brigade and 2d MARDIV JTFEX-25

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2nd MLG CBRN Gas Chamber Training

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RUT Arial Range

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II MEF Fundraiser for Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

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FY26 Retention Campaign

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FY25 SRB Program

In the News

There's a New War Game for 'Nerds with a Drive for Violence.' It's Spreading Across the Marine Corps.

U.S. Marine Corps’ VMFA-533 Receives First F-35B Lightning II Block 4 at MCAS Beaufort

Camp Lejeune’s School Liaison Officer Loves Serving Marine Parents and Students

Military air training set for 2 days at NC coastal town; exercise against ferry attack set near coast for 1 day

Featured Stories

Impacting at every level: How one Lance Corporal’s innovation earned a Cowbell

2nd MAW units complete distributed aviation operations exercise in The Bahamas

2d Marine Division Enhance Joint Capabilities During JTFEX-25

Destructive Weather Advisory

22nd MEU Completes MAGTF Interoperability Exercise

2nd MLG Field Meet

Bahamas Medical and Dental Civil Action Program

MTX 25 Live Fire Range

2nd Combat Readiness Regiment Celebrates 1st Birthday

Marines Attend JTFEX-25 Pre-Exercise Academics

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2nd MAW Marines complete distributed aviation operations exercise in The Bahamas

2nd MAW Marines complete distributed aviation operations exercise in The Bahamas

MTX 2-25 Live-Fire Range

MTX 2-25 Live-Fire Range

U.S. Marines with 2nd MAW participate in SLTE 1-25

U.S. Marines with 2nd MAW participate in SLTE 1-25

2nd CRR REGFEX: EOD Range

2nd CRR REGFEX: EOD Range

22nd MEU MAGTF INTEROP

22nd MEU MAGTF INTEROP

SLTE 1-25 Teaser

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SLTE 1-25 Teaser (Vertical)

SLTE 1-25 Teaser (Vertical)

2nd CRR REGFEX: M67 Grenade Range

2nd CRR REGFEX: M67 Grenade Range

2nd Combat Readiness Regiment Field Exercise

2nd Combat Readiness Regiment Field Exercise

2d Marine Division's 84th Birthday Celebration

2d Marine Division's 84th Birthday Celebration

2nd CRR REGFEX: EOD Range

2nd CRR REGFEX: EOD Range

2nd MAW Band conducts security force training

2nd MAW Band conducts security force training

2d MARDIV: Spirit of the Division

2d MARDIV: Spirit of the Division

2d Marine Division 84th Birthday

2d Marine Division 84th Birthday

II MEF Commander Discusses How to Prepare Forces to Meet High-End Threats at WEST 2025

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