Jun 24 2024

EOTG Fast Rope Master Course

Sgt. Nathan Mitchell

U.S Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. John Cohee JR., a ropes and recovery instructor, left, and Capt.Zachary Wheeler, ropes and recovery branch officer in charge, right, with II Marine Expeditionary Force, Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), demonstrate proper rope descension duringFast Ropes Master Course (FRMC),aboard Marine Corps Base Stone Bay North Carolina, March 27, 2023. FRMC is an opportunity for EOTG to train and certify the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit as fast rope masters, giving them the ability to expediently descend a rope into restrictive terrain where landing an aircraft is not possible. The EOTG staff consists of close-knit professionals, dedicated to ensuring that deploying MEUs are ready and capable to support geographic combatant commanders and respond to crises events around the globe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marc Imprevert)

Jun 24 2024

EOTG Raids Course

Sgt. Nathan Mitchell

Instructors with Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), II Marine Expeditionary Force discuss training objectives prior to an execution of a raid carried out by Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) at Trenton, North Carolina, April 24, 2024. The Purpose of COMPTUEX is to train and certify the 24th MEU’s Command Element (CE), Aviation Combat Element (ACE), and Ground Combat Element (GCE) and the Logistics Combat Element (LCE) as a capable Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) that can execute special skills operations along with the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). COMPTUEX offers an enhanced opportunity for Navy and Marine Corps interoperability training in preparation for the Wasp ARG-MEU’s upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Nathan Mitchell)

Jun 24 2024

EOTG Fast Rope Master Course

Cpl. Marc Imprevert

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob Geigle, a ropes and recovery instructor with II Marine Expeditionary Force, Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), conducts a head count of the Marines with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as they complete the Fast Ropes Master Course (FRMC) aboard Marine Corps Base Stone Bay North Carolina, March 30, 2023. FRMC is an opportunity for the EOTG to train and certify the 26th MEU as fast rope masters, giving them the ability to expediently descend a rope into restrictive terrain where landing an aircraft is not possible. The EOTG staff consists of close-knit professionals, dedicated to ensuring that deploying MEUs are ready and capable to support geographic combatant commanders and respond to crises events around the globe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marc Imprevert)

Jun 24 2024

EOTG hosts ARGMEUEX 2023

Pfc. Adam Scalin

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), consolidate during Amphibious Ready Group/MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) at Camp Burnt Gin, South Carolina, April 24, 2023. Tactical insertion training develops the MEU’s capability to insert into uncertain and permissive environments while maintaining a low profile. Expeditionary Operations Training Group organized ARGMEUEX as part of the 26th MEU’s third phase of the pre-deployment training to ensure their Marines and Sailors, in partnership with their Navy teammates, are ready to serve as a formidable deterrent capable of performing missions across a full range of military operations from the sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Adam Scalin)

Jun 24 2024

EOTG hosts ARGMEUEX 2023

Pfc. Adam Scalin

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to recover a simulated casualty while conducting a tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) during Amphibious Ready Group/MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) at Camp Burnt Gin, South Carolina, April 25, 2023. TRAP training develops the MEU’s capability to recover isolated personnel and aircraft in hostile, uncertain and permissive environments. Expeditionary Operations Training Group organized ARGMEUEX as part of the 26th MEU’s third phase of the pre-deployment training to ensure their Marines and Sailors, in partnership with their Navy teammates, are ready to serve as a formidable deterrent capable of performing missions across a full range of military operations from the sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Adam Scalin)

EOTG Marines host memorial rappel during landing zone reopening ceremony

Marines gather in front of a CH-53 Super Stallion at Landing Zone Vulture after rappelling during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017. The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine. The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.

EOTG Marines host memorial rappel during landing zone reopening ceremony

Two Marines observe the CH-53 Super Stallion as it prepares to take off for a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., May 17, 2017. The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine. The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.

EOTG Marines host memorial rappel during landing zone reopening ceremony

A Marine supervises a rappel during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017. The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine. The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. The Marines are with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.

EOTG Marines host memorial rappel during landing zone reopening ceremony

Staff Sgt. Jerry Colvin rappels out of a CH-53 Super Stallion during a ceremony at Stone Bay, a Camp Lejeune satellite training area, N.C., May 17, 2017. The ceremony marks the reopening of Landing Zone Vulture, which closed Sept. 2, 2015 after a CH-53 crashed resulting in the death of one Marine. The instructors took the opportunity to memorialize their fallen Marine, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lewis, through the sustainment rappel. Colvin is with EOTG, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group.