U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance technicians with EOD Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, participate in an ordnance stacking exercise as part 2024 EOD Team of the Year Competition on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 21, 2024. U.S. Marines, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force EOD Technicians from across the United States, participated in a joint competition hosted by 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group to test individual and team skills while enhancing camaraderie and Esprit de Corps across the joint EOD community. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jessica J. Mazzamuto)
U.S. Marines and Sailors with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion (II MSB), conduct a 10-kilometer conditioning hike at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 16, 2024. The hike was conducted in order to increase Marines and Sailors’ abilities to effectively hike under a load while also strengthening unit cohesion and unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Alston)
Camp Lejeune, N.C. – U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) return to their home stations upon the completion of the inaugural Fleet Week Miami, May 17, 2024.
For the first time ever, the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard were invited to the city of Miami and the greater Miami-Dade County for Fleet Week. The services brought multiple Navy ships, dozens of naval and amphibious assets, and thousands of service members for the Miami community to see and meet from May 5-12, 2024.
Marines from units across II MEF joined together to form a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Special-Purpose MAGTF), headquartered by 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and augmented with Marines from 2nd Marine...
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy — Marines and Sailors with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), recently arrived in Naples, Italy, on May 16, 2024, to assume the role of Task Force 61/2 (TF 61/2). TF 61/2 is a forward-deployed command element in support of U.S. Sixth Fleet operations in the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to...