U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conduct a martial arts instructor course culminating event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 23, 2024.The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual Marines through realistic combative training, warriors' ethos studies, and physical hardening. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)
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...