U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division maneuver during a platoon attack on range 410A during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 6, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Judith Ann Lazaro)
U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division participate in a change of command ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 31, 2025. The ceremony represents the transfer of responsibility, authority, and accountability from Col. John Roma to Col. Edward Holton. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Grace Stover)
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – The Marine Corps’ newest expeditionary radar system, the Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR), successfully completed a dual and single point helicopter sling load evaluation for the first time at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, July 30, 2025.
A helicopter support team of logistics specialists and landing support Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, inspected and rigged the MRADR for both dual and single point helicopter sling loads for a CH-53E Super Stallion flown by Heavy Medium Helicopter Squadron 361 (HMH-361), Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Air Wing.
After Marines attached the MRADR...
