Story by Lance Cpl. Nathan Maysonet | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 02.20.2021
Marines and sailors from around the Marine Corps participated in Service Level Training Exercise 2-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, throughout January and February 2021....
Courtesy Story | 2nd Marine Division | 11.25.2020
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA – Leaders from 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV) recently welcomed “The Beirut Battalion” to their ranks, as the Marines and Sailors of 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (1st Bn., 8th Marines) were formally awarded the historic French Fourragere, known as the Croix de Guerre, by 6th Marines at a ceremony aboard Camp......
Story by Cpl. Liah Smuin | 2nd Marine Division | 02.15.2019
Prom is widely considered to be a quintessential American experience, but people with special needs don’t always have the opportunity to attend a traditional prom. Recently, volunteers from Camp Lejeune teamed up with a charitable organization to celebrate a night to remember....
Courtesy Story | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.21.2017
Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hosted a warrior night in celebration of the unit’s 100-year anniversary at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 21....
Story by Staff Sgt. Robert Durham | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.01.2017
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed March 1, in support of operations and exercises in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation....
Story by Sgt. Anthony Mesa | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.08.2017
“Hanging on one!” “Fire!” The shockwave and sound of heavy explosive rounds being fired from an M252A2 81mm mortar system is enough to make most people jump. The Marines of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment didn’t even flinch as they sent rounds downrange in the G-10 impact area in support of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic’s Joint Terminal Attack......
Story by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Sosner | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.25.2016
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, along with Marines from 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conducted Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) battle drills with anti-armor missile systems and heavy machine guns in order to maintain unit readiness on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 23, 2016....
Story by Cpl. Jason Jimenez | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 02.17.2016
Coastal Predator is a two-weeklong exercise designed to test and prepare Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 to be combat ready for future deployments....
