Video by Cpl. Victoria Duran | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.09.2017
U.S. Marines participate in Expeditionary Operations Training Group, Fast Rope Masters Course 18-1 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Nov. 6-9. Marines with fast rope qualifications learned how to facilitate other Marines descend a fast rope. Marines with a fast rope master qualification are a unit asset and add to a units ability to deploy. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Victoria Ross)...
Video by Cpl. Victoria Duran | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.09.2017
Marines participate in Fast Rope Masters Course 18-1 to obtain their masters certificate at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 9, 2017. Marines honed their fast roping abilities and learned how to master for other Marines. Certified fast rope masters bolster unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Victoria Ross)...
Video by Lance Cpl. Cody Lemons | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 06.07.2017
Marines assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion conduct a live-fire FIM-92 Stinger range at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 7, 2017. The Stinger missile is a ground-based air defense weapon utilized to target and destroy airborne threats, and has been around since the Vietnam conflict. 2nd LAAD Bn. is assigned to Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. ......
Video by Lance Cpl. Cody Lemons | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 06.06.2017
Marines assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion send rounds down range using various weapons at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 6, 2017. The Marines honed their skills firing the M240B machine gun as well as the M203 and MK19 grenade launchers. Approximately 80 Marines qualified on all three weapon systems during this live-fire training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance......
Video by Lance Cpl. Cody Lemons | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 01.25.2017
Marines assigned to 2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion conducted a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, Jan. 25, 2017. During the exercise, 2d LAAD Bn. Marines focused on ground to air defense while supporting MV-22 Osprey units overhead. The Marines fired notional surface-to-air missiles at the aircraft, simulating defensive tactics in the event of an attack on an......
Video by Lance Cpl. Cody Lemons | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 09.21.2016
Marines assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion train for an upcoming mission aboard Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, N.C., Sept. 21 2016. The training included controlling entry points, standing post, and being tested with realistic scenarios that Marines may encounter while establishing ground security. The mission of 2nd LAAD is to provide low altitude surface-to-air weapons......
Video by Lance Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 08.30.2016
More than 50 Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing cycled through weapons qualifications during an M240 Bravo machine gun, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 29-30, 2016. The exercise allowed Marines to re-familiarize themselves with the......
Video by Lance Cpl. Jonathon Wiederhold | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 02.27.2016
U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion operate a forward arming and refueling point in support of Exercise Eager Response at Ft. Stewart Ga., Feb. 27, 2016. Eager Response is a battalion sized tactical insertion and combined arms exercise with units from 2d Marine Aircraft Wing and 2d Marine Division.(U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jonathon A.......
