U.S. Marine Corps aircrafts take off aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Integration Training (PMINT) in vicinity of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 15, 2019. PMINT is part of the 26th MEU’s and PHIBRON 8’s pre-deployment training program, which enhances interoperability and familiarizes Marines and Sailors to life on ship prior to deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gary Jayne)
There is an old adage that goes “if at first you do not succeed, go back and try the way that your mother originally told you to.” For many Marines in the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, that rings particularly true.
