U.S. Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, participate in Exercise Rolling Thunder 21.2 at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 28, 2021. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live-fire artillery event that tests the unit's abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Noah J. Ralphs, Cpl. Sydney Smith, and Staff Sgt. Akeel Austin)
Personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) are tasked to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), federal, state, and local agencies at the state-run, federally-supported Community Vaccination Center (CVC) located at the Pipkin Building, Memphis Fairgrounds in Memphis, Tennessee.
In partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and state and local agencies, Marines and Sailors with the 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) will deploy to support a city-run, federally-supported community vaccination center (CVC) located in Memphis, Tennessee.
OKINAWA, JAPAN – On Feb. 17, 2021, Marines and Sailors of 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division returned from a paradigm shifting deployment in the vast and exotic training areas of Japan. During a year marred by the effects of COVID-19, the battalion successfully deployed to Okinawa, Japan in the Fall of 2020, as part of the Unit Deployment Program (UDP).
Every year, U.S. Navy commands throughout the fleet nominate their Blue Jacket of the Year. The award recognizes Sailors who stand out above the rest. Gonzalez a corpsmen with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (2/6), 2d MarDiv is this year’s awardee.
