U.S. Marine Corps Col. Damon K. Burrows, left, commanding officer of Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), and Cpl. Gage Barbieri, right, a Loxahatchee, Florida native and an automotive maintenance technician with HQBN, 2d MARDIV pose for a photo following an award ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 10, 2024. Barbieri was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his problem-solving skills and recommendations to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Technical Manual, saving the Department of Defense over 900,000 work-hours of maintenance production time and a total savings of over $140 million. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Micah Thompson)
U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct a live fire exercise, (FIREX) on Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 23-27, 2024. FIREX is an exercise designed to allow Marines to effectively deliver timely and accurate rocket artillery with adjacent units to better understand operating maneuvers to improve internal standard operating procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Max Arellano)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Earning the title of United States Marine is a profound achievement; however for Gage Barbieri, not only is it an achievement but a bridge to greater feats.
Cpl. Barbieri, an automotive maintenance technician with Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), is being recognized by the leaders of 2d MARDIV for using the skills, knowledge, and training on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) to refine its official technical manuals across the Department of Defense (DoD).
Barbieri, a Loxahatchee, Florida native, grew up with little to no experience as a mechanic but always had an interest in mechanical engineering. Having graduated from Seminole Ridge...
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A new form of satellite communication is now being used by Marines of 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), II Marine Expeditionary Force. Starshield, a commercial wideband satellite communications service, is being implemented across units in the 2d MARDIV as a commercial solution for wideband satellite communications as well as joint, coalition, and partner forces.
U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on November 21, 2023, to honor and pay tribute to the unit’s sacrifices during its defining battle in World War II.