Lacrosse players with Topsail Youth Lacrosse Association participate in a game in Topsail North Carolina, April 20, 2024. Volunteering with sports teams helps Marines engage with and contribute to the local communities by mentoring its youth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Max Arellano)
U.S. Sailors with 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) participate in a six-mile Doc Kent memorial hike on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 23, 2024. This hike is held as the opening event for the annual division-level Doc Kent competition to commemorate Aaron A. Kent, a U.S. Navy Hospitalman, who was assigned with 2d MARDIV, II Marine Expeditionary Force and killed in action during combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl Noelia Vazquez)
TOPSAIL, NC - From the thunderous cheers on game days to the strong camaraderie forged through training, the lacrosse sport bonds not only Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), but also the local lacrosse youth in Topsail, North Carolina.
Marines with HQBN, 2d MARDIV volunteer with the local Topsail lacrosse youth three days out of the week every spring. For both these Marines and the youth, lacrosse is a shared passion that binds each individual together with a common purpose. On April 20, 2024, the Marines volunteered to help support the girls and boys league to see which team would face off in the upcoming tournaments at the end of the season.
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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.