U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing conduct flight operations at the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island, The Bahamas, Feb. 16, 2026. MAG-29 Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise is a multi-week exercise designed to distribute command and control aviation forces, pushing authorities to the lowest levels while keeping forces moving between airfields and air sites. MAG-29 DAO is set to take place across the southeastern U.S. and the Caribbean, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and The Bahamas. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Todd Mahar, the officer in charge for Expeditionary Operations Training Group, accompanied by his family, walks out after the conclusion of his retirement ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 6, 2026. II Marine Expeditionary Force hosts a retirement ceremony for Mahar after serving honorably for 31 years in the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dorian Melrath)
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force, alongside U.S. naval forces, and partners from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), tested new defenses against swarming drones during the Technology Operational Experimentation Event (TOEE) “Wave Breaker”, from Jan. 26, 2026, to Feb. 6, 2026.
