U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Company 21, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment and Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Littoral Combat Force 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embark and load equipment onto a KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 27, 2026. At the direction of U.S. Southern Command, assigned U.S. military forces are supporting Department of State-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Venezuela in the aftermath of the June 24, 2026, earthquakes. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Maximiliano Rosas)
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ian Fletcher, left, the offgoing commanding officer of II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, Col. Sasha Kuhlow, center, the oncoming commanding officer of II MIG, and Lt. Gen. Calvert L. Worth Jr., the commanding general of II Marine Expeditionary Force salute Marines with II MIG during the II MIG Change of Command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 25, 2026. The change of command ceremony symbolizes the passing of authority and responsibility from the offgoing to the oncoming commanding officer.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aegean Devaughn-Wilson)
