U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, train using the Skydio X2D drone during a small, unmanned aircraft systems training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2026. The Skydio X2D is a Short Range Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System employed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, featuring manual and autonomous flight with digital zoom with a thermal camara capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Salvador Flores Perez)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert Fulford, the II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) commanding general, watches as II MEF Expeditionary Operations Training Group’s (EOTG) Close Quarters Tactics Enablers Course 1-26 is held at Marine Corps Base Stone Bay, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2026. EOTG trains deploying II MEF Marine Expeditionary Units and other designated forces in individual and collective tasks, evaluating their ability to conduct mission essential tasks that prepares those forces to support the global combatant commanders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. DeMontae Stovall)
