U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conduct a martial arts instructor course culminating event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, May 23, 2024.The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual Marines through realistic combative training, warriors' ethos studies, and physical hardening. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)
U.S. Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division and Combat Logistics Battalion 8 (CLB-8), Combat Logistics Regiments 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct littoral boat operations at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 3, 2024. CLB-8 provided transportation support for the scout sniper platoon in order to showcase littoral combat service support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Labrador)
Camp Lejeune, N.C. – U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) return to their home stations upon the completion of the inaugural Fleet Week Miami, May 17, 2024.
For the first time ever, the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard were invited to the city of Miami and the greater Miami-Dade County for Fleet Week. The services brought multiple Navy ships, dozens of naval and amphibious assets, and thousands of service members for the Miami community to see and meet from May 5-12, 2024.
Marines from units across II MEF joined together to form a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Special-Purpose MAGTF), headquartered by 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division and augmented with Marines from 2nd Marine...