U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), conduct a military freefall into Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Nov. 9, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps video)
Kelsey Wood, the vice principal of Woodland Elementary School, narrates during an Adopt-a-School ceremony at the school in Maysville, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. The Adopt-a-School program is a voluntary program between Woodland Elementary School and II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion designed to strengthen the connection between the military and local community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Payton Walley)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Staff Sgt. Jacob Jones watched a small drone navigate through a tree canopy ahead of his Marines, confirming enemy positions without exposing a single rifleman. The company completed the movement with zero simulated casualties.
It's the kind of tactical advantage the Marine Corps is betting on as 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, tested emerging technologies under combat conditions during a...
