U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, participate in exercise Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25) on Bangor International Airport, Maine, July 10, 2025. AA25 is the premier East Coast naval integration exercise, featuring over 25 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units alongside Dutch naval forces and British Royal Commandos. Spanning from North Carolina to Maine, AA25 will showcase a range of dynamic events including force integration, air assault operations, bilateral reconnaissance, naval strait transits, amphibious assault training, and a simulated war-at-sea exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Grace Stover)

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division won the 2025 Annual Marine Corps Super Squad Competition at U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, May 12-15, 2025. The Marine Corps Super Squad Competition is an annual competition that utilizes simulated combat conditions to challenge competitors with a wide variety of complex and realistic scenarios to determine which Marine rifle squad most effectively demonstrate their combat capabilities and operational proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Grace Stover)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt Brooke West, the 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion Adjutant, speaks on her experience as a company grade officer on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct 10, 2024. This is in effort to support and elaborate on the updated version of Marine Corps Tactical Publication 6-10A, “Sustaining the Transformation.” (Video by Cpl. Grace Stover)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Steven J. Siclari, the outgoing commanding officer of 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, presents the colors and relinquishes command to Lt. Col. Jason E. Gwin, the oncoming commanding officer, during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 3, 2024. This change of command ceremony represented the transfer of authority and responsibilities from Lt. Col. Siclari to Lt. Col. Gwin. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in exercise Resolute Hunter 2-24 on Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, from June 17 to June 20, 2024. Resolute Hunter demonstrates the U.S. Marine Corps’ ability to work within the joint force and with foreign partners to validate & develop service, joint, and coalition doctrine and tactics within the realm of battle management, command and control and intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Maurion Moore)