U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, conduct dive operations during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior 25 in Savaneta, Aruba, May 8-June 9, 2025. Exercise CCW 25 is a bilateral training exercise with Dutch forces and 2d Reconnaissance Battalion aimed to expand knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hunter J. Kuester)

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. Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 conduct special patrol insertion and extraction training near Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, May 8, 2025. HMLA-269 conducted a series of training evolutions with 2nd Recon to improve the squadron’s proficiency in providing assault support to Marine Corps ground units. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division compete against Dutch Marines from Marine Squadron Carib as part of training exercise Tres Kolos 24, on Camp Savaneta, Aruba, Oct. 11-28, 2024. U.S. Marines with 2/2 conducted a deployment for training to Aruba to conduct small-unit training while building camaraderie with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, a NATO ally and routine training partner. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alexander Peterson)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division compete against Dutch Marines from Marine Squadron Carib as part of training exercise Tres Kolos 24, on Camp Savaneta, Aruba, Oct. 11-28, 2024. U.S. Marines with 2/2 conducted a deployment for training to Aruba to conduct small-unit training while building camaraderie with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, a NATO ally and routine training partner. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alexander Peterson)