U.S Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing participate in Atlantic Alliance 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 Lance Cpl. Gavin K. Kulczewski)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing participate in Atlantic Alliance 2025 along the East Coast, June 24 to July 11, 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 Lance Cpl. Gavin K. Kulczewski)

U.S Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Rodney E. Nevinger, from Texas, command senior enlisted leader, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, delivers farewell remarks to 2nd MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 4, 2025. Nevinger will relinquish his role to Sgt. Maj. Schieler at a ceremony aboard MCAS Cherry Point on June 17, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Gavin K. Kulczewski)

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 conducted a ceremony to celebrate its last AV-8B Harrier II flight before its deactivation in September to celebrate the squadron's history with the Harrier, May 29, 2025. In 2026, the squadron will reactivate as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 231 and prepare to operate the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252 and Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Capt. Christopher Lane refuel an MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 over the Atlantic Ocean near North Carolina, May 6, 2025. VMGR-252 conducted routine aerial refueling operations in support of VMM-261 over eastern North Carolina as part of its ongoing training continuum. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Gavin K. Kulczewski)