U.S. Marines with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) hold a commander's update brief at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 22, 2023. U.S. Marines with 2nd MAW conducted distributed aviation operations outside of their home duty station and local area to validate logistics, sustainment, and communications requirements for command elements. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Rowdy Vanskike)

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a non-lethal weapons course at Marine Corps Base Stone Bay, April 28-May 1st, 2025. The non-lethal weapons course teaches students about weapons that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or materiel while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted training as part of program Nimble Elder, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 21-25, 2025. The Nimble Elder program provides the 22nd MEU with organic, scalable counter-weapons of mass destruction capabilities. This specialized training equips them to respond to such threats, enabling rapid deployment and adaptability in support of Geographic Combatant Commanders' security cooperation efforts and crisis response. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Maurion Moore)

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8), 22nd MEU Integration (PMINT) exercise, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, April 1-14, 2025. PMINT is the 22nd MEU’s first opportunity in their pre-deployment training program to fully integrate with PHIBRON 8 while at sea, allowing Marines and Sailors to train together as an ARG/MEU team. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, provide logistical support to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, during a Field Evaluation Exercise in Mountain Training Exercise 2-25 at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, March 20 - 23, 2025. MTX 2-25 is designed to prepare units to strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Javier Santillan) Contains music from Adobe Stock: https://stock.adobe.com/search/audio?k=508722093