U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force share holiday messages at the II MEF Headquarters Building on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 5, 2024. These messages were filmed as part of a holiday segment to recognize service members with II MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Rafael Brambila-Pelayo, Cpl. Alexander Lesko, Lance Cpl. Adam Scalin, and Lance Cpl. Caroline Perkins)

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)

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)