A U.S. Marine with Alpha Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), patrols a simulated nuclear detonation training area collapsed building for notional casualties during Scarlet Response 2022 at Guardian Centers of Georgia, Georgia, May 19, 2022. CBIRFs initial response forces will deploy Marines to locate and extract casualties from the contaminated area and escort them to decontamination tents for further medical care. Scarlet Response 2022 is designed to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the unit’s joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, in a simulated joint disaster response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kealii De Los Santos)
U.S. Marines with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT), Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM), Marine Forces Northern Command (MARFOR NORTHCOM), Headquarters Marine Corps Intelligence School Training Command and Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic gather around their Lance Cpl. Leadership and Ethics Seminar 1-22 instructors from FMFLANT, MARFORCOM, MARFOR NORTHCOM at Hopkins Hall Gymnasium, Virginia, May 20, 2022. These Marines graduated from a week-long course consisting of knowledge assessment, physical training and open leadership discussions. The Lance Cpl. Leadership and Ethics Seminar is designed to reaffirm the values, ethos, and principles of small unit leadership and is required training for Marines prior to achieving the non-commissioned officer rank of Corporal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, the commander of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, left, awards a replica Congressional Gold Medal to the brother of U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Frank Edward Parker Jr., Mr. John J. Dance, right, at a ceremony hosted by the National Montford Point Marines Association (NMPMA), Tidewater Virginia Chapter 14, at New Jerusalem Ministries Church, Virginia Beach, VA, on April 23, 2022. During the ceremony, Parker, a graduate of the segregated Montford Point Camp in Jacksonville, North Carolina, posthumously received the Certificate of Status and Congressional Gold Medal for service in World War II and for his role in paving the way for future African-American service members. The NMPMA is dedicated to preserving the legacy of nearly 20,000 World War II Marine Corps veterans who served from 1942 – 1949 and trained in the aforementioned segregated training facility.
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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Seth E. Anderson, the commanding officer of the Marine Corps Intelligence Schools, Training Command, center right, and Maj. Vic Garcia, officer-in-charge of Marine Corps Security Cooperation Training Detachment (MCSCTD), center left, gather with the MCSCTD staff at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, May 9, 2022. The ceremony formally activated MCSCTD following the deactivation of Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group on September 2, 2021. MCSCTD was established as part of the Force Design 2030 initiative to streamline the Marine Advisor Course and create an efficient pipeline for advisors trained to incorporate security cooperation into interoperability planning between the U.S. Marine Corps and its strategic partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Casey Price)
Sgts. Justin Condon and Bradley Briggs Jr., Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Marines with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, Headquarters and Service Battalion, stand their post at the MCCS Marine Corps Exchange (MCX), Norfolk, Virginia, April 6, 2022. Condon and Briggs Jr. manage the MCX by handling the scheduling, accounting and financing of the MCX in order to keep business consistent. MCCS Marines military occupational specialty exists to support and enhance the operational readiness, war fighting capabilities, and the life quality of Marines and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kealii De Los Santos)
U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. Holden L. Mesimer, a Marine Air Ground Task Force Planner with Plans Policies and Operations South, pulls a rowing machine at the Hopkins Hall Gymnasium, Virginia, April 29, 2022. Marines graduating from the High Intensity Tactical Training (HITT) program arranged an exercise to demonstrate their new mastery of instruction. The HITT Program is a comprehensive combat-specific strength and conditioning program that is essential to a Marine’s physical development, combat readiness, and resiliency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Chen)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robert E. Shuford, the communication strategy and operations director with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, presents a donation to U.S. Navy Ret. Rick O’Rawe, the director of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Norfolk office, at Slade Cutter Park, Virginia, April 8, 2022. The NMCRS arranged a head-to-head softball tournament between Marines and sailors to promote awareness of the 2022 NMCRS Active-Duty Fund Drive. The NMCRS is a non-profit organization that provides loans, financial education and disaster relief assistance to service members and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Casey Price)
U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and Royal Marine Commandos assigned to M Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines move simulated casualties during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise in support of Northern Viking 2022 on Keflavik Airbase, Iceland, April 8, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Yvonna Guyette)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Drake Crouse engages with an opposing force during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Norway, March 30, 2022. Crouse is a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Exercise Cold Response '22 is a biennial Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway, with participation from each of its military services, as well as from 26 additional North Atlantic Treaty Organization allied nations and regional partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacqueline C. Arre)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley (center), the commander of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, speaks with U.S. Navy Rear. Adm. John V. Menoni (left), the commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 (ESG-2), and Cmdr. Elizabeth A Nelson, commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), while touring the ship on March 25, 2022, prior to a regularly scheduled deployment. The USS Gunston Hall is one of the three Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group dock landing ships scheduled to join 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit who deployed earlier this month. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Mr. Casey Price)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley (right), the commander of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, and Cmdr. Elizabeth A Nelson (center), commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), thanks sailors for their hard work in preparing the ship for deployment on March 25, 2022. The USS Gunston Hall is one of the three Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group dock landing ships scheduled to join 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit who deployed earlier this month. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Mr. Casey Price)
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley (right), the commander of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, and Cmdr. Elizabeth A Nelson (center), commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), thanks sailors for their hard work in preparing the ship for deployment on March 25, 2022. The USS Gunston Hall is one of the three Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group dock landing ships scheduled to join 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit who deployed earlier this month. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Mr. Casey Price)
On Wednesday March 30, 2022 from 0800-1200 the Armed Services Blood Program Blood Drive sponsored by FMFLANT, MARFORCOM, MARFOR NORTHCOM will be conducted at building NH-33, NSA Hampton Roads. The blood drive will support active duty service members and hospital patients of all blood types. You can pre-register online at: www.militarydonor.com and any questions can be answered via email at: ralph.k.peters.civ@mail.mil
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, the commanding general of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT), Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM), Marine Forces Northern Command (MARFOR NORTHCOM), and Sgt. Maj. Michael J. Pritchard, the command sergeant major of FMFLANT, MARFORCOM, MARFOR NORTHCOM, tour the USS Arlington (LPD 24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, moored at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, March 15, 2022. The USS Arlington is named in commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and was officially commissioned Feb. 8, 2013, but its ceremonial commissioning occurred on April 6, 2013. The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy continue relevant support to deterrence with integrated sea power, operating concepts, capabilities, doctrine, personnel assignments, education and training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kealii De Los Santos)
BODØ, NORWAY – Thousands of U.S. Marines and Sailors are scheduled to participate in Norway’s Exercise Cold Response 22, the ninth iteration of this exercise, occurring from March 14 – April 1, 2022. The exercise is designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation during a high-intensity warfighting scenario in a challenging Arctic environment with rugged terrain and extreme cold weather. This iteration will emphasize and test critical activities ranging from the reception of allied and partner reinforcements and command and control interoperability, to combined joint operations, maritime prepositioning force logistics, integration with The Royal Netherlands Navy, and reacting against an adversary force in a dynamic training environment. U.S. forces began training in Norway in December as Marine units conducted cold weather training and planning in the lead up to the exercise. Approximately 200 military vehicles, attack and assault aircraft and other equipment departed Camp Lejeune, N.C., in January as part of II Marine Expeditionary Force’s participation in Exercise Cold Response 2022. U.S. forces traveling to Norway are following COVID-19 mitigation protocols. All deploying troops are vaccinated, and tested before and after travel. Self-sufficient logistics and medical components are structured to support the Marines and Sailors in event of emergencies. Media interested in covering U.S. participation in the exercise from March 14-April 1, should contact II Marine Expeditionary Force Communication Strategy and Operations’ media officer, U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Jasmine Scott at iimefcommstrat@usmc.mil.
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, the commanding general of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT), Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM), Marine Forces Northern Command (MARFOR NORTHCOM), awards a certificate of retirement to Joseph W. Murphy, executive director of FMFLANT, MARFORCOM, MARFOR NORTHCOM, during a retirement ceremony at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia, Feb. 24, 2022. FMFLANT, MARFORCOM, MARFOR NORTHCOM is a command active component operating forces and deployment planning and execution of operating forces in support of Combatant Commander and service requirements. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kealii De Los Santos)
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