U.S. Marines with 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, hang up their unit flag during exercise Intrepid Maven 23.2, Feb. 19, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between USMARCENT and the IDF designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of operations and improve both … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Forceconduct a training press conference with Communication Strategy and Operations Marines during Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise-23, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 16, 2023. MEFEX is an exercise that develops command and control capabilities and warfighting functions of the MEF staff as an operational command … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 – On Feb. 15, 2023, U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, currently deployed as part of Marine Rotational Forces Europe 23.1, had the unique opportunity to teach American football to local youth in Setermoen, Norway. Students from the local Norwegian school, Bardu ungdomsskole, asked to be taught the traditional American sport … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 — The Marine Corps has started its evaluation of the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle prototypes. The Government – through Program Manager Light Armored Vehicles – took delivery of the prototypes offered by General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems in December 2022. A third prototype, offered by BAE, is also undergoing evaluation to provide the … [Read more...]

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Graf, squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (MARDIV), Marine Forces Reserve, participates in a live fire event as part of the 4th MARDIV Rifle Squad Competition on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 30, 2023. The three-day event tested the Marines across a variety of infantry skills to … [Read more...]