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The 2nd MAW Band plays during its annual Christmas

The 2nd MAW Band plays during its annual Christmas

The 2nd MAW Band plays during its annual Christmas concert, Dec. 11, 2009, at the air station theater. The concert included performances from the band and its barbershop quartet, a variety of skits, including “... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan E. Honnoll and Sgt. Phillip

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan E. Honnoll and Sgt. Phillip

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan E. Honnoll and Sgt. Phillip W. Cambron begin extraction from a Coast Guard vessel during Marine Transport Squadron 1 boat hoist training about two miles south of Fort Macon, July 15... More

Players for Quantico and Camp Lejeune battle during

Players for Quantico and Camp Lejeune battle during

Players for Quantico and Camp Lejeune battle during the championship game of the East Coast Regional Basketball Tournament at Cherry Point’s Marine Dome, July 22. Quantico went undefeated during the ECR tournam... More

MWSG-27 Marines Welcome New commanding officer

MWSG-27 Marines Welcome New commanding officer

Col. Daniel B. Conley (left) stands next to Col. Stephen F. Kirkpatrick prior to the transfer of the organizational colors during Marine Wing Support Group 27’s change of command ceremony Sept. 15. Kirkpatrick,... More

The Coastal Carolina Agricultural Fair has lit up the

The Coastal Carolina Agricultural Fair has lit up the

The Coastal Carolina Agricultural Fair has lit up the city of New Bern, N.C., for a week and will continue through Oct. 23. Sponsored by the Craven County Jaycees and the Cooperative Extension offices in Crave... More

Sgt. Aaron S. Evans is an instructor at the Marine

Sgt. Aaron S. Evans is an instructor at the Marine

Sgt. Aaron S. Evans is an instructor at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Corporals Leadership Course.

Staff Sgt. Mark A. Pellon, a saxophonist for the 2nd

Staff Sgt. Mark A. Pellon, a saxophonist for the 2nd

Staff Sgt. Mark A. Pellon, a saxophonist for the 2nd Marine Division Band, orchestrates fellow band members through a ceremonial piece aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22. Pellon has made the ... More

Cpl. Matthew Morales, the non-commissioned officer

Cpl. Matthew Morales, the non-commissioned officer

Cpl. Matthew Morales, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Landing Zone, Forward Operating Base Geronimo, directs a forklift while arranging incoming supplies. Morales is stationed with Combat Logistic... More

World War II veteran Terrence Walker, right, walks

World War II veteran Terrence Walker, right, walks

World War II veteran Terrence Walker, right, walks past an aisle of applause at the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport in New Bern, N.C., in appreciation of him and 107 of his fellow WWII veterans. The non-profi... More

Cpl. Raymond Hewitt, a generator mechanic with Marine

Cpl. Raymond Hewitt, a generator mechanic with Marine

Cpl. Raymond Hewitt, a generator mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, instructs Gholam Mohammad, an Afghan National Army soldier, on electrical wiring at an Afghan National Security Forces generator ... More

A transfer pump sits among mountain peaks in Kajaki,

A transfer pump sits among mountain peaks in Kajaki,

A transfer pump sits among mountain peaks in Kajaki, Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2011, as part of a well and water purification system recently installed there. The project included more than 1,000 feet of cable, app... More

Cpl. Zachary Moats, a circuit card repair technician

Cpl. Zachary Moats, a circuit card repair technician

Cpl. Zachary Moats, a circuit card repair technician with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) is presented with a challenge coin by Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, the commanding general of Regional Command Southwes... More

Marine Attack Squadron 203 reached its quota of qualified

Marine Attack Squadron 203 reached its quota of qualified

Marine Attack Squadron 203 reached its quota of qualified AV-8B Harrier pilots early and became the first aviation training squadron in the Marine Corps to reach its quota this year.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Robert O'Neil, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Robert O'Neil, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Robert O'Neil, left, and 1st Lt. Matthew Simard, review information for the start of their shift with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward)'s direct air support center at Camp Leatherneck... More

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group perform surgery on a simulated patient during a field exercise at Landing Zone Lark aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 2... More

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 Marines begin their

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 Marines begin their

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 Marines begin their approximately six-mile hike at the station obstacle course across from the mess hall Friday. “The start of the hike was motivating,” said Lance Cpl. Devin L.... More

Teamwork fits new blade on Huey in Afghanistan

Teamwork fits new blade on Huey in Afghanistan

Several Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 came together Jan. 8 to manually lift a main rotor blade into a UH-1Y Huey helicopter undergoing repairs at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. "The Marin... More

LCACs board the USS Wasp during Exercise Bold Alligator

LCACs board the USS Wasp during Exercise Bold Alligator

Landing Craft Air Cushions with Assault Craft Unit 4, come aboard the USS Wasp Jan. 31. Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, the largest naval amphibious exercise in the past 10 years, represents the Navy and Marine C... More

Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, Combat

Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, Combat

Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group prepare for a four-mile hump aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 1, 2012. The intent of the exercise was to bu... More

Marines with Marine Air-Ground Task Force Support Battalion

Marines with Marine Air-Ground Task Force Support Battalion

Marines with Marine Air-Ground Task Force Support Battalion 11.2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), attend fire safety training at the Supply Management Unit lot aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Feb. 1... More

Busses pull up carrying more than 120 Marines and sailors

Busses pull up carrying more than 120 Marines and sailors

Busses pull up carrying more than 120 Marines and sailors from Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1 as families and friends await their arrival at the VMAQ-1 homecoming outside the squadron's hangar, A... More

Senior Marine and Navy leadership took part in the

Senior Marine and Navy leadership took part in the

Senior Marine and Navy leadership took part in the deactivation ceremony for II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), April 18, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The ceremony officially marked the end... More

1st Lt. Christian Mallamo, a KC-130J Hercules pilot

1st Lt. Christian Mallamo, a KC-130J Hercules pilot

1st Lt. Christian Mallamo, a KC-130J Hercules pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, points out the squadron’s aircraft to visiting second and fifth-grade students on the flight line at Marin... More

A destroyed house sits abandoned in Breezy Point, a

A destroyed house sits abandoned in Breezy Point, a

A destroyed house sits abandoned in Breezy Point, a small coastal community in New York City, Nov. 9. The Marines and sailors of the 26th MEU are partnering with the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine L... More

2D LAAD SL/TL Course, US Marine Corps Photo

2D LAAD SL/TL Course, US Marine Corps Photo

Cpl. Adam Mastrogiovanni and Lance Cpl. Larry Holmes, gunners with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, consult a defense advanced GPS receiver during a land navigation exercise here Jan. 31. The land naviga... More

II MEF Sgt Major receives award

II MEF Sgt Major receives award

The Down East Chapter of the Non Commissioned Officers Association of America presented Sgt. Maj. Robert G. VanOostrom, the II Marine Expeditionary Force sergeant major, its annual Sergeant Major C.A. “Mack” Mc... More

Cherry Point service members inspire students during career day

Cherry Point service members inspire students during career day

Sgt. Nathan M. Lineback, the hazardous control center non-commissioned officer in charge with Marine Logistics Squadron 14 answers questions about his job and what it’s like to be in the Marine Corps during Car... More

VMGR-252 Hercs support WTI. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

VMGR-252 Hercs support WTI. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

A forklift loads gear and supplies onto a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 KC-130J Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 22. VMGR-252 transported 20,000 pounds of gear to the course.

Stay alert, watch for air station wildlife

Stay alert, watch for air station wildlife

A large American alligator suns himself in the creek parallel to Runway 32 here May 16. Cherry Point patrons are reminded to maintain situational awareness when they are taking part in any recreational activity... More

Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Alpha Company, 1st platoon, prepare to execute punches during Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, Sept. 10th.... More

Flyby: Leticia Garza, US Navy Photo

Flyby: Leticia Garza, US Navy Photo

Seaman Leticia Garza poses for a photo inside the Women’s Health Clinic Oct. 29 aboard Cherry Point. Garza makes sure that all female Marines, Sailors and spouses are healthy and are up to date medically. Garza... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) load a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 1, 2013. HMH-462 retrograded... More

Service members load their packs onto a truck and board

Service members load their packs onto a truck and board

Service members load their packs onto a truck and board a bus after returning home from a six-month deployment aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C.,Nov. 03, 2013. Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 2nd Marine Logistics Group ... More

Maurice McDonald, the lead engineer for the Harrier

Maurice McDonald, the lead engineer for the Harrier

Maurice McDonald, the lead engineer for the Harrier flight simulators, stands with Cherry Point’s Aviation Training System Nov. 7

VMGR-252 Marines return to Cherry Point

VMGR-252 Marines return to Cherry Point

Staff Sgt. Joseph Domann hugs his daughter on the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point flight line Dec. 15. Domann was the staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the electric shop work center of Marine Aer... More

Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Intelligence Battalion,

Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Intelligence Battalion,

Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, stand guard during the battalion’s field exercise. The exercise included Marines as the first line of defense to ensure part... More

Leigh Ann Edwards, certified nursing assistant performs

Leigh Ann Edwards, certified nursing assistant performs

Leigh Ann Edwards, certified nursing assistant performs a blood pressure check for Pfc. Luis A. Villanueva, a motor vehicle operator with Marine Air Control Squadron 2 during a Marine Corps Air Station Cherry P... More

Kimberly Watcher (left) and Izzy Carnes (right) practice

Kimberly Watcher (left) and Izzy Carnes (right) practice

Kimberly Watcher (left) and Izzy Carnes (right) practice countering a front choke during a self-defense class held at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 10, 2014. During the class, participants l... More

Maceo Frank talks to a group of Marines and military

Maceo Frank talks to a group of Marines and military

Maceo Frank talks to a group of Marines and military police officers following a ceremony recognizing the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Provost Marshal's Office for earning federal accreditation at the ... More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Fleet Antiterrorism Security

U.S. Marines with Charlie Fleet Antiterrorism Security

U.S. Marines with Charlie Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company, Marine Security Forces Regiment, participate in Oleoresin Capsicum (O.C.) spray training during a non-lethal weapons course in Camp Allen, No... More

Marines and Sailors go head-to-head in a game of bean

Marines and Sailors go head-to-head in a game of bean

Marines and Sailors go head-to-head in a game of bean bag toss during the New Bern Military Alliance Fall Chicken Picking at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 1, 2014. The New Bern Chamber of Co... More

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force collect

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force collect

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force collect informational material and practical gifts from a II MEF Safety representative during the II MEF Safety Expo at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 22, ... More

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Marine Corps Security

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Marine Corps Security

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, hike to the top of Mount Suribachi during a visit to Iwo To, formerly known as Iwo Jima, Japan, Dec. 17, 2014. The Marines took a pause fro... More

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Marine Wing

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Marine Wing

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, gather to learn the history of Fort Macon State Park during a battlefield study Jan. 23, 2015.

Cpl. Adam W. Sproul, a bulk fuel specialist with 8th

Cpl. Adam W. Sproul, a bulk fuel specialist with 8th

Cpl. Adam W. Sproul, a bulk fuel specialist with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, gives his remarks during a memorial ceremony for Staff Sgt. Andrew Stevens at the Protestant Chapel aboard Marine Corps Base Camp... More

Service members from all United States military branches

Service members from all United States military branches

Service members from all United States military branches pose for a picture with the Charlotte Hornets during a Military Care Event in Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 4, 2015. During the event, the service members and pl... More

Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine

Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine

Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division prepare to load an MK-154 Mine Clearance Rocket onto an Assault Amphibious Vehicle aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 9, 2015. The Marines attende... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, collect fuel for Amphibious Assault Vehicles from 2nd Transportation Support Battalion on Fort Bragg, N.C.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Smith and Lance Cpl.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Smith and Lance Cpl.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Smith and Lance Cpl. Carl Koyle, with Transportation Services Company (TS Co.), Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, set up their motor pool during Deploymen... More

Major General William D. Beydler, II Marine Expeditionary

Major General William D. Beydler, II Marine Expeditionary

Major General William D. Beydler, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general (left) alongside Sgt. Maj. Bryan K. Zickefoose, II MEF sergeant major, enjoy their meal with family and friends at the voluntee... More

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice off-loading a role-player from a Humvee, June 23, 2015, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., as part of a field exercise. The exercise is being co... More

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards a beach-head during the second amphibious assault of Blue Chromite 2016, at Kushii Crossing, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29, 2015. The Marines onboard pushed thr... More

Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task

Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task

Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Nashville stand at parade rest during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2016. Marine Week Nashville is a chance to reconnect ... More

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions

Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions ready their weapons and vehicles for the first-ever Bushmaster Challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The Bushmaster table ... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 25 work together

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 25 work together

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 25 work together to set up a command operations center for an upcoming Command Post Exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 15, 2017. The training is designed to prepare the ... More

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Purdy tightens the straps on

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Purdy tightens the straps on

Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Purdy tightens the straps on a parachute before an air-drop delivery jump at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 27, 2017. The training was part of field exercise Bold... More

Marines check their gear before practicing room-clearing

Marines check their gear before practicing room-clearing

Marines check their gear before practicing room-clearing techniques during a Basic Urban Skills Training course at a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain event at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 5, 2017. The Mari... More

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Sgt. Patrick J. Okeefe, second

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Sgt. Patrick J. Okeefe, second

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Sgt. Patrick J. Okeefe, second from right, teaches basic marksmanship to role players during General Exercise 2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 2, 2017. The Marines c... More

Marines practice parrying and engaging the enemy with

Marines practice parrying and engaging the enemy with

Marines practice parrying and engaging the enemy with pugil sticks against overwhelming odds during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 28, 2017. The three-week long course... More

Leaders from Marine subordinate commands of II Marine

Leaders from Marine subordinate commands of II Marine

Leaders from Marine subordinate commands of II Marine Expeditionary Force take notes and discuss updates to NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 18 during a planning meeting at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 20, 2018. Lea... More

U.S. Marines grapple while participating in the Marine

U.S. Marines grapple while participating in the Marine

U.S. Marines grapple while participating in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program during Lance Corporal Seminar 1-19 at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Atlantic, North Carolina, Oct. 18, 2018. 2nd Low Altit... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit pose for a photo following an Individual Protective Equipment Confidence training at the gas chamber aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 15, 2019. Th... More

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with Norwegian Army soldiers before a rehearsal of concept drill in preparation for Exercise Col... More

Crewman with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

Crewman with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

Crewman with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 conduct a preflight walk- through of their EA-6B Prowlers at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 22.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bobby Brown hurls the softball

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bobby Brown hurls the softball

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bobby Brown hurls the softball to second base Monday during he All-Marine softball camp held at Cherry Point. The camp ends, Sept. 16, and players who make the cut will represent the Mar... More

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point celebrated the

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point celebrated the

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point celebrated the 235th Marine Corps birthday with a traditional birthday cake. Tipping the scales at nearly 400 pounds the cake fed more than 1,200 Marines, sailors and civil... More

Sgt. Tristeza Castellanoz is an aviation operations

Sgt. Tristeza Castellanoz is an aviation operations

Sgt. Tristeza Castellanoz is an aviation operations specialist, deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward). What began as a casual interest in photography has grown into ... More

Brig. Gen. Joseph Osterman, the commanding general

Brig. Gen. Joseph Osterman, the commanding general

Brig. Gen. Joseph Osterman, the commanding general for 1st Marine Division (Forward), and Sgt. Maj. Phillip Fascetti, the sergeant major for 1st MarDiv (Fwd), sheath the unit colors in a ceremony, March 15, sig... More

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Sgt. Tony Jago, a Rushsylvania, Ohio, native and the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Information Management Office, hands off two ... More

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 stand in formation prior to the VMU-2 change of command at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, April 30. The Marines and sailors said goodbye to Lt. Col. Daniel T. La... More

Children listen to a book reading during the 2nd Marine

Children listen to a book reading during the 2nd Marine

Children listen to a book reading during the 2nd Marine Logistics Group story time event at Marston Pavilion aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 25. The “Little Marine with a Flag” written by Carissa J. Marine was t... More

PATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan -

PATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan -

PATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, patrol through a dead poppy field. That area of land was once dominated by insurgents, but the ... More

Lt. Col. Clarence T. Harper III, the former commanding

Lt. Col. Clarence T. Harper III, the former commanding

Lt. Col. Clarence T. Harper III, the former commanding officer of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 40, speaks during a change of command ceremony at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 2. Harper served as the squ... More

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 awarded

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 awarded

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 awarded 18 Marines with combat aircrew wings at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. "It feels good to get the wings. Every crew chief dreams of this," said Sgt. Kathe... More

New York native Staff Sgt. Vanessa Parrish, assistant

New York native Staff Sgt. Vanessa Parrish, assistant

New York native Staff Sgt. Vanessa Parrish, assistant supply chief for 2nd Marine Division (Forward), holds a photo of her with her husband and son. Parrish’s husband, Staff Sgt. Timothy Parrish, is also a depl... More

Capt. Jesse Karr is a CH-53D Sea Stallion pilot with

Capt. Jesse Karr is a CH-53D Sea Stallion pilot with

Capt. Jesse Karr is a CH-53D Sea Stallion pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, currently deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Karr, a native of Menifee, Calif., said he joined the military to ... More

A myriad of supplies await transport by elements of

A myriad of supplies await transport by elements of

A myriad of supplies await transport by elements of Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) aboard Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2011. The battalion was acknowle... More

Cpl. David Russell, the logistics noncommissioned officer

Cpl. David Russell, the logistics noncommissioned officer

Cpl. David Russell, the logistics noncommissioned officer in charge with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), checks a generator as part of his daily work responsibilities abo... More

A U.S. Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD)

A U.S. Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD)

A U.S. Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) hugs his wife in the middle of a homecoming celebration at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 15, 2012. Approximately 300 Marines with II MEF (FWD... More

The Facebook cover photo for the official MCAS Cherry

The Facebook cover photo for the official MCAS Cherry

The Facebook cover photo for the official MCAS Cherry Point Air Show Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TheAirShow.

Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Bailey prepares to relinquish his

Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Bailey prepares to relinquish his

Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Bailey prepares to relinquish his duties as sergeant major of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to Sgt. Maj. Angela M. Maness during a relief and appointment ceremony on the air station p... More

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 gather with their families and friends at the squadron's hanger April 30, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

A ditch witch digs a trench for the In-situ is a groundwater

A ditch witch digs a trench for the In-situ is a groundwater

A ditch witch digs a trench for the In-situ is a groundwater treating system.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Combat

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Combat

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group help each other during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 2, 2012. Troops learned to process... More

Sgt. Patrick Kanaley, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, with

Sgt. Patrick Kanaley, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, with

Sgt. Patrick Kanaley, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, with Battalion Landing Team 3/2, uses an ax to break apart the deck of a home Nov. 9, that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, a small community of N... More

Marines work with foreign allies to simulate an integrated

Marines work with foreign allies to simulate an integrated

Marines work with foreign allies to simulate an integrated approach to problem solving in a group setting during exercise Phoenix Odyssey at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct.12, 2016. Bringing two nations’ militaries t... More

(Left) Sgt. Maj. Anthony L. Crutcher, the sergeant

(Left) Sgt. Maj. Anthony L. Crutcher, the sergeant

(Left) Sgt. Maj. Anthony L. Crutcher, the sergeant major of Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, serves food to Sgt. Ryan J. Schmidt, the chief instructor of the MLG’s Corporal Course, duri... More

Active, prior and retired service members participated

Active, prior and retired service members participated

Active, prior and retired service members participated alongside local community members in the Kayak for the Warriors race Saturday at Pine Knoll Shores. This year’s race had approximately 140 participants, a ... More

Visitors to Fort Macon State Park watch as volunteers

Visitors to Fort Macon State Park watch as volunteers

Visitors to Fort Macon State Park watch as volunteers from the 1st North Carolina Volunteers/11th North Carolina State Troops Civil War Reenactment Regiment prepare a cannon for a firing demonstration Saturday.

Petty Officer Third Class Joshua O'Hara (right) evaluates

Petty Officer Third Class Joshua O'Hara (right) evaluates

Petty Officer Third Class Joshua O'Hara (right) evaluates a student during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care/Combat Lifesaver course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., September 26, 2013. The course brought battlefield... More

Sergeant Jesse Welch, an assistant team leader with

Sergeant Jesse Welch, an assistant team leader with

Sergeant Jesse Welch, an assistant team leader with Force Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, gathers his parachute after jumping from out of a V-22 Osprey around 1,500 feet during a fie... More

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

A Marine with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion fires a PL-87 Stinger Missile at an unmanned aerial vehicle target during live fire training at Onslow Beach, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 18, 2014.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric A. Dodson the assistant

Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric A. Dodson the assistant

Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric A. Dodson the assistant lead petty officer for 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Battalion Aid Station is overseeing a Combat Life Saver class taught by Petty officer 2nd class Da... More

A local Duffyfield community member rides a horse during

A local Duffyfield community member rides a horse during

A local Duffyfield community member rides a horse during the 2014 Duffyfield Unity Family Festival May 10 at the George Street Park in New Bern. The Residents Council of Duffyfield hosted DUFFEST in hopes of fo... More

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion carry combat

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion carry combat

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion carry combat boots, a rifle and Kevlar helmet to build the battlefield cross in honor of three fallen Marines during a memorial ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afgha... More

Private first class Christopher Jaureguiwells operates

Private first class Christopher Jaureguiwells operates

Private first class Christopher Jaureguiwells operates the remote subscriber access module during training at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, N.C., July 14, 2014. Members of Marine Wing Support Squadron 2... More

Gunnery Sergeant Otis James and his wife Lytasha hold

Gunnery Sergeant Otis James and his wife Lytasha hold

Gunnery Sergeant Otis James and his wife Lytasha hold a plaque honoring them as the Havelock Military Affairs Committee Family of the Quarter following a ceremonial dinner at El Cerro Mexican Bar and Grill in H... More

2nd Marine Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. Brian

2nd Marine Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. Brian

2nd Marine Division Commanding General Maj. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault attended the Marine 360 graduation ceremony at the Jacksonville USO Aug. 22, 2014. Marine 360 is a five-day leadership development program d... More

An Improved Navy Lighterage System transports Marines

An Improved Navy Lighterage System transports Marines

An Improved Navy Lighterage System transports Marines and vehicles with Combat Logistics Battalion 26 from a beach to the USS Whidbey Island aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Norfolk, Va., Aug. 27, ... More

A naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Training

A naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Training

A naval aviator with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, piloting an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, positions himself behind a KC-130J Super Hercules during aerial refueling training over Flo... More

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The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

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