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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Exercise Rolling Thunder 21.2 on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 26, 2021. This is a live-fire artillery exercise where 10th Marines employed distributed fires via simulated Expeditionary Advanced Bases (EAB’s). The training increased 2d MARDIV’s combat readiness against a peer competitor. HIMARS are an advanced long-range and mobile rocket system that allows 2d MARDIV to employ precision fires onto a target. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Sarah Pysher) - U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Exercise Rolling Thunder 21.2 on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 26, 2021.

Rocket Like I Talk It

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 10th Marine Regiment (10th Marines), 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV) participated in Exercise Rolling Thunder 21.2 from April 19-29, 2021 at Fort Bragg, N.C. and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Rolling Thunder is a live-fire exercise that takes place in a dynamic scenario where Marines employed distributed fires through Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).

A Dutch Marine with 32nd Raiding Squadron posts security during Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22, 2021. The exercise is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division and 32nd Raiding Squadron, Netherlands Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline Parsons) - A Dutch Marine with 32nd Raiding Squadron posts security during Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22, 2021.

Qua Patet Orbis

As decades-long partners, the United States and the Netherlands have maintained relations through thick and thin, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Both countries have been quick to adapt their military training procedures to uphold COVID-19 guidelines, while maintaining a high level of mission readiness and combat effectiveness. In March 2021, 2d Reconnaissance (Recon) Battalion, 2d Marine Division, hosted the 32nd Raiding Squadron (RSQN) for Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior.

2d Marine Regiment Remains Ready with Line of Sight Radio Systems

Marines commanded by 2d Marine Regiment executed a Line of Sight Communications Exercise that focused on the readiness of the AN/MRC-142D multi-channel radio system and the Tactical Elevated Antenna Mast System (TEAMS) on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 17-19, 2021. Although the exercise was centered on both radio and antenna employment, the main focus was the development of teams at the sergeant and below level.

1st Battalion 2d Marines Concludes Unit Deployment Program 20.2

On Feb. 17, 2021, Marines and Sailors of 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment (1/2), 2d Marine Division returned from a paradigm shifting deployment in the vast and exotic training areas of Japan. During a year marred by the effects of COVID-19, the battalion successfully deployed to Okinawa, Japan in the Fall of 2020, as part of the Unit Deployment Program (UDP).

Blue Jacket of the Year

In March of 2020, while attached to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MarDiv) Hospitalman Gilbert Gonzalez, a native of La Palma, C.A., demonstrated his dedication and passion as a U.S. Navy corpsmen. It was on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., where Gonzalez developed his reputation for being calm and collected while providing medical support during high intensity training. The corpsman was attentive and detail oriented while administering acute concussion evaluations to .Marines in the field.

Cpl. Albert P. Gettings

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Albert P. Gettings who served with Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, is commemorated by Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division at Camp Lejeune on Jan. 15, 2021. First Sgt. Adrian Munoz read Gettings’ Silver Star citation prior to a CrossFit workout known as the “Bert” Workout of the Day. Marines conducted the workout which consists of burpees, push-ups, lunges, squats, and running. During the workout, the Marines were constantly reminded to keep pushing through the pain and give their all “just as Cpl. Gettings did.”

Opening Day of Golf-36

In a time of mass foreclosures and setbacks, 2nd Marine Division’s drive to remain America’s force in readiness has not wavered. On December 12, 2020, Marines and Sailors of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (V3/6), 2nd Marine Division (2d MARDIV) conducted a live-fire company battle course for the opening of range Golf-36 (G-36). G-36 is Camp Lejeune’s newest and most challenging range to date, and the first of it’s kind on the installation.

Making way for the future, 8th Marine Regiment joins other units in deactivation

For an evolving Marine Corps, a step forward means having fewer Marines and Sailors in the ranks, but a more effective strength to carry out the mission. The Corps faced several cuts last year, and the trend continues into 2021 as 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), ends its most recent, 70-year, activation period with a deactivation ceremony on January 28.

He's Got It In the Bag

Since the divestment of tank battalions in the United States Marine Corps – part of the Commandant’s Force Design 2030 initiative, designed to modernize for the next era, focus more heavily on naval expeditionary warfare and better align the ‘Corps with the National Defense Strategy (NDS), hundreds of tank Marines have been displaced from their jobs as tank mechanics, drivers, and related Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs). As a result, in the Marine Corps’ effort to ‘keep the faith’ with these dedicated warriors, tank Marines have been given the option to either change careers within the Marine Corps, switch to a different branch of the military (typically, one with tanks), or separate from service altogether.

Exercise Coastal Caribbean Warrior

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion (Recon Bn.), 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) recently traveled nearly 1,600 miles to conduct open-water and dive training with Netherlands Marines from the 32nd Raiding Squadron in Savaneta, Aruba, on Nov. 7.