The United States Marine Corps is an organization that brings together Marines and Sailors from diverse cultures and backgrounds for a collective cause, to protect the Nation and assist those in need. Each year, Marines born in different countries are naturalized to become United States citizens.On December 2, 2022, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (V18), 2d Marine Division conducted a naturalization ceremony aboard Battleship North Carolina. Eighteen Marines from fourteen different countries were naturalized that day, making it one of the largest naturalization ceremonies ever for a Marine infantry battalion.Four days after this historic naturalization, one of the new United States citizens, Private First Class Johvany Moize, prepared to
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As the ground combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2d Marine Division, remains a force in readiness to support global operations.
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – U.S. Marines from 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) deployed in support of Continuing Promise 2022 to provide humanitarian civic assistance to our partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. – 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division conducted a naturalization ceremony on December 2, 2022 at 10 a.m. aboard the Battleship USS North Carolina.
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U.S. Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, activated the first regimental fire support battery during a ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 7, 2022. This activation will give fire support Marines the opportunity to gain additional capabilities to increase their lethal and non-lethal effects across the battlefield.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Shepard, a Brentwood, Tennessee, native and rifleman with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment reenlistments on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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