U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct a field meet to honor the Marines and Sailors that lost their lives at the battle of Tarawa on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 19, 2025. 2nd Marine Regiment was partaking in an assortment of field exercises to commemorate what Marines and Sailors went through in the battle of Tarawa on Nov. 20, 1943. (U.S. Marine Corp video by Lance Cpl. Maximum Orduna.)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Staff Sgt. Jacob Jones watched a small drone navigate through a tree canopy ahead of his Marines, confirming enemy positions without exposing a single rifleman. The company completed the movement with zero simulated casualties.
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