U.S. Marines with Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD), Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, operate a Light-Marine Air Defense Integrated System during Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8), 22nd MEU Integration (PMINT) exercise, aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, April 7, 2025. PMINT is the 22nd MEU’s first opportunity in their pre-deployment training program to fully integrate with PHIBRON 8 while at sea, allowing Marines and Sailors to train together as an ARG/MEU team across various functional areas in preparation for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps...
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Samuel L. Meyer, left, the deputy commanding general of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Graham Gunter, the Military Legislative Correspondent to Sen. Ted Budd, Abigail Zazar, the Military Legislative Assistant to Sen. Ted Budd, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Andrew Gutowski, the Legislative Fellow of the Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaisons, pose for a photo during a Congressional Staff Delegation visit on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 23, 2025. During the visit, Marines and Sailors discussed II MEF’s expeditionary capabilities as the nation’s crisis response force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Alexa M. Hernandez)
