2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Photo Gallery

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

U.S. Africa Command will validate the Marine Corps' 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Joint Task Force Headquarters capability during a command-post exercise for Exercise Judious Response 2015 from March 19-25, 2015. The MEB JTF HQ for the exercise includes representatives from across all the military services, the United Kingdom, U.S. Special Operations Command, Joint Enabling Capabilities Command and the Joint Training Section from the Joint Staff J7.

Maj. Will Clarke, future operations planner with the British Royal Marines, presents a plaque to Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., during exercise Bold Alligator 14, Oct. 28, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, commanding general of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Rear Adm. Cynthia Thebaud, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, receive an update of events aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014, Oct. 30. Simcock and Thebaud took command of naval forces within 24 hours notice by executing the experimental Fly-In and Integrated Command Element concept aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina. The FICE, part of the Marine's Expeditionary Force 21 Concept, is one of many experiments being conducted during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014.

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, talks with Lt. Col. Wayne Waltrip, Force Effects Coordinator, and his staff aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 29, 2014. Simcock and Thebaud took command aboard the USS Iwo Jima within 24 hours notice by executing the experimental Fly-In and Integrated Command Element concept aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina. The FICE, part of the Marine's Expeditionary Force 21 Concept, is one of many experiments being conducted during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014.

Maj. Gen. Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), presents a cake to Maj. Will Clarke, future operations planner with the British Royal Marines, celebrating their 350th birthday on the USS Kearsarge (LHD3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., during exercise Bold Alligator 14, Oct. 28, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Maj. Gen Richard L. Simcock, Commanding General, 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marine Maj. Marcus J. Mainz, Future Operations planner with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marines, sailors, and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) attend a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marine Maj. Marcus J. Mainz, Future Operations planner with 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), speaks with Marines, sailors and Coalition forces assigned to 2d MEB at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Deputy Commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks with Marines and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

U.S. Marines participating in the exercise Bold Alligator embark on the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) at its home port, Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 22, 2014. Bold Alligator is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train across the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson, Deputy Commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, speaks with Marines and Coalition forces assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) at a transition brief in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14, at Naval Operations Base Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train the full range of amphibious capabilities in order to provide unique and contemporary solutions to global challenges.

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response land in Tifinit, Morocco, during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.

Two MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response fly by a Moroccan flag during a rapid-response demonstration to multinational observers of African Lion 14. Exercise African Lion is U.S. Africa Command’s flagship program in Northern Africa to build partner-nation capacity and interoperability. The African Lion 14 Observer Program was built to showcase the exercise to potential participants, setting the foundation for more robust military engagements in future iterations. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa-led engagement is one of the biggest of its kind on the continent and, during African Lion 14, hosted a multilateral event that included military observers from Mauritania, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Senegal, Poland, Turkey, Italy, and France.