Two Marines with 2nd Maintenance Battalion work together to check the oil in a Humvee as part of a maintenance check at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 21, 2016. 2nd Maint. Bn. was recently recognized for their abilities as a cohesive unit by earning the Chesty Puller Award, the Ground Safety Award and the Department of Defense Maintenance Award. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda Faughn/Released) - Two Marines with 2nd Maintenance Battalion work together to check the oil in a Humvee as part of a maintenance check at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 21, 2016. 2nd Maint. Bn. was recently recognized for their abilities as a cohesive unit by earning the Chesty Puller Award, the Ground Safety Award and the Department of Defense Maintenance Award. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda Faughn/Released)

Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group attach a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement to pull out a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during the Vehicle Recovery Course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2013. A Marine Corps instructor came down from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., teaching the Marines about vehicle recovery operations. - Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group attach a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement to pull out a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during the Vehicle Recovery Course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2013. A Marine Corps instructor came down from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., teaching the Marines about vehicle recovery operations.

Cpl. John A. L. Silkey, a heavy equipment mechanic with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, watches over a group of visitors as they struggle to navigate their zodiac on a man-made pool set up for the battalion’s open house aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Each of the battalion’s six companies set up stations for families and friends, which allowed them to experience some of the things their Marines do to support operations aboard the base. - Cpl. John A. L. Silkey, a heavy equipment mechanic with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, watches over a group of visitors as they struggle to navigate their zodiac on a man-made pool set up for the battalion’s open house aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Each of the battalion’s six companies set up stations for families and friends, which allowed them to experience some of the things their Marines do to support operations aboard the base.

A volunteer inspects a box of medicine while sorting through a box of food at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in Greenville, N.C., March 31, 2012. The children from local volunteer centers and Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group dug through multiple pallets of food to organize it for monthly distribution. - A volunteer inspects a box of medicine while sorting through a box of food at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in Greenville, N.C., March 31, 2012. The children from local volunteer centers and Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group dug through multiple pallets of food to organize it for monthly distribution.

Soldiers with the 215th Corps Logistics Battalion, Afghan National Army participate in a basic radio operator course led by ANA Sgt. Khair Mohammad, a basic radio operator instructor, June 7, 2011, at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. This portion of the curriculum was the final test of a week-long radio operator instructor course taught by Marines with the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Khair is one out of six soldiers to graduate from the course and is now capable of teaching his fellow ANA soldiers basic radio operations. - Soldiers with the 215th Corps Logistics Battalion, Afghan National Army participate in a basic radio operator course led by ANA Sgt. Khair Mohammad, a basic radio operator instructor, June 7, 2011, at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. This portion of the curriculum was the final test of a week-long radio operator instructor course taught by Marines with the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Khair is one out of six soldiers to graduate from the course and is now capable of teaching his fellow ANA soldiers basic radio operations.

Soldiers with the 215th Corps Logistics Battalion, Afghan National Army participate in a basic radio operator course led by ANA Sgt. Khair Mohammad, a basic radio operator instructor, June 7, 2011, at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. This portion of the curriculum was the final test of a week-long radio operator instructor course taught by Marines with the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Khair is one out of six soldiers to graduate from the course and is now capable of teaching his fellow ANA soldiers basic radio operations. - Soldiers with the 215th Corps Logistics Battalion, Afghan National Army participate in a basic radio operator course led by ANA Sgt. Khair Mohammad, a basic radio operator instructor, June 7, 2011, at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. This portion of the curriculum was the final test of a week-long radio operator instructor course taught by Marines with the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Khair is one out of six soldiers to graduate from the course and is now capable of teaching his fellow ANA soldiers basic radio operations.

(From left to right) Lance Cpl. Christopher A. Hernandez, Cpl. Anthony J. Rosa, 1st Lt. David L. Koch, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Jerkovich, Lance Cpl. Courtney Mahle and Cpl. Richard M. Canfield, all with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), pose for a picture before taking off on a five-kilometer run for Memorial Day at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011. The run gave troops and civilians deployed to Camp Leatherneck a chance to take a moment to honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day. - (From left to right) Lance Cpl. Christopher A. Hernandez, Cpl. Anthony J. Rosa, 1st Lt. David L. Koch, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Jerkovich, Lance Cpl. Courtney Mahle and Cpl. Richard M. Canfield, all with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), pose for a picture before taking off on a five-kilometer run for Memorial Day at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011. The run gave troops and civilians deployed to Camp Leatherneck a chance to take a moment to honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day.

Navy Capt. Christopher J. Cobb, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Combat Dentistry Detachment officer in charge with Alpha Surgical Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), conducts a wisdom tooth extraction on Lance Cpl. Eduardo A. Barrera, from Los Banos, Calif., a motor transportation operator with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (Fwd.), May 30, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. - Navy Capt. Christopher J. Cobb, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Combat Dentistry Detachment officer in charge with Alpha Surgical Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), conducts a wisdom tooth extraction on Lance Cpl. Eduardo A. Barrera, from Los Banos, Calif., a motor transportation operator with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (Fwd.), May 30, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Erica Brown (left), a procurement management cell supply clerk with Detachment B, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (Forward), and Cpl. Candice Neille, a traffic management specialist with Det. B, ensure that materials are properly secured before being loaded and transported to the flight line aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, for redistribution Dec. 8, 2009. The detachment of Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion stayed past their unit’s redeployment in order to continue working toward the Marine Corps’ mission of retrograding gear and equipment from Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty) - Cpl. Erica Brown (left), a procurement management cell supply clerk with Detachment B, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (Forward), and Cpl. Candice Neille, a traffic management specialist with Det. B, ensure that materials are properly secured before being loaded and transported to the flight line aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, for redistribution Dec. 8, 2009. The detachment of Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion stayed past their unit’s redeployment in order to continue working toward the Marine Corps’ mission of retrograding gear and equipment from Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty)