2nd Marine Logistics Group provides tactical logistic support above the organic capabilities of supported elements of Marine Expeditionary Force and to provide task organized Logistics Combat Elements in support of MAGTF operations.
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A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, drives a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a slippery driver training course in Setermoen, Norway, Jan. 26, 2026. This Norwegian-led course...
A Mobile User Object System antenna replacement mast, created by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eirick Schule, an engineer equipment operator with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is staged...
Norwegian Armed Forces personnel, U.S. Marines, and Sailors with the exercise Cold Response 26 Combined Joint Logistics Support Group pose for a group photo after a transfer of authority ceremony at Kjeller Air Base, Norway, Feb. 27, 2026. A key...
U.S. Marines with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct a tactical convoy in preparation for exercise Cold Response 26 in Sorresia, Norway, Feb. 11, 2026. Marines with CLR-27 arrival...
Norwegian tactical vehicles assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion, Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, are staged during port operations in preparation for exercise Cold Response 26 in Verdalsora, Norway, Jan. 29, 2026. Exercise Cold...
Norwegian army Chief of Defence Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen, center left, poses for a photo with the briefing staff of the Combined Joint Logistics Support Group during a tour of the CJLSG prior to exercise Cold Response 26 in Kjeller, Norway, Feb. 23,...
U.S. Marine Corps tactical vehicles are staged in preparation for exercise Cold Response 26 in Tromsdalen, Norway, Jan. 22, 2026. The Marine Corps Pre-positioning Program-Norway, managed by Blount Island Command, enables the rapid outfitting of a...
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Leonardo Alves, a machinist with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, holds washers made with a water jet cutter for amphibious combat vehicles at Marine Corps Base Camp...
U.S. Marines from around II Marine Expeditionary Force receive training on the Multi-Mission communications terminal during a Commercial Satellite Communication Operator Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Dec. 17, 2025. The purpose of CSOC is...
U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Gates, a ground electronics maintenance officer with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, forges a knife during a blacksmithing class held by Black...
KJELLER AIR BASE, NORWAY –In 1943, the U.S. Eighth Air Force dropped over 100 bombs on Kjeller Air Base to liberate it from Nazi-occupation. Among the aircrew was Bombardier-Navigator Maj. Velton Winn Cason, flying a B-24 Liberator with one mission: to break the enemy’s hold on Norway.
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SETERMOEN, NORWAY — The screech of tires echoes across the ice as a Humvee spins 180 degrees, completely out of control. For the U.S. Marine behind the wheel, it’s a vital lesson taught by Norwegian Army instructors: here in the High North, the difference between a controlled skid and a deadly rollover is training.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A U.S. Marine places a broken Mobile User Object System (MOUS) on a shelf, the fiberglass of the MOUS antenna mast brittle and weakened from use and exposure. It sits next to dozens of others, all unusable because of one flaw.
KJELLER AIR BASE, NORWAY – U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Maura M. Hennigan, commanding general of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, assumed command of the Combined Joint Logistics Support Group (CJLSG) from Norwegian army Brig. Gen. Nina S. Berg in a transfer of authority ceremony here, February 27, 2026.
NORWAY —The current proliferation of modern technology such as inexpensive one-way attack drones, loitering munitions, and the increasing use of artificial intelligence for autonomous targeting has thrust the Marine Corps into a dynamic environment, creating a tactical shift in warfare unseen by warfighters since the widespread introduction of machine guns and tanks in World War I. Battles are now faster, more dispersed, and fought in contested environments where logistical infrastructure and supply lines have become priority targets.