U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, provide security during Exercise Manticore in France, Sept. 23, 2022. Exercise Manticore is a French Army-led large scale exercise that integrated the Marines into a platoon-sized maneuver element to conduct offensive and defensive operations. 2/8,2d Marine Division,Exercise Manticore,MARFOREUR/AF,MFEA,

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