 our world is changing the battlefields of tomorrow are uncertain but the marines and sailors of the two marine expeditionary force are no strangers to these challenges every day we prepare to meet them head on as the nation's premier crisis response force two meth marines and sailors remain ready to deploy at a moment's notice anywhere in the world we will continue to deter armed conflict and when necessary defeat our adversaries recent exercises in the high north Baltics and Mediterranean show our commitment to the european theater and our NATO partners and allies expanding partnerships in the u.s african and southern commands demonstrate our global reach individual marines and sailors are the heartbeat of our organization they are the key to maintaining combat credibility and securing victory in the future in support of our forces we continue to push boundaries with technology techniques and innovation at all levels two meth is ready for uncertainty we are an expeditionary force adaptable effective and lethal come to fight come to win