Maj. Gen. Michael G. Dana (left), the commanding general of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, talks to Marines with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd MLG prior to a mobility operation aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 8, 2012. The Marines supported 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment personnel by ferrying hundreds of troops and dozens of vehicles across a 2.4-mile wide portion of the New River. By ground convoy, the same training area lays 35-miles south of Mainside Camp Lejeune and may take multiple hours to reach and thousands of dollars of fuel and contracting vehicles.