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The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a light infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximately 800 marines and sailors.
1st Battalion 8th Marines: November 25, 2004 [10] Fallujah (Second Battle) Engaged insurgents while simultaneously evacuating three wounded Marines under fire. [10] Benjamin Gonzalez: Lance Corporal: Navy Cross: 2nd Battalion 1st Marines: June 18, 2004 [11] Fallujah: Jumped on a fellow Marine to protect him from a grenade. [11] Jordan Haerter ...
1st Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7) 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7) 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4) – (assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment for the purpose of facilitating 4th Marines as a "host" regimental headquarters for battalions on unit deployment program assignments to 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa.)
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion [3] 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion [3] 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Brigadier General Richard F. Natonskis, Commanding General [3] 2nd Marine Regiment [3] 1st BN, 2nd Marine Regiment [3] 3rd BN, 2nd Marine Regiment [3] 2nd BN, 8th Marine Regiment [3] 1st BN, 10th Marine Regiment (155T) [3] 15th Marine ...
Eight years ago, two US Marines from very different walks of life met for the first time when they were put on guard duty at 7:30 in the morning. Everyone should read Gen. John Kelly's speech ...
[80] [214] On 1 December, ten Marines from 2nd Battalion 7th Marines were killed by a massive IED while on a foot patrol in Fallujah. [80] [215] On 15 October, the people of Anbar went to the polls to decide whether or not to ratify the new constitution. While the turnout (259,919 voters or 32% of eligible voters) was significantly higher than ...
Morally devastating experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan have been common. A study conducted early in the Iraq war, for instance, found that two-thirds of deployed Marines had killed an enemy combatant, more than half had handled human remains, and 28 percent felt responsible for the death of an Iraqi civilian.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines; 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines; Regimental Combat Team 8 (RCT 8) (Colonel John K. Love) — Al Asad Air Base. 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment; 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (3rd LARB) 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion (2nd CEB) II MEF Headquarters Group (Forward) (Colonel Scott D. Aiken)