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2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina consisting of approximately 900 marines and sailors. Nicknamed "America's Battalion", they fall under the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
15 June 1982 2nd Battalion 8th Marines evacuated the U.S. Ambassador, Staff, and 580 civilian personnel seventy kilometers North of Beirut. 25 August 1982 2nd Battalion 8th Marines along with the French, Italian and Israelis Forces evacuated the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO) from Beirut. 2nd Battalion 8th Marines left Beirut briefly ...
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines: War Dogs: MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, California [19] 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines: The Cutting Edge: MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, California [20] 1st Battalion, 8th Marines: The Beirut Battalion: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina [21] 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines: America's Battalion: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina [22] 1st Battalion ...
2d Battalion, 2d Marines (2/2) is a light infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Also known as " The Warlords ", it consists of approximately 1,000 marines and sailors and normally falls under the command of the 2d Marine Regiment and the 2d Marine Division .
2d Transportation Support Battalion is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps that is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The battalion falls under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 2 and the 2nd Marine Logistics Group. The battalion was reactivated October 1, 2014.
3rd Battalion 8th Marines (3/8) was an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was consisted of approximately 1,100 Marines and sailors. The battalion fell under the command of the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
The battalion deployed to Afghanistan from May to December of 2009 as part of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. [1] CLB 8 was part of the 17,000-troop increase announced by President Obama in mid-February 2009. [2] The battalion deployed to Afghanistan again from January to August 2011, and January to July 2013.
0–9. 1st Battalion, 1st Marines; 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines; 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines; 1st Battalion, 4th Marines; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines; 1st Battalion, 6th ...