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The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days.
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The Warlords returned home to Camp Lejeune in February 2006. 2/2 was deployed on January 6, 2007, till July 2007 as the BLT of the 26th MEU with the USS Batan amphibious group. 2/2 was deployed again to Iraq in April 2008 when it was attached to Regimental Combat Team 5, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
As of May 2024, Combat Logistics Regiment 27 consists of Combat Logistics Battalion 22, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, and Headquarters Company which contains the regimental staff, Regimental Commanding Officer, Regimental Executive Officer, and Regimental Sergeant Major.
The 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines were initially assigned the mission of protecting the I Marine Expeditionary Force commander's primary bases in Northern Saudi Arabia, to include the Naval Air Field at Al Jubail, the ammunition storage site near Abu Hadriah and the defense of I MEF headquarters at Ras Safanya and Marine Aircraft Group 16 at ...
Col. Peter Petronzio Apr 2007 – Sept 2010: Col. Robert G. Petit Sept 2010 – Feb 2011 Lt. Col. Jason E. Waldron Feb 2011 – May 2011: Col. Francis L. Donovan May 2011 – Mar 2013 Col. Scott F. Benedict Mar 2013 – Sept 2015: Col. Ryan S. Rideout Sept 2015 – Dec 2017 Col. Eric D. Cloutier Dec 2017 - Nov 2021: Col. Ryan M. Hoyle Nov 2021 ...
The unit was activated 1 August 1944 at Pearl Harbor as 8th Field Depot, Supply Service, Fleet Marine Force.After participating in the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, the Battle of Iwo Jima from 19 February to 26 March 1945. in April 1945, it was relocated to Hilo, Hawaii, and redesignated on 1 June as 8th Service Regiment, Service Command.
The 2nd MEB became Task Force Tarawa, commanded by Brigadier General Richard F. Natonski, for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and, as TF Tarawa, was thus part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq under I Marine Expeditionary Force. During the invasion 2nd MEB fought the Battle of Nasiriyah.