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  2. Liberation of Kuwait campaign order of battle - Wikipedia

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    2nd Marine Division (Reinforced) (Tiger Brigade)1st Brigade, 2nd Armored Division ... M. Caffrey, Gulf War Fact Book, Game Designers' Workshop, Bloomington, IL, 1991 ...

  3. 2nd Marine Division - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , North Carolina and headquartered at Julian C. Smith Hall .

  4. Battle of Kuwait International Airport - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd Marine Division entered from the other side of the city. Marine Reserve unit Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division. On February 25, 1991, Day 2 of the Desert Storm ground war, Bravo Company 4th Tank Battalion was in a coil formation and awakened from a 25% watch to find 35 Iraqi ...

  5. 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines - Wikipedia

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    BLT 2/2 marines board a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard the USS Bataan in the Persian Gulf, April 2, 2007. 2d Battalion, 2d Marines deployed in March 2004 to Iraq where it was attached to Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division and fought in Al Mahmudiya, Al Kharma, the first and second assault in the city of Fallujah, and Al Zadan.

  6. Gulf War - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Marine Corps was represented by the 1st Marine Division and the 2nd Marine Division. [195] They were supported by the U.S. Army's 2nd Armored Division's Tiger Brigade to provide the Marines with additional armor support. [195] Marine armor units mostly consisted of the older M-60 tank. [195]

  7. List of 2nd Marine Division commanders - Wikipedia

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    It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force. It is nicknamed "The Silent Second". The 2d Marine Division participated in World War II, Operation in Panama, Gulf War, Iraq War and War in Afghanistan.

  8. 2nd Tank Battalion - Wikipedia

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    The battalion as a whole saw its first combat since the Second World War in 1991, as it moved with the 2nd Marine Division to Saudi Arabia for the liberation of Kuwait. Augmented by companies of the 4th Tank Battalion, 2nd Tanks served as the division reserve for the four-day war in Kuwait.

  9. 1st Battalion, 8th Marines - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd Marine Division (including 1/8) remained as an amphibious reserve from 1–10 April 1945, when it was sent back to Saipan to minimize casualties from Kamikaze attacks off the coast of Okinawa. In late May, the 8th Marines of the 2nd Marine Division finally got a meaningful role in the closing weeks of the Okinawa campaign. Colonel ...