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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.
No Marines were reported wounded in the action, although it delayed U.S. plans to meet with village elders and some locals. [5] Marines from 2/8 conducted joint patrols with the Afghan National Army in and around the town of Sorkh-Duz. By July 5, elements of 2/8 were engaged in heavy fighting at Toshtay, 16 miles south of Garmsir. [25]
By 5 July, elements of 2/8 were engaged in heavy fighting at Toshtay, 16 miles south of Garmsir. [8] After protracted fighting, the Marines overcame much of the Taliban resistance and began to set up additional patrol bases in Garmsir as part of the Clear-Hold-Build strategy designed to drive the Taliban south and continue Marine territorial gains.
Counterinsurgency: Army infantrymen, Afghan National Army troops, and attached Marines again sparred with ACM forces in the region, inflicting significant losses against the enemy Operation Athena: 17 July 2003: December 2011: Kabul and Kandahar: Security: The Canadian Forces contribution to the International Security Assistance Force in ...
2nd Marine Regiment deployed to Afghanistan to FOB Delaram II, Nimroz Province from February 2010 to February 2011 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 2nd Marine Regiment returned to Afghanistan from June 2013 to February 2014, serving as the command element at Camp Leatherneck for RC Southwest.
Alec Catherwood was a 19-year-old lance corporal in the Marine Corps when he was killed in combat in Afghanistan. Eleven years later, Alec’s mother watched the Taliban’s swift takeover of ...
A Tuesday roundtable on Capitol Hill is meant to mark the anniversary and draw attention to the chaotic withdrawal during the fall of Kabul.
Two years since the war in Afghanistan ended, the administration is remembering the sacrifice of service members, while acknowledging the work needed to help Afghans who aided the United States.