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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, 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.)
Marines from Fox 2/7 in Now Zad, August 1, 2008 Marines from Lima 3/8 maneuver through Nawzad after an airstrike, April 2009 Marines from Golf 2/3 in Nawzad, June 2009. In March 2008, marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines arrived to reinforce the British and Estonian forces. The Marines' mission was to "train police", but they were ...
On 13 September, 3/7 Marines joined the operation landing southwest of the 2/7 Marines position. On 20 September, the 3/7 Marines launched Operation Imperial Lake South, which continued until the end of September with minimal results. [1]: 94 On 16 September, a VC defector led Company E, 2/7 Marines to two base camps of the 91st Sapper ...
Company E 2/7 Marines and the command group were airlifted out of the area on the evening of 15 May. [1]: 329 The Marines then began a deception plan crossing the Liberty Bridge as if the operation had concluded and then crossing back onto the island on the early morning of 16 May.
On a routine combat patrol, a platoon from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, enters an adobe compound in a farm village. Walking point, at the head of the column, is Lance Cpl. Zachary Smith, from Hornell, N.Y. He is 19. An IED suddenly erupts beneath him, tearing off both his legs and scything down other Marines with shrapnel wounds. Cpl.
With the departure of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in mid-January for Phu Bai Combat Base, the 3/7 Marines extended its area of operations to include An Hoa Combat Base to the south. Miner attached two additional companies to the 3/7 Marines, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and Company H, 2/7 Marines to cover its extended area. [1]: 141
A post shared on Facebook claims U.S. Marines purportedly shot members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in Texas. Verdict: False The claim is false and originally stems from a Nov. 21 article ...