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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, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and ARVN 2nd Division search and destroy operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: Jul 26 – Aug 1: Operation Springfield II [1] 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: III Corps: Jul 31 – Sep 2: Operation Benning IV [1] 1/1 Cavalry security operation: Bình Định ...
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and 107th Field Battery series of reconnaissance and ambush and land clearing protection missions: centre and south-west Phước Tuy Province: Jul 15 – Aug 24: Operation Pickens Forest [2] 1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search ...
1 Company from each of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Jun 9 – 27: Operation Akron [11] 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment reconnaissance in force operation along encountered elements of the VC 274th Regiment and 5th Division: Route 2: 56: ...
In April 2015, 7th Marines took command of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force from 5th Marines. [34] Since late-2014, the infantry battalions of 7th Marines (1/7, 2/7, 3/7, & 3/4 after re-activation) have served as the Ground Combat Element for the SP-MAGTF and served in that capacity for the remainder of the decade. [citation needed]
1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment search and destroy operation: 24 km northwest of Da Nang, Quảng Nam Province: 160: 27 Mar 14 – 20: Operation Ford [7]: 249 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and 1st Battalion, 1st Marines sweep of the Phu Thu Peninsula to engage the VC 804th Main Force ...
On 13 August, Companies I and L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines began Operation Ripley Center in the central Quế Sơn mountains. On 15 August, Company A, 1/5 Marines was withdrawn from the operation and on 24 August, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines was landed in the area and took over the operation.
On 10 December the 2/7 Marines continued their eastward advance while the 3/3 Marines continued advancing northwest in the hope of squeezing the VC between them. At 11:00 HMM-261 helicopters began landing the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines at the hamlet of Cam La, 8 km southeast of Quế Sơn to seal off any escape route to the south. As the ...