2d Battalion
The official command seal for 2d Battalion, 2d Marines.
2d Marine Regiment
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Mission

Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or repel the enemy's assault with fire and close combat.

Officer of the Day (OOD):

PHONE: (910) 451-3716

DSN: (312) 751-3716

CELL: (910) 376-7362

 

Personal Mailing Address

RANK FULL NAME

2d Bn 2Mar (Company/Section)

PSC Box 20095

Camp Lejeune NC, 28542-0095

Honors

World War II Awards: Presidential Unit Citation Streamer with two bronze stars

Noteworthy Battles: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa

 

Southwest Asia

1990-1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer with two bronze stars

1990

1992

1994-1995

Marine Corps Expeditionary Streamer with one bronze star

American Defense Service Streamer

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer with “Asia” and “Europe”

National Defense Service Streamer with three bronze stars

Armed forces Expeditionary Streamer with two bronze stars

Southwest Asia Service Streamer with two bronze stars

 

Iraq Honors:

Navy Unit Commendation Streamer

Iraq Campaign Streamer with four bronze stars

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary streamer

Global War on Terrorism Service streamer

 


 

Lineage

1925-1933

Activated 1 July 1925 at Cap Hatien, Haiti, as the 2d Battalion, 2d Regiment and assigned to the 1st Brigade

2d Regiment participated in operations against dissident forces, July 1925-Jaunary 1933

Deactivated 1 January 1933

 

1941 – 1947

Reactivated 14 January at San Diego, California, as the 2d Battalion, 2d Marines and assigned to the 2d Marine Brigade

Reassigned during February 1941 to the 2d Marine Division

Deployed during June-July 1942 to Koro Island

Participated in the following World Wars II Campaigns

Guadalcanal

Tarawa

Saipan

Tinian

Okinawa

Redeployed during September 1945 to Nagasaki, Japan

Relocated during June-July 1946 to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Deactivated 18 November 1947

 

1949 – 1989

Reactivated 20 October 1949 in the Mediterranean as the 2d Battalion, 2d Marines and assigned to the 2d Marine Division

Assigned at various times during 1949 – 1980 as Battalion Landing Team in the Caribbean and Mediterranean

Participated in landings in Lebanon, July-August 1958

Participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, October-December 1962

Deployed to Europe for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Exercises, August-September 1978

Elements of the 2d Battalion, 2d Marines deployed to the Azores for Possible Operations in Iran during February 1979

 

1990 – 2008

Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, December 1990 – April 1991

Participated in Operations Support Democracy and Uphold Democracy Haiti, August-October 1994

Participated in Operation Assured Response, Liberia, April-June 1996

Participated in Operation Dynamic Response, Kosovo, September-October 2002

Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Horn of Africa, November-December 2002 and January-July 2007

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March-April 2003, March-October 2004, August 2005 - February 2006 and April-November 2008

Mrs. April O’Brien

Deployment Readiness Coordinator

2d Battalion, 2d Marines

april.obrien@usmc.mil

Office: 910-451-4018

Cell: 910-372-2813

 

Leaders

Commanding Officer, 2d Battalion, 2d Marines

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew D. Nicholson

LtCol Nicholson graduated from The Citadel in 2004 and subsequently completed Officer Candidate School, Basic Officer Course, and Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, Virginia.From 2005 to 2008, LtCol Nicholson served in Second Battalion, Sixth Marines on Camp Lejeune, NC. He deployed to Saqlawiyah,...

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Sergeant Major, 2d Battalion, 2d Marines

Sergeant Major Ryan D. Cantrell

Ryan D. Cantrell was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in Goshen, Kentucky and Macon, Georgia. He enlisted in January 1998 and underwent training at 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Mike Company, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. In May 1998, Private Cantrell completed...

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