OTHERS WILL FOLLOW
1933 - 1934
Activated 1 January 1933 at Cap Haitien, Haiti, as the 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, and assigned to the 1st Brigade
Relocated During August 1934 to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Deactivated 8 August 1934
1941 - 1947
Reactivated 7 January 1941 at San Diego, California, as the 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, and assigned to the 2d Brigade Reassigned during February 1941 to the 2d Marine Division
Deployed During June-July 1942 to Koro Island
Participated in the following World War II campaigns Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan Tinian Okinawa
Redeployed during September 1945 to Nagasaki, Japan
Redeployed during June-July 1946 to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Deactivated 18 November 1947
1949 - 1987
Reactivated 17 October 1949 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as the 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, and assigned to the 2d Marine Division, fleet marine force.
Assigned at various times from 1949 to the present as battalion landing team in the Caribbean and Mediterranean
Participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, October-December 1962
Participated in the Intervention in the Dominican Republic, May 1965
Placed under the operation control of the 3d Marine Division at various periods throughout the 1980s for deployment to the Western Pacific
1988 - 1996
Element participated in operations in the Persian Gulf, April 1988
Elements participated in Operation Eastern Exit, Somalian, January 1991
Participated in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, August 1990 - April 1991
Participated in Haitian refugee operation, Cuba, May-June 1992
Participated in operations in Somalia, March-August 1993
Participated in Operation Sea Signal, Cuba, September-December 1994
1997 - 2006
Elements participated in Operation Noble Obelisk, Sierre Leone, May-Jun 1997
Elements participated in Operation Guardian Retrieval, Zaire, April-June 1997
Elements Participated in Operation Silver Wake, Albania, June 1997
Participated in Operation Noble Eagle, Guam, September-October 2001
Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March-May 2003, July 2004 – February 2005, And December 2005 – March 2006, February 2007 - September 2007,and July 2008 - February 2009
Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, March 2010 - October 2010