1941 – 1948
ACTIVATED 18 JANUARY 1941 AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AS THE 2D MARINE BRIGADE
REASSAIGNED DURING FEBRUARY 1941 TO THE 2ND 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 1946 TO KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN
REDEPLOYED DURING FEBRUARY 1946 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA
DEACTIVATED 27 MARCH 1946
1950 – 1994
REACTIVATED 28 DECEMBER 1950 AT CAMP LEJEUNE NORTH CAROLINA, AS THE 3RD BATTALION, 2ND MARINES AND ASSIGNED TO THE 2ND MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
ASSIGNED AT VARIOUS TIMES FROM 1951 TO THE PRESENT AS BATTALION LANDING TEAM IN THE CARRIBEAN AND MEDITERANIAN
PARTICIPATED IN THE EVACUATION OF US CITIZENS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT AND THE GAZA STRIP, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 1956
PARTICIPATED IN THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1962
PARTICPATED IN NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION EXERCISES DURING THE 1970’S AND 1980’S
PLACED UNDER THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE 3RD MARINE DIVISION AT VARIOUS PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE 1980’S FOR DEPLOYMENT TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEST ASIA AUGUST 1990 – MARCH 1991
PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION PROVIDE PROMISE AND DENY FLIGHT BOSNIA, AUGUST 1994
1995 – 2014
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION SEA SIGNAL, CUBA, JULY – OCT 1995
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DYNAMIC RESPONSE IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION JOINT GUARD BOSNIA – HERZEGOVINA, MARCH – APRIL 1998
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DETERMINED FALCON IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION DELIBERATE GUARD, ADRIATIC SEA, JUNE 1998
PARTICIPATED IN FIGHTING WILDFIRES IN IDAHO, SEPTEMBER 2000
DEPLOYED DURING JANUARY 2003 TO KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH - -JUNE 2003, MARCH – SEPTEMBER 2005 AND JULY 2006 – 2007
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, HORN OF AFRICA AND GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, OCTOBER 2003 – SEPTEMBER 2004
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION UNITED RESPONSE, HAITI, IN RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER, JANUARY-MARCH 2010
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, MARCH-SEPTEMBER 2011
PARTICIPATED IN HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE SANDY, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 2012