2^nd Battalion, 7^th Marine Regiment

2/7 Lineage

• 1941-1947
  • Activated 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, as the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines and assigned to the 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force
  • Reassigned during February 1941 to the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
  • Relocated during April 1941 to Parris Island, South Carolina
  • Relocated during September 1941 to New River, North Carolina
  • Attached during March 1942 to the 3d Marine Brigade
  • Deployed during April 1942 to Samoa
  • Detached during August 1942 from the 3d Marine Brigade and reassigned to the 1st Marine Division
  • Participated in the following World War II Campaigns
  • Guadalcanal
  • Eastern New Guinea
  • New Britain
  • Peleliu
  • Okinawa
  • Participated in the occupation of North China, September 1945-January 1947
  • Relocated during January 1947 to Camp Pendleton, California
  • Deactivated 26 February 1947
• 1940-1964
  • Reactivated 17 August 1950 at Camp Pendleton, California, and assigned to the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
  • Deployed during September 1950 to the Republic of Korea
  • Participated in the Korean War, September 1950-July 1953, Operating from
  • Inchon-Seoul
  • Chosin Reservoir
  • East Central Front
  • Western Front
  • Participated in the defense of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, July 1953-March 1955
  • Relocated During March 1955 to Camp Pendleton, California
• 1965-2007
  • Deployed during June 1965 to Camp Schwab, Okinawa
  • Participated in the war in Vietnam, July 1965-October 1970, Operating from
  • Qui Nhon
  • Chu Lai
  • Da Nang
  • Dai Loc
  • An Hoa
  • Relocated during October 1970 to Camp Pendleton, California, and reassigned to the 5th Marine Amphibious Brigade
  • Reassigned during April 1971 to the 1st Marine Division
  • Participated in the battalion rotation between the 3d Marine Division on Okinawa and divisions stationed in the United States during the 1980s
  • Relocated during January 1990 to Twentynine Palms, California
  • Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, August 1990-March 1991
  • Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March-October 2004, July 2005-January 2006, and February-August 2007
• 2008 - Current
  • Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan, March 2008 through November 2008, Operating from:
  • Camp Bastion
  • Sangin
  • Gereshk
  • Musa Qaleh
  • Now Zad
  • Delaram
  • Golestan
  • Bakwa
  • Farah Rud