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2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based in Camp HORNO on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.Nicknamed "The Professionals," the battalion consists of approximately 1,200 Marines and Sailors.
1st Reconnaissance Battalion [3] 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion [3] 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion [3] 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Brigadier General Richard F. Natonskis, Commanding General [3] 2nd Marine Regiment [3] 1st BN, 2nd Marine Regiment [3] 3rd BN, 2nd Marine Regiment [3] 2nd BN, 8th Marine Regiment [3]
1st Battalion 8th Marines: November 25, 2004 [10] Fallujah (Second Battle) Engaged insurgents while simultaneously evacuating three wounded Marines under fire. [10] Benjamin Gonzalez: Lance Corporal: Navy Cross: 2nd Battalion 1st Marines: June 18, 2004 [11] Fallujah: Jumped on a fellow Marine to protect him from a grenade. [11] Jordan Haerter ...
The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq.On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of the Marines of Regimental Combat Team 1 passed through the city over the bridges and attacked north towards Baghdad.
The overall ground commander in Anbar, 1st Marine Division commander General James Mattis, initially planned to use his only available units, 1st Battalion 5th Marines and 2nd Battalion 1st Marines. They would push in from the east and west and methodically contain the insurgents. [93]
1st Battalion, 2nd Marines (1/2) (pronounced "one-two") is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, consisting of approximately 900 Marines and sailors. The battalion, callsign "Typhoon'" falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
On a routine combat patrol, a platoon from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, enters an adobe compound in a farm village. Walking point, at the head of the column, is Lance Cpl. Zachary Smith, from Hornell, N.Y. He is 19. An IED suddenly erupts beneath him, tearing off both his legs and scything down other Marines with shrapnel wounds. Cpl.
When 2/4 and 3/11 left in September and October, they handed their sector of Ramadi over to the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5)2nd Battalion 11th marines were also deployed during this time to Ar Ramadi, who completed their tour in April 2005, then 1st Battalion 5th Marines (1/5) took over. The spring of 2004 was particularly bloody in Ramadi.