The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) is a

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unit of the

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and is headquartered at

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. 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), reorganized with its sister FSSGs into Marine Logistics Groups in 2005. The 2nd MLG is composed of approximately 8,000 Marines and Sailors.

Current units

Combat Logistics Regiment 2 Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (CLR 2) is a logistics regiment of the United States Marine Corps. The unit is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) and the ...

Combat Logistics Regiment 27 Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (CLR 27) is a logistics regiment based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) and the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), United ...

* 2nd Dental Battalion * 2nd Maintenance Battalion * 2nd Medical Battalion * 2nd Supply Battalion * 8th Engineer Support Battalion

Former Units

Headquarters Regiment Headquarters Regiment (HQ REGT) was a logistics regiment based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) and the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), United Stat ...

Combat Logistics Regiment 25 Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR 25) was a logistics regiment of the United States Marine Corps. When active, the unit was based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and fell under the command of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group and t ...

Mission

Conduct combat logistics operations in support of

II Marine Expeditionary Force The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a ...

(MEF) and attached/assigned forces in order to support and conduct combat operations and sustain warfighting effectiveness. Provide general support (GS) combat logistics to all forces operating in the MEF battlespace.

History

The unit was activated 1 August 1944 at

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as 8th Field Depot, Supply Service,

Fleet Marine Force The United States Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) are combined general- and special-purpose forces within the United States Department of the Navy that perform offensive amphibious or expeditionary warfare and defensive maritime employment. The Fleet ...

. After participating in the

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, the

Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJ ...

from 19 February to 26 March 1945. in April 1945, it was relocated to

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, Hawaii, and redesignated on 1 June as 8th Service Regiment, Service Command. The following September, the unit was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division, and moved to

, its current home. On 15 October 1946 it was redesignated as 2nd Combat Service Group, Medium, then reassigned to Service Command on 17 April 1947. On 1 April 1951, the unit was reassigned to

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. The "Medium" modifier to the unit's designation was dropped on 1 July 1956, and again renamed to Force Service Regiment on 1 March 1957. Elements of the regiment participated in the landings of the

1958 Lebanon crisis The 1958 Lebanon crisis (also known as the Lebanese Civil War of 1958) was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included a United States military intervention. The intervention lasted for aro ...

, and also provided support to mobilized troops during the

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in late 1962. After participating in the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1965, the unit was renamed 2nd Service Support Group on 1 October 1975. The Marines returned to Lebanon in August 1982 as part of the

Multinational Force in Lebanon The Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) was an international peacekeeping force created in August 1982 following a 1981 U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel to end their involvement in the confl ...

during the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

, and remained until February 1984. The unit was redesignated on 30 June 1978 as 2nd Force Service Support Group, and would provide relief that autumn to

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and

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in the aftermath of

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. A month later, elements of the group would participate in the

United States invasion of Panama The United States invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, lasted over a month between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijos– ...

. The following year, the unit would deploy to the Middle East for the

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, remaining for

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until July 1991. From November 1991 to October 1994, the group supported

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an refugee operations after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état. Disaster relief efforts from the unit supported

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, Florida after

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in late 1992, then elements participated in

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in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the summer of 1994. CLB 22

With the advent of the

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, elements were sent to

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in Cuba in early 2002 to establish more permanent facilities for the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. That December, the unit was sent to

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

for more local support, and would then participate in the

2003 invasion of Iraq The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...

and subsequent

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. The group would deploy for year-long tours to support

Multi-National Forces West Multi-National Forces West (MNF-W) or United States Forces West (USF-W) was one of the coalition headquarters under Multi-National Force-Iraq. It was headquartered by either I or II U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force that rotated on a 12-month basis. ...

Al Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

, alternating with 1st Marine Logistics Group. Headquartered at Al Taqaddum, the unit deployed for its last Iraq tour in January 2009. FWD LOGO

The 2nd Marine Logistics Group completed a yearlong deployment in February 2012 in support of the

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in Afghanistan, where they were replaced by the 1st Marine Logistics Group. In January 2013, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group deployed

to Afghanistan in support of International Security Assistance Forces.

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