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The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a light infantry battalion of the
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. They are based at the
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and consist of approximately 800 marines and sailors. The battalion falls under the command of the 7th Marine Regiment and the
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.


Subordinate units

The battalion's current subordinate units are: * Headquarters & Service Company * Easy
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* Fox Company * Gunfighters Company *
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At the beginning of World War II, the battalion had three subordinate rifle companies – E (Easy), F (Fox), G (Gunfighters), a weapons company designated as H (How), and a Headquarters Company. As the war progressed, the weapons company was eliminated and the component elements redistributed throughout the headquarters and rifle companies. During the Korean War, the battalion's three rifle companies were designated D (Dog), E (Easy) and F (Fox). During the Vietnam War, the battalion was organized under a four rifle company order of battle – E (Echo), F (Fox), G (Golf) and H (Hotel). As of 2022, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines utilizes the company callsigns of E (Easy), F (Fox), G (Gunfighters), and Weapons (Wildcard) for their subordinate companies.


History


World War II


Guadalcanal

The battalion was activated on 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay,
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. On 18 September 1942, 2/7 landed on
Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomons by area and the second- ...
. They fought the
Battle of Guadalcanal The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific Theater of W ...
for four months until they were relieved by elements of the United States Army's
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. The battalion was then sent to Australia along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division for rest and refit.


Operation Cartwheel

2/7 landed on Cape Gloucester,
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on 26 December 1943 under the command of Lieutenant colonel Odell M. Conoley securing an airfield the first day. That night, Japanese Marines counterattacked and 2/7 took the brunt of the assault and the fighting continued throughout the night. By the time the sun began to rise, the entire Japanese force had been wiped out. On 14 January, 2/7 along with the rest of the regiment assaulted and took the last Japanese stronghold on the island, Hill 660. Two days later, the counter-attack came but the Marines held the hilltop often resorting to hand-to-hand fighting. The battalion continued to run patrols around the island to protect against guerrilla attacks from hold-out Japanese soldiers. In March 1944, New Britain was declared secure and on 1 April 1 Marine Division was relieved by the US Army 40th Infantry Division. 2/7, and the rest of the 1st Marine Division again returned to Australia.


Battle of Peleliu

On 15 September 1944 , the 7th Marines (minus the 2nd battalion) landed along with the rest of the 1st Marine Division. Note: The 2nd battalion was the only battalion to be held in reserve. They were to go in later in the day in support of the 7th Marines. However, Chesty Puller's 1st Marines were having the worst time as they were on the left flank and adjacent to where the mountainous area on Peleliu called the Umurbrogal Pocket began – where all the Japanese holed up. On the night of 20 September the 2nd battalion went out to the transfer line, but there were not enough LVT's. Instead, they had to wait and go in the next morning directly in support of Chesty Puller's 1st Marines. The 2nd battalion went right into the middle of the fighting of the 1st marine regiment. When they landed they were met by intense artillery and mortar fire from Japanese positions that had not been touched by the pre-invasion bombardment. On 20 September, the 7th Marines broke out of their beachhead and linked up with the 1st Marines. The battalion fought on the island for another eight weeks before it was secured.


Battle of Okinawa

On 1 April 1945, was part of the 80,000 marines that landed on
Okinawa most commonly refers to: * Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture * Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture * Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself * Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...
. The 1st Marine Division landed on the southern portion of Okinawa against light resistance. Their beachhead was quickly secured and supplies began flowing in. Resistance began to become stronger as the marines pushed north. The 1st Marine Division was ordered into Reserve to protect the right flank of the invasion forces. The battalion fought the Japanese along the coast and was stopped suddenly at the
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. For 30 days, along with the rest of the Division and the Army
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, battled the Japanese stronghold. After Okinawa, 2/7 was part of the
Operation Beleaguer Operation Beleaguer was the codename for the United States Marine Corps' occupation of northeastern China's Hebei and Shandong provinces from 1945 until 1949. The Marines were tasked with overseeing the repatriation of more than 600,000 Japanes ...
in China where they went to repatriate the Japanese forces there. In addition they were called upon to keep the peace during the bloody civil war between the Chinese Nationalists and Communist forces. In 1947, 2/7 returned to California and were deactivated later that year.


Korean War

The Battalion participated in the
Inchon Landing The Battle of Inchon (), also called Inchon landing, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN). The operation involved some ...
and the recapture of Seoul. The 1st Marine Division, was then put back on ship and sailed around to the east coast of Korea. They eventually landed at Wonsan in late October and from there participated in the
Battle of Chosin Reservoir The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Lake Changjin (), was an important battle in the Korean War. The name "Chosin" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation "''Chōshin'', instead of th ...
. During the battle Captain William Barber earned the
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for his actions as commander of Fox 2/7. F/2/7 held a position known as "Fox Hill" against vastly superior numbers of Chinese infantry, holding the Toktong Pass open and keeping the
5th Marine Regiment The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps and falls ...
and the 7th Marine Regiment from getting cut off at Yudam-ni. His company's actions to keep the pass open, allowed these two regiments to perform their withdrawal from Yudam-ni and consolidate with the rest of the
1st Marine Division The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine (military), Marine Division (military), division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine E ...
at Hagaru-ri. The mission to relieve F/2/7 on top of Fox Hill also led to LtCol Raymond Davis, then commanding officer of
1st Battalion 7th Marines The 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7) is an infantry battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment of the United States Marine Corps. It is currently based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Consisting of approximately 1,000 ...
, receiving the Medal of Honor. After the withdrawal from Chosin the 1st Marine Division was evacuated from Hungnam. The battalion took part in fighting on the East Central Front and Western Front of the
Jamestown Line The Jamestown Line was a series of defensive positions occupied by United Nations forces in the Korean War. Following the end of the 1951 Chinese Spring Offensive and the UN May-June 1951 counteroffensive, the war largely became one of attrition ...
for the remainder of the war. Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class
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, USN was assigned as a medical corpsman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines on 27 March 1953, when his heroic actions earned him the
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.


Vietnam War

2/7 was deployed to
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from July 1965 until October 1970 as part of the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. The battalion operated in the southern half of I Corp most of the time. Qui Nhon,
Chu Lai Chu Lai is a seaport, urban and industrial area in Núi Thành District, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam. The city is served by Chu Lai International Airport. It is also the site of the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone (Vietnamese: ''Khu Kinh Tế M ...
,
Da Nang Air Base Da Nang Air Base () (1930s–1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam. During the Vietnam ...
, Dai Loc and An Hoa. 2/7 were instrumental players in Operation Utah and Operation Harvest Moon.


The Gulf War and the 1990s

2/7 relocated during January 1990 to
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, California, and participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in
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and
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from August 1990 through March 1991 when they redeployed back to the United States. For the rest of the 1990s the battalion took part in the regular
Unit Deployment Program The Unit Deployment Program (UDP) is a system for assigning deployments of the United States Marine Corps. To reduce the number of unaccompanied tours and improve unit continuity, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, (CMC) established it to provide ...
(UDP) rotation to Okinawa. In this scheme, 7th Marine Regiment sequentially rotated one of its battalions to
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for six months to serve as one of the three battalions attached to the
4th Marine Regiment The 4th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. Based at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, it is part of the 3rd Marine Division of the III Marine Expeditionary Force. Mission 4th Marine Regiment conducts littoral ...
. In October 1994, 2nd Battalion 7th Marines boarded the and to sail from Okinawa to the Philippines to take part in the 50th Anniversary reenactment of the landings at Leyte Gulf.


Iraq War (2003–2007)

During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2/7 was stop-moved in Okinawa until the Summer of 2003. The battalion deployed in February 2004 in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist governm ...
(OIF). They were among th
first marines
redeployed to the country after the initial invasion, and lost eight marines during that deployment. The battalion deployed in support of OIF for the second time from July 2005 to January 2006. They operated in the Al-Anbar Province and suffered 13 marines killed in action. The battalion was again deployed to Al-Anbar from January to August 2007. During this third Iraq deployment, 2/7 suffered 8 marines killed in action. Marines from the battalion took part in
Operation Vigilant Resolve The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an American-led operation of the Iraq War against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contracto ...
and Operation Alljah.


War in Afghanistan (2008, 2012–2013)

2/7 deployed to
Helmand Helmand (Pashto/Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering area. The province contains 18 ...
and
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s, Afghanistan from April to December 2008. The battalion spearheaded the return of Marines to Afghanistan, and was engaged in heavy combat with insurgent elements throughout their deployment. 2/7 operated from Camp Bastion and bases in
Sangin Sangin () is a town in Helmand province of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately 20,000 people. It is located on in the valley of the Helmand River at altitude, to the north-east of Lashkargah. Sangin is notorious as one of the cent ...
,
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, Musa Qaleh, Now Zad, Delaram,
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, Bakwa and Bala Baluk. Called "the hardest hit battalion in the Corps this year ," in 2008, the battalion suffered 20 men killed and 160 wounded, thirty of which were amputees. Four marines assigned or attached to the battalion were awarded the Navy Cross for their actions during the 2008 deployment. The battalion deployed to Afghanistan again in the autumn of 2012 into early 2013.


Okinawa, Unit Deployment Program, and the 31st MEU, 2009-2011

Following its Afghanistan deployment, 2/7 deployed to Okinawa, Japan in January 2010, for the first time since 2002. The Battalion was the ground combat element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit from December 2009 – June 2010, and then again from June–December 2011.


Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Central-Command

As of June 2019, the battalion has deployed with the SP-MAGTF as the Ground Combat Element three separate times since late-2014. As the GCE, the unit has deployed to Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Afghanistan, & Kuwait. Missions have included training with foreign partners, providing base security, isolated-personnel recovery, & crisis response. On 7-8 February 2018, elements of Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) 2 were attached to US Special Operations forces at the Conoco Gas plant near Khasham, Dier ez-Zor, Syria, where they were attacked by 500 pro-regime militia and Russian Wagner mercenaries. Additional elements of Weapons Company responded as a quick reactionary force (QRF) from nearby Firebase Ash-Shaddadi. The QRF team was stopped short of their objective due to the intensity of the fighting near the gas plant. In October 2019, elements of V27 assisted in the US draw down in Northeastern Syria which caused intense standoffs with local Kurdish forces and nearby Russian Armed Forces units. During this same deployment, Easy Company and its attachments would deploy 100 marines and corpsmen in response to the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.


2025 Los Angeles Protests

On 9 June 2025, approximately 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) were activated under Title 10 orders to deploy from Marine Corps Air–Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms to Los Angeles, augmenting roughly 2,100 federalized California National Guard personnel guarding federal facilities during widespread protests against federal immigration raids; the move marked the first deployment of active-duty Marines to handle civil unrest in the city since the
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. Because President
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did not invoke the
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and the state did not request assistance, legal scholars and civil-rights groups contend the deployment violates the
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, which bars active-duty forces from enforcing civilian law without explicit congressional authorization. However, since the Marines are solely being deployed to guard federal facilities and not enforcing the law, many legal scholars opine that it does not violate the Act. 'source?''


Unit awards

A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the appropriate ribbon of the awarded unit citation. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines have been awarded the following:


Medal of Honor

Ten marines and two sailors have been awarded the Medal of Honor while serving with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines.
Battle of Guadalcanal The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by the United States, was an Allied offensive against forces of the Empire of Japan in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific Theater of W ...
*Sgt
Mitchell Paige Mitchell Paige (Mihajlo Pejić) (August 31, 1918 – November 15, 2003) was an American retired United States Marine Corps colonel who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor in combat, the Medal of Honor, during World Wa ...
– 26 October 1942
Battle of Peleliu The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the United States Armed Forces, US military, was fought between the United States and Empire of Japan, Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from 15 Septe ...
*PFC Charles H. Roan – 18 September 1944 (posthumously) *PFC John D. New – 25 September 1944 (posthumously)
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*Cpl Lee H. Phillips – 4 November 1950 (posthumously) *SSgt Robert S. Kennemore – 27–28 November 1950 *PFC Hector A. Cafferata Jr. – 28 November 1950 *Capt William E. Barber – 28 November-2 December 1950 *Sgt Daniel P. Matthews – 28 March 1953 (posthumously) *Hospitalman Richard De Wert USN – 5 April 1951 (posthumously) *Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class
William R. Charette William Richard Charette (March 29, 1932 – March 18, 2012) was a United States Navy Master chief petty officer, master chief Hospital Corpsman, hospital corpsman who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor ...
, USN – 27 March 1953 *SSgt Ambrosio Guillen – 25 July 1953 (posthumously)
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*PFC Oscar P. Austin – 23 February 1969 (posthumously)


Other notable former personnel

* Henry H. Black – 2nd Battalion 7th Marines sergeant major, who also served as the 7th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1977. *
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– served with 2/7 during the
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, including platoon commander and executive officer with D Company and battalion intelligence officer. * Ronald D. Castille – served with 2/7 during the
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
. *
John Chafee John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor o ...
– served with 2/7 during the
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as a captain. 60th Secretary of the Navy from 1969-1972. * Herman H. Hanneken,
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, Battalion Commander on Guadalcanal. * Angel Mendez
Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States Naval Service's second-highest military decoration awarded for sailors and marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is equivalent to the Army ...
,
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
. * Anthony Swofford – served with 2/7 during the
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. * Roy Tackett – served with 2/7 during World War II. * John A. Toolan – Golf Company, 2/7 company commander 1982–1984 *
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, Battalion Commander 1983–1985 * John H. Yancey – served with E Company in the
Battle of Chosin Reservoir The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Lake Changjin (), was an important battle in the Korean War. The name "Chosin" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation "''Chōshin'', instead of th ...
, earning a Navy Cross and Silver Star. *
Micheal Barrett Micheal P. "Mike" Barrett (born April 5, 1963) is a retired United States Marine who served as the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, succeeding Carlton W. Kent on June 9, 2011. As the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Barrett was the hi ...
- 2nd Battalion 7th Marines sergeant major, who also served as the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 2011 to 2015


In popular culture

* One of the subplots in Season 1 Episode 10 of the television series
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, In Excelsis Deo, centers around
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getting involved in the fate of a dead homeless person who Zeigler identifies to the police as a former marine and
Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
veteran by a 2/7 tattoo on the dead man's arm. *2/7 is highlighted in a 2008 deployment to Afghanistan in the book
15 Years of War
where the Marines fought one of the most arduous battles the Marine Corps has seen in Now Zad, Afghanistan. *A documentary titled The Forgotten Battalion about 2/7 and their unique suicide problem was released in 2020


See also

* Al Anbar campaign *
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External links

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