LINEAGE
1918 – 1947
ACTIVATED 15 JAN 1918; DISBANDED IN THE 1920S;
REACTIVATED 11 APRIL 1941 AT SAN DIEGO, CA, AS 4TH BN, 10TH MARINES, 2D MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEPLOYED DURING NOVEMBER 1942 TO JUDGEFORE, ICELAND
PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS
- TARAWA
- SAIPAN
- TINIAN
- OKINAWA
REDESIGNATED 20 JULY 1945 AS THE 2D BATTALION, 10TH MARINES
PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN, SEPTEMBER 1945 – JUNE 1946
RELOCATED DURING JULY 1946 TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA
DEACTIVATED 18 NOVEMBER 1947
1948 – 2009
REACTIVATED 1 DECEMBER 1948 AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, AND ASSIGNED TO THE 2D MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
ELEMENTS DEPLOYED AT VARIOUS TIMES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN AND CARIBBEAN FROM 1951 TO THE PRESENT
PARTICIPATED IN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 1962
PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERVENTION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, APRIL – MAY 1965
PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS TRAINING EXERCISES THROUGHOUT THE 1970s AND INTO THE 1980s
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, DECEMBER 1990 – APRIL 1991
ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, MARCH-JUNE 2003
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, AUGUST 2004-APRIL 2005
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, FEBRUARY 2007-SEPTEMBER 2007
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, JANUARY 2009-OCTOBER 2009
HONORS
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER
- WORLD WAR II
- TARAWA – 1943
NAVAL UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER
- SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- IRAQI FREEDOM 2005-2006
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS
WORLD WAR II VICTORY STREAMER
NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE STREAMER WITH “ASIA”
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR
SOUTH ASIA BATTLE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE STREAMER
IRAQI CAMPAIGN SERVICE STEAMER