2nd Marine Logistics Group
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1944-1949

Activated 1 August 1944 at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, as 8th Field Depot, Supply Service, Fleet Marine Force

The unit participated in the following World War II Campaign at Iwo Jima

Relocated during April 1945 to Hilo, Territory of Hawaii

Redesignated 1 June 1945 as 8th Service Regiment, Service Command, Fleet Marine Force

Relocated during September 1945 to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and reassigned to 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force

Redesignated 15 October 1946 as 2d Combat Service Group, Medium, 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force

Redesignated 17 April 1947 as 2d Combat Service Group, Medium, Service Command, Fleet Marine Force

1950-1959

Assigned 1 April 1951 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Redesignated 1 July 1956 as 2d Combat Service Group, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Redesignated 1 March 1957 as Force Service Regiment, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Elements participated in the Landings in Lebanon, July-November 1958

1960-1987

Elements participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, October-December 1962

Elements participated in the intervention in the Dominican Republic, April-June 1965

Redesignated 1 October 1975 as Force Troops/2d Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Redesignated 30 June 1978 as 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Elements participated as part of the multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon, August 1982-February 1984

1988-Present

Elements participated in the Persian Gulf, January-June 1988

Redesignated 30 June 1989 as 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Elements provided disaster relief support to Charleston, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Hugo, September-October 1989

Elements participated in Operation Just Cause, December 1989

Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, as the Direct Support Command, and with other elements of 1st Force Service Support Group, December 1990-March 1991

Elements participated in Operation Provide Comfort, Iraq, April-July 1991

Elements participated in Haitian refugee operations, Cuba, November 1991-October 1994

Elements provided disaster relief support to Dade County, Florida, after Hurricane Andrew, September -October 1992

Redesignated 1 September 1992 as 2d Force Service Support Group, U.S. Marine Forces, Atlantic

Elements participated in Operation Provide Promise, Bosnia, July-August 1994

Elements participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Cuba, January-April 2002

Deployed during December 2002 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March-June 2003, March 2005-February 2006, February 2007-February 2008 and January 2009-January 2010

Redesignated 9 November 2005 as 2nd Marine Logistics Group

Elements participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, March 2009-March 2010