The 8th Engineer Support Battalion (8th ESB) is an engineering support unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune () is a United States Armed Forces, United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Its of beaches make the base a major area for Amphibious warfare, amphibious assault training, and its ...

, North Carolina. The unit falls under the command of the

2nd Marine Logistics Group The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), reorganiz ...

and the

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 ...

Mission

To task organize forces in General Support to the MEF; providing mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, general engineering, and explosive ordnance disposal in order to ensure a maneuver and tempo advantage.

Current units

The 8th Engineer Support Battalion consists of the following Companies * Headquarters and Service Company * Engineer Support Company * Bravo Company * Charlie Company * 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company *Bulk Fuel Company

History

1950–1989

Activated 11 December 1950 at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, as 8th Engineer Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Relocated to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina in 1958 Assigned during September 1962 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Redesingated 1 January 1976 as 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Force Troops/ 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Provided combat service support to Marine Amphibious Units in the United States, Caribbean, and Mediterranean Elements provided disaster relief support to Charleston, South Carolina, after Hurricane Hugo, September–October 1989

1990–1999

Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, December 1990 – April 1991 Elements participated in Haitian refugee operations, Cuba, November 1991 – October 1992 Elements provided disaster relief support to southern Florida after

Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged ...

, September–October 1992 Elements provided bridging support to the State of Florida, Volusia County, during wildfires, July 1998. Elements provided disaster relief support to Puerto Rico after Hurricane George, September–November 1998 (CSSD-68) Elements provided disaster relief support to Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala after Hurricane Mitch, November 1998 – April 1999 (CSSD-69)

2000–2010

Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of

Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used synonymously by the U.S. government for both the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 at ...

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March–May 2003 Elements participated in

Operation Secure Tomorrow Operation Secure Tomorrow is an operation that took place from February 2004 to July 2004 in Haiti. A multinational force composed of the United States, Chile, Canada, and France was deployed in accordance with UN Resolution 1529. The force was ...

, Haiti, February–June 2004 Elements returned to Iraq in February 2004 for continued operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2–1. Elements participated in

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, Iraq, January 2005 – March 2006 Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March–October 2007 Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, February 2008 Elements participated in Operation Unified Response, Haiti, January–March 2010 Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, November 2010 – June 2011

References

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8th ESB's Official Website
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