Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (CLR 2) is a logistics regiment of the

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. The unit is based at

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and falls under the command of the

2nd Marine Logistics Group The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) is a Logistics#Military logistics, 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 S ...

(2nd MLG) 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 ...

(II MEF).

Mission

CLR-2 provides direct support to the II Marine Expeditionary Force. They train, rapidly task organize, deploy, employ, fight and redeploy in order to provide direct support logistics combat support to all maneuver elements of II MEF beyond their organic capabilities, in peacetime as well as wartime, in any environment and across the spectrum of conflict in order to allow the II MEF maneuver elements to continue operations independent of any logistically driver operational pauses.

Subordinate units

* Combat Logistics Battalion 2 * Combat Logistics Battalion 6 * Combat Logistics Battalion 8 * 2nd Distribution Support Battalion

History

World War II

2d Service Battalion was commissioned on February 15, 1941, in

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. The battalion deployed to

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in October 1942. The battalion participated in combat operations at

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, and the

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. At the end of the war the battalion went to

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in September 1945 as part of the

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. In January 1946 the battalion moved to

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, Japan. In July 1946, 2d Service Battalion returned to the United States at

. The battalion was decommissioned on November 18, 1947.

1950s - 1980s

The battalion was reactivated October 19, 1949, at MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. On December 15, 1954, the battalion was assigned to the 2d Marine Division,

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, Atlantic. Elements of the battalion participated in the

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in October 1962. On April 15, 1976, the battalion was redesignated again as Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2d Division Support Group, 2d Marine Division. Three years later on May 1, 1979, the battalion was redesignated as 2d Landing Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group.

1990s - to present

2d Landing Support Battalion participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in

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and

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in 1990-1991. In November 1998 the battalion supported humanitarian relief efforts in

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and

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in the wake of

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. On March 30, 2000, the battalion was redesignated as the 2d Transportation Support Battalion (2d TSB). The battalion took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and supported follow-on deployments to Iraq from August 2004 - February 2005 and March 2006 through October 2007. On May 18, 2006, the battalion was again redesignated as Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (CLR-2) 2d Marine Logistics Group and participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, May 2009-March 2010 and January 2013-January 2014.

References

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CLR-2's official website
Combat logistics regiments of the United States Marine Corps {{USMC-stub