The training, which was taught by instructors from the 2nd Marine Division Training Center, was part of the battalions Deployment for Training exercise where the Marines improved the basic infantry skills they might not use on a daily basis. In August 1990, Company D, while deployed aboard the USSBarnstable County(LST-1197) off the coast of West Africa participated in Operation Sharp Edge assisting in the evacuation of civilians from Liberia. 115 were here. 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines (2/23) is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout the Western United States consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. The Army Historical Foundation is the designated official fundraising organization for the National Museum of the United States Army. A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion breaches a door with a Mossberg 500 shotgun during the assault breaching portion of the battalions sapper squad competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 22, 2016. But the Chinese had blocked the road, the only escape route south at a mountain pass. The 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion's mission is to provide close combat engineer support to the 2d Marine Division in order to enhance their mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability. Alex Rowan, a combat engineer with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, stationed out of Bessemer, Alabama, runs to take cover before the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System detonates during the SAPPER Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 26, 2015. Once the road was cleared, the battalion was told to hold the line with the 23rd Infantry Regiment and A Battery of the 503rd Field Artillery. The memory of the men who fought at Kunu-Li lives on as the names of each and every one of those 977 men are called off in formation by the current 2nd Engineers. On 1 April 1941, the battalion was assigned to Division Special Troops of the 2nd Marine Division. During the spring of 1965, Marines from 2nd Engineer Battalion landed in the Dominican Republic on a peace keeping mission.

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