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Tag: 2nd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment

Romanian Navy Celebrates 114th Birthday

U.S. Sailors and Marines supporting the Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 helped pay tribute to the prestigious history of the Romanian navy and highlighted the military’s movement toward new developments and modernizations.

Romanian Open Gates Day

The BSRF is an annual multilateral security cooperation activity between the U.S. Marine Corps and partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions designed to enhance participants’ collective professional military capacity, promote regional stability and build enduring relationships with partner nations.

“America’s Battalion” concludes battalion field exercise

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment; 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment; and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 combined forces to execute a fire-support coordination exercise as part of a battalion field exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 15.

70 years later: 2nd MarDiv Marine, Medal of Honor recipient, returns home

The remains of 1st Lt. Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient who led Marines in the Battle of Tarawa, were formally repatriated to his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, Sept. 25, 2015.

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