Marines


2d Intelligence Battalion

2nd Intel BN Logo
II MEF Information Group
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Mission

2d Intelligence Battalion's mission is to plan, direct, collect, process, produce and disseminate intelligence, and provide counterintelligence support to the MEF Command Element, MEF major subordinate commands, subordinate Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF), and other commands as directed.

 

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Sgt. Maj. Relief and Appointment

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Levi A. Gates, left, the oncoming sergeant major of 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information...

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Battalion COC

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ruth Kehoe, off-going commanding officer of 2d Intelligence Battalion (2d Intel Bn), passes the colors to Lt. Col. Douglas...

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2d Intel BN. Imagery Analysis

U.S. Marines with, 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force participate in a multinational imagery analysis competition in France,...

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2d Intel Battalion March

U.S. Marines with 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force conduct a forced march during Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on...

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2d Intel Waterway Survey

U.S. Marines with 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force conduct littoral collection and analysis of the Atlantic Intercoastal...

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2d Intel live fire training

U.S. Marines with Ground Sensor Platoon, Battlespace Surveillance Company, 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force conduct live fire...

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2d Intel Beach PT

U.S. Marines with 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force conducted a functional fitness style physical training event, encouraging...

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2d Intel Beach PT

U.S. Marines with 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force conducted a functional fitness style physical training event encouraging...

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2d Intel greenside training

U.S. Marines with 2d Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force participate in greenside training during the Battalion Marine Corps Combat...

Welcome Aboard

We are excited to bring you onto our team here in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Currently as you’re reading this, 2d Intelligence Battalion is diligently processing critical intelligence and expanding analytic baselines on key threats across the globe. The entirety of our team seeks to optimize ourselves so we can fulfill our motto of “Videmus, Audimus, Novimus.” The Latin phrase means “We See, We Hear, We Know” and is the essence of how 2d Intelligence Battalion pushes each Marine to enable our mission. Here at the battalion, you will see a professional, driven, and focused team. We pride ourselves in cultivating a warrior mindset, representing the best II MEF has to offer so we can fight and win. So come ready to integrate into a unit that is working hard to prime multiple elements across the MAGTF and Joint Force across the spectrum of conflict and global competition

 

Who We Are: Where We Come From and Who We Are Today

2d Intelligence Battalion’s origins began in 1969 as the Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (SARC) during the Vietnam War. The model continued through 1988 before transitioning to 2d Intelligence Company, 2d Surveillance Reconnaissance Intelligence Group (SRIG), II MEF on 1 February 1989. The new formation supported Operation DESERT SHIELD, Operation DESERT STORM, and operations in Southwest Asia in 1991.

Within a few years, the unit was reassigned to multiple structures from 1994 to 1999 within the SRIG. In April 1999, 2d Intelligence Battalion was formally designated as a battalion under II MEF. Throughout the 1990s, 2d Intelligence Battalion participated in various operations and exercises before Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from 2004 to 2014.

Today, 2d Intelligence Battalion is aligned under II MEF Information Group at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and has continued to support multiple theaters across the globe. From exercises to crisis to steady state operations and now the global competition spectrum – 2d Intelligence Battalion continues to provide ready and capable Marines. We deliver critical intelligence support to enable mission success wherever we are called to serve.

Command Deck

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas McDonough
Lieutenant Colonel Douglas McDonough
2d Intelligence Battalion, Commanding Officer

LtCol Douglas McDonough commissioned in the Marine Corps in May of 2007 out of the University of Florida Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

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Portrait of Sergeant Major Levi A. Gates
Sergeant Major Levi A. Gates
2d Intelligence Battalion, Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major Levi A. Gates was born in Burleson, Texas and enlisted in the Marine Corps on 25 July

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