2D AIR NAVAL GUNFIRE LIAISON COMPANY

1940 – 1959

• Activated 1 June 1949 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Fleet Marine Force, under the administrative control of the 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
• Elements participated in the Korean war, September December 1950
• Redesignated 1 February 1951 as 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Fleet Marine Force.
• Reassigned during April 1951 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force
• Detachments were assigned to each of the Battalion Landing Teams during the interventions in Lebanon, July – October 1958

1960 – 1979

• Elements participated in the landings in the Dominican Republic, April 1965
• Redesignated 1 July 1972 as Separate Brigade Platoon, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force.
• Redesignated 1 June 1975 as 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force
• Reassigned during October 1975 to Force Troops/2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force
• Detached from Force Troops/2d Force Service Support Group during July 1978

1980 – 1997

• Elements participated as part of the Multinational Peace-keeping Force in Lebanon, August 1982 – February 1984
• Elements participated in the landings on Grenada – Carriacou, October – November 1983
• Elements participated in operations in the Persian Gulf, April 1988
• Reassigned during May 1988 to II Marine Expeditionary Force
• Reassigned during February 1989 to 2d Surveillance Reconnaissance Intelligence Group
• Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, August 1990 – March 1991
• Elements participated in Operation Provide Comfort, Iraq, May – October 1991
• Elements participated in Operation Uphold Democracy, Haiti, September 1994

1998 – 2009

• Redesignated 25 September 1998 as Marine Liaison Element, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force
• Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
• Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March – May 2003, February – September 2005, February – September 2006, September 2007 – March 2008
• Redesignated 11 July 2003 as 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
• Elements participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, 2008 into 2009
• Elements participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, during 2009

Honors

• Presidential Unit Citation Streamer, Iraq, 2003
• Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with Two Bronze Stars, Southwest Asia, 1990 – 1991
• Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with Two Bronze Stars, Iraq, 2004 – 2005
• Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with Two Bronze Stars, Iraq, 2006 – 2007
• Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer with One Bronze Star, Lebanon, and Grenada, 1982 – 1984 & 1995 – 1998
• National Defense Service Streamer with Three Bronze Stars
• Southwest Asia Service Streamer with Two Bronze Stars
• Iraq Campaign Streamer with Two Bronze Stars
• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Streamer
• Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer