Honors

Honors Awarded to 8th Communication Battalion

Navy Unit Commendation Streamer
Southwest Asia
1990 – 1991

National Defense Service Streamer with Two Bronze Stars

Southwest Asia Service Streamer with Three Bronze Stars

Lineage

Lineage of 8th Communication Battalion

1951 -1975

Activated 15 January 1951 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as Signal Operations Company, Fleet Marine Force

Reassigned during April 1951 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force

Redesignated 24 November 1952 as 8th Signal Battalion, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force

Redesignated 2 August 1954 as 8th Communication Battalion, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force

Elements Participated in the Landings in Lebanon, July-November 1958

Elements Participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, April - September 1962

Elements Participated in the Intervention in the Dominican Republic, April – June 1965

1976 - 2002

Reassigned during January 1976 to Force Troops/2nd Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force

Force Troops/2nd Force Service Support Group Redesignated 30 June 1978 as 2nd Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force

Participated in numerous training exercises throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s

Elements provided support to the multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon, August 1982 – February 1984

Elements provided support to the landings on Grenada-Carriacou, October – November 1983

Elements provided support to operations in the Persian Gulf, April 1988

Reassigned during February 1989 to 2nd Surveillance Reconnaissance and Intelligence Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Fleet Marine Force

Elements participated in operations in Panama, December 1989 – January 1990

Element participated in operations in Liberia, June 1990

Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia August 1990 – April 1991

Element participated in operations in Somalia, January 1991

Element participated in operations in Bosnia, February – March 1996

Elements supported the command elements of the 22nd, 24th, and 26th Marine Expeditionary units during the 1990’s