II MEF HEADQUARTERS GROUP

LINEAGE 1988-2010

ACTIVATED 1 OCTOBER 1988 AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, AS 2D SURVIELLENCE RECONNAISSANCE INTELLIGENCE GROUP, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FLEET MARINE FORCE, ATLANTIC

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION SHARP EDGE, LIBERIA, AUGUST 1990 - JANUARY 1991

PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEST ASIA, DECEMBER 1990 - JUNE 1991

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION EASTERN EXIT, SOMALIA, JANUARY 1991

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT, TURKEY, APRIL - JULY 1991

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, HAITI, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1994

REDESIGNATED 23 JULY 1999 AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, AS HEADQUARTERS GROUP, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, U.S MARINE CORPS FORCES, ATLANTIC

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ JANUARY - JUNE 2003

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH 2005 - FEBRUARY 2006, JANUARY 2007 - FEBRUARY 2008, JANUARY 2009 - FEBRUARY 2010

HONORS

NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER

SOUTHWEST ASIA
1990-1991

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR

SOUTHEAST ASIA SERVICE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS

IRAQ CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE STREAMER