1st Battalion, 2nd Marines

1st Battalion, 2nd Marines "Typhoon"
1st Battalion, 2nd Marines insignia
Active	June 1, 1933 – November 1947 October 1949 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Infantry
Role	Offense/Defense/Sustainment, Amphibious Operations
Part of	2nd Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Motto(s)	"Others will follow"
Engagements	World War II Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of Tarawa Battle of Saipan Battle of Tinian Battle of Okinawa Operation Desert Storm War on Terror Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col David C. Emmel

World War II

Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror

1st Battalion, 2nd Marines (1/2) (pronounced "one-two") is an Infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, consisting of approximately 900 Marines and sailors. They belong to the 2nd Marine Regiment as a part of the 2nd Marine Division.

1/2 was activated on January 1, 1933, at Camp Haitien, Haiti and spent the next year and a half in Haiti until its deactivation in 1934.

1/2 was reactivated in June 1942 deployed to the Pacific theater of World War II. While there, the unit participated in the bloody "island hopping" campaign, fighting at Guadalcanal(where they were the first Marines ashore), Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa. After the war, 1/2 spent a brief period on occupation duty in Japan, including Nagasaki, before returning to Camp Lejeune where it stood down in November 1947.

Reactivated again in October 1949, the battalion has since regularly deployed to the Caribbean and Mediterranean regions. 1/2 has seen operational service during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Dominican intervention (1965), operations in the Persian Gulf (1987 and 1988), Eastern Exit (Somalia evacuation, 1991), Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990–91), Haitian refugee (1992), Somalia (1993), and Cuba (1994), Operation Noble Obelisk-Freetown, Sierra Leone (1997). The unit has also deployed with the Unit Deployment Program and Camp Lejeune-based MEUs.