2nd Marine Logistics Group

2nd Marine Logistics Group
2nd Marine Logistics Group
Active	1 August 1944 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Part of	II Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Motto(s)	"Excellence, Innovation, Quality – Warriors Sustaining Warriors"
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier General Charles G. Chiarotti

The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2d MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), reorganized with its sister FSSGs into Marine Logistics Groups in 2005. The 2nd MLG is composed of approximately 8,000 Marines and Sailors.

Conduct combat logistics operations in support of II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and attached/assigned forces in order to support and conduct combat operations and sustain warfighting effectiveness. Provide general support (GS) combat logistics to all forces operating in the MEF battlespace.

The unit was activated 1 August 1944 at Pearl Harbor as 8th Field Depot, Supply Service, Fleet Marine Force. After participating in the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, most notably, the Battle of Iwo Jima from 19 February to 26 March 1945. in April 1945, it was relocated to Hilo, Hawaii, and redesignated on 1 June as 8th Service Regiment, Service Command. The following September, the unit was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division, and moved to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, its current home. On 15 October 1946 it was redesignated as 2nd Combat Service Group, Medium, then reassigned to Service Command on 17 April 1947.

On 1 April 1951, the unit was reassigned to Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. The "Medium" modifier to the unit's designation was dropped on 1 July 1956, and again renamed to Force Service Regiment on 1 March 1957. Elements of the regiment participated in the landings of the 1958 Lebanon crisis, and also provided support to mobilized troops during the Cuban Missile Crisis in late 1962. After participating in the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1965, the unit was renamed 2nd Service Support Group on 1 October 1975. The Marines returned to Lebanon in August 1982 as part of the Multinational Force in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, and remained until February 1984.