2nd Battalion, 7th Marines

The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a light infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximately 800 marines and sailors. The battalion falls under the command of the 7th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.

2nd Battalion, 7th Marines

1 January 1940 – 26 February 1947
17 August 1950 – present

United States of America

United States Marine Corps

Light Infantry

800

7th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

"War Dogs" "Havoc"

"Ready for all, yielding to none."

1 January 1940

LtCol Christopher A. Macak

Herman H. Hanneken
James D. Hittle
Odell M. Conoley
Paul K. Van Riper

Headquarters & Service Company

Easy

Company

Fox Company

Gunfighters Company

Weapons Company

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The battalion's current subordinate units are:

At the beginning of World War II, the battalion had three subordinate rifle companies – E (Easy), F (Fox), G (Gunfighters), a weapons company designated as H (How), and a Headquarters Company. As the war progressed, the weapons company was eliminated and the component elements redistributed throughout the headquarters and rifle companies.^[1] ^[2] During the Korean War, the battalion's three rifle companies were designated D (Dog), E (Easy) and F (Fox).^[3] During the Vietnam War, the battalion was organized under a four rifle company order of battle – E (Echo), F (Fox), G (Golf) and H (Hotel).^[4] As of 2022, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines utilizes the company callsigns of E (Easy), F (Fox), G (Gunfighters), and Weapons (Wildcard) for their subordinate companies.

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Sgt – 26 October 1942

Mitchell Paige

Ten marines and two sailors have been awarded the Medal of Honor while serving with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines.

Battle of Guadalcanal

Battle of Peleliu

Korean War

Vietnam War

– 2nd Battalion 7th Marines sergeant major, who also served as the 7th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1977.

Henry H. Black

– served with 2/7 during the Korean War, including platoon commander and executive officer with D Company and battalion intelligence officer.

James Brady

– served with 2/7 during the Vietnam War.

Ronald D. Castille

– served with 2/7 during the Korean War as a captain. 60th Secretary of the Navy from 1969-1972.

John Chafee

Medal of Honor, Battalion Commander on Guadalcanal.

Herman H. Hanneken

– Navy Cross, Vietnam War.

Angel Mendez

– served with 2/7 during the Gulf War.

Anthony Swofford

– served with 2/7 during World War II.

Roy Tackett

– Golf Company, 2/7 company commander 1982–1984

John A. Toolan

Battalion Commander 1983–1985

Paul K. Van Riper

– served with E Company in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, earning a Navy Cross and Silver Star.

John H. Yancey

- 2nd Battalion 7th Marines sergeant major, who also served as the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 2011 to 2015

Micheal Barrett

One of the subplots in Season 1 Episode 10 of the television series , In Excelsis Deo, centers around Toby Ziegler getting involved in the fate of a dead homeless person who Zeigler identifies to the police as a former marine and Korean War veteran by a 2/7 tattoo on the dead man's arm.

The West Wing

2/7 is highlighted in a 2008 deployment to Afghanistan in the book '' where the Marines fought one of the most arduous battles the Marine Corps has seen in Now Zad, Afghanistan.

15 Years of War

A documentary titled The Forgotten Battalion about 2/7 and their unique suicide problem was released in 2020.

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Al Anbar campaign

List of United States Marine Corps battalions

Organization of the United States Marine Corps

Media related to 2nd Battalion 7th Marines at Wikimedia Commons

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2nd Battalion, 7th Marines