8th Engineer Support Battalion

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| unit_name = 8th Engineer Support Battalion

| image = File:8th ESB.jpg

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| country = United States

| allegiance = United States of America

| branch = United States Marine Corps

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| role = Engineering support

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2nd Marine Logistics Group
II Marine Expeditionary Force

| current_commander = Lt. Col. Stephen M. Cook{{Cite web|url=https://www.2ndmlg.marines.mil/Units/Combat-Logistics-Regiment-27/8th-Engineer-Support-Battalion/|title=2nd Marine Logistics Group > Units > Combat Logistics Regiment 27 > 8th Engineer Support Battalion|website=www.2ndmlg.marines.mil}}

| garrison = Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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| motto = "Pioneers of the FMF"

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| battles = Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom

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The 8th Engineer Support Battalion (8th ESB) is an engineering support unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The unit falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group and the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Mission

To task organize forces in General Support to the MEF; providing mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, general engineering, and explosive ordnance disposal in order to ensure a maneuver and tempo advantage.

Current units

The 8th Engineer Support Battalion consists of the following Companies

Headquarters and Service Company
Engineer Support Company
Bravo Company
Charlie Company
2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company
Bulk Fuel Company

History

File:8thESB USMC Aug2007.jpg

=1950–1989=

Activated 11 December 1950 at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, as 8th Engineer Battalion,

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Relocated to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina in 1958

Assigned during September 1962 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Redesignated 1 January 1976 as 8th Engineer Support Battalion,

Force Troops/ 2d Force Service Support Group,

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

Provided combat service support to Marine Amphibious Units in the United States,

Caribbean, and Mediterranean

Elements provided disaster relief support to Charleston, South Carolina,

after Hurricane Hugo, September–October 1989

=1990–1999=

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

Elements participated in Haitian refugee operations, Cuba,

November 1991 – October 1992

Elements provided disaster relief support to southern Florida after Hurricane Andrew,

September–October 1992

Elements provided bridging support to the State of Florida, Volusia County, during wildfires, July 1998.

Elements provided disaster relief support to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Georges,

September–November 1998 (CSSD-68)

Elements provided disaster relief support to Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala

after Hurricane Mitch, November 1998 – April 1999 (CSSD-69)

=2000–2010=

Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March–May 2003

Elements participated in Operation Secure Tomorrow, Haiti, February–June 2004

Elements returned to Iraq in February 2004 for continued operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2–1.

Elements participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, January 2005 – March 2006

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March–October 2007

Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, February 2008

Elements participated in Operation Unified Response, Haiti, January–March 2010

Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, November 2010 – June 2011

References

;Notes

:{{Marine Corps}}

;Web

[http://www.usmc.mil/unit/2ndmlg/8thESB/Pages/default.aspx 8th ESB's Official Website]

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