Unit Name: | 2nd Intelligence Battalion |
Dates: | 1 February 1989 – present |
Country: | United States |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | USMC |
Role: | Military intelligence |
Command Structure: | II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Motto: | "Videmus, Audimus, Novimus" |
Battles: | Operation Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom |
Current Commander: | Lieutenant Colonel Jeffery L. Starr |
The 2d Intelligence Battalion (2d Intel) is a Marine Corps Intelligence military intelligence and counterintelligence unit based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. They provide the II Marine Expeditionary Force with intelligence products and analysis.
Plan and direct, collect, process, produce and disseminate intelligence, and provide counterintelligence support to the MEF Command Element, MEF major subordinate commands, subordinate Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF), and other commands as directed.
A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. 2nd Intel Battalion has been presented with the following awards: