| Unit Name: | 8th Engineer Support Battalion |
| Country: | United States |
| Allegiance: | United States of America |
| Branch: | United States Marine Corps |
| Role: | Engineering support |
| Command Structure: | 2nd Marine Logistics Group II Marine Expeditionary Force |
| Current Commander: | Lt. Col. Stephen M. Cook[1] |
| Garrison: | Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune |
| Motto: | "Pioneers of the FMF" |
| Battles: | Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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.
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.
The 8th Engineer Support Battalion consists of the following Companies
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
Redesingated 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
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 Guatemalaafter Hurricane Mitch, November 1998 – April 1999 (CSSD-69)
Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring FreedomParticipated 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