History
Activated 1 October 1979 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as 2d Dental Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Elements participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, August 1990-April 1991
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic redesignated 31 July 1992 as U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic
Detachments participated in support of Operation Uphold Democracy, Haiti, September 1994-March 1995
Redesignated during January 1996 as 2d Dental Battalion/Naval Dental Center, 2d Force Service Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic predestinated 30 December 2005 as U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command
Elements participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, 2003-2008
The 2nd Dental Battalion runs dental clinics and annexes on MCB Camp Lejeune, including French Creek, Mainside, as well as satellite facilities such as Camp Johnson and Camp Geiger. The battalion also provides dental services at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and Marine Corps Air Station New River.
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