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| rdfs:label | - 2nd Battalion 8th Marines
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| rdfs:comment | - 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina consisting of approximately 900 Marines and Sailors. Nicknamed "America's Battalion," they fall under the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
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| Branch | - United States Marine Corps
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| Role | - The mission of the Marine Corps rifle squad is to locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver and/ or repel enemy assault by fire and close combat.
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| Battles | - World War II
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- * 2003 invasion of Iraq
- *Battle of Guadalcanal
- *Battle of Okinawa
- *Battle of Saipan
- *Battle of Tarawa
- *Battle of Tinian
- Operation Urgent Fury
- *Operation Strike of the Sword
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| Motto | - "Not for self, but for country"
- "Non Sibi Sed Patriae"
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| abstract | - 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina consisting of approximately 900 Marines and Sailors. Nicknamed "America's Battalion," they fall under the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
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