2nd Marine Logistics Group The 2nd Marine Logistics Group ( 2d MLG ) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group ( FSSG ) , reorganized with its sister FSSGs into Marine Logistics Groups in 2005 . The 2nd MLG is composed of approximately 8 , 000 Marines and Sailors . Mission . Conduct combat logistics operations in support of II Marine Expeditionary Force ( MEF ) and attached / assigned forces in order to support and conduct combat operations and sustain warfighting effectiveness . Provide general support ( GS ) combat logistics to all forces operating in the MEF battlespace . History . The unit was activated 1 August 1944 at Pearl Harbor as 8th Field Depot , Supply Service , Fleet Marine Force . After participating in the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign , most notably , the Battle of Iwo Jima from 19 February to 26 March 1945 . in April 1945 , it was relocated to Hilo , Hawaii , and redesignated on 1 June as 8th Service Regiment , Service Command . The following September , the unit was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division , and moved to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , its current home . On 15 October 1946 it was redesignated as 2nd Combat Service Group , Medium , then reassigned to Service Command on 17 April 1947 . On 1 April 1951 , the unit was reassigned to Fleet Marine Force , Atlantic . The " Medium " modifier to the unit ' s designation was dropped on 1 July 1956 , and again renamed to Force Service Regiment on 1 March 1957 . Elements of the regiment participated in the landings of the 1958 Lebanon crisis , and also provided support to mobilized troops during the Cuban Missile Crisis in late 1962 . After participating in the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1965 , the unit was renamed 2nd Service Support Group on 1 October 1975 . The Marines returned to Lebanon in August 1982 as part of the Multinational Force in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War , and remained until February 1984 . The unit was redesignated on 30 June 1989 as 2nd Force Service Support Group , and would provide relief that autumn to South Carolina and Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo . A month later , elements of the group would participate in the United States invasion of Panama . The following year , the unit would deploy to the Middle East for the Gulf War , remaining for Operation Provide Comfort until July 1991 . From November 1991 to October 1994 , the group supported Haiti an refugee operations after the 1991 Haitian coup d ' état . Disaster relief efforts from the unit supported Miami - Dade County , Florida after Hurricane Andrew in late 1992 , then elements participated in Operation Provide Promise in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the summer of 1994 . With the advent of the War in Afghanistan , elements were sent to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba in early 2002 to establish more permanent facilities for the Guantanamo Bay detention camp . That December , the unit was sent to Kuwait for more local support , and would then participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent Iraq War . The group would deploy for year - long tours to support Multi - National Forces West in Al Anbar Governorate , alternating with 1st Marine Logistics Group . Headquartered at Al Taqaddum , the unit deployed for its last Iraq tour in January 2009 . The 2nd Marine Logistics Group completed a yearlong deployment in February 2012 in support of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan , where they were replaced by the 1st Marine Logistics Group . In January 2013 , the 2nd Marine Logistics Group deployed Combat Logistics Regiment 2 to Afghanistan in support of International Security Assistance Forces .