Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I Camp Lejeune ko te kaupapa matua a te 2nd Marines kia rite ki te kaha i te wā e rite ana. I whai wāhi tēnei ki te whakangungu ia rā, te whai wāhi ki ngā whakangungu whakangungu ā-tau, me te whakatinanatanga ki tāwāhi. I roto i nga ahuatanga tonu ko te mahi a-tau "Med Cruises" hei kaha o te Rererangi Tuarua o te Rererangi me nga waahi o te Karipiana. Ko nga waahanga o te 2nd Marines i eke ki Beirut i te 1958, i uru ki nga mahi quarantine i te wa o te Cuban Missile Crisis i te 1962, me nga mahi pumau i te Dominican Republic i te 1965. I noho tonu te rerenga ki te whenua puta noa i te Pakanga o Vietnam, engari i karangahia i te wa i whakaekea ai a Iraq ki Kuwait
i te marama o Akuhata 1990. Ko te Rōpū Whakauru Regimental 2 (RLT 2) ko te waahanga whawhai whenua o te Marine Forces Afloat i te Persian Gulf i nga mahi Desert Shield me Desert Storm. I hangaia he rōpū whakaora, tae atu ki ngā rawa o te rārangi, hei whakaora i ngā Amerikana me ētahi atu iwi ke i whakaekehia e ngā whakakeke i Mogadishu, Somalia. Ka rite ki a ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mahi a RLT 2 hei kaha whakaheke i nga ope Iraqi ki te takutai i te wa i patua ai te whakaeke nui i roto i te whenua i te wa o te whakaoranga o Kuwait i te tau 1991. I honoa tetahi ope taua (2/2) ki te 6th Marines ki te takahi i te Raina Saddam rongonui ka haere ki te raki ki te kati i te Taone o Kuwait. I whakawhiwhia ki a 2nd Marines he Tohu Whakawhetai Moana Moana mo ana mahi i te Tonga ki te Hauauru o Ahia.