2nd Dental Battalion

The battalion includes ten dental clinics and annexes spread throughout North Carolina.

The current commander is Captain Nadjmeh "Nadji" Hariri.

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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