History of the 2nd Marine Division. The 2nd Marine Division is an infantry division of the United States Marine Corps. The 2nd MarDiv serves the USMC as the ground maneuver element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force. The Marines of the second division have served their country with distinction during World War II, the Persian Gulf War, and now in the Global War on Terror. The 2nd Marine Division is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

A summary history of the 3rd Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Rock of the Marne," is a mechanized infantry division of the United States Army based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The unit has served the United States in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, and Iraq.