page_title: 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines / History
caption_attribution_description: English: M777 howitzer. "Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, send a round high into the air with the new M777 Howitzer. This was the first time it was fired at Camp Pendleton".
context_page_description: 2nd Battalion 11th Marines is an artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and its primary weapon system is the M777 lightweight howitzer. The battalion was the first in the Marine Corps to fully transition from the M198 Howitzer. They fall under the command of the 11th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
context_section_description: The battalion was activated September 5, 1918, at Montierchame, France as the 2d Battalion, 11th Regiment. They were relocated during July–August 1919 to Hampton Roads, Virginia. and were deactivated August 11, 1919.
caption: Marines with 2/11, send a round high into the air with the new M777 howitzer.
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