To provide general engineering support to Marine Expeditionary Forces encompassing mobility enhancement, including the employment of standard bridging, survivability, explosive ordnance disposal, the provision of tactical utilities support, production and storage of bulk water, and general supply support incident to the handling, storage and distribution of bulk fuel. To be prepared to support missions surpassing the organic engineer capability of the Marine Division and Marine Air Wing.
Current units
The 8th Engineer Support Battalion consists of the following Companies
Activated 11 December 1950 at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, as 8th Engineer Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Relocated to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina in 1958 Assigned during September 1962 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Redesingated 1 January 1976 as 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Force Troops/ 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Provided combat service support to Marine Amphibious Units in the United States, Caribbean, and Mediterranean Elements provided disaster relief support to Charleston, South Carolina, after Hurricane Hugo, September–October 1989
1990-1999
Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, December 1990-April 1991 Elements participated in Haitian refugee operations, Cuba, November 1991-October 1992 Elements provided disaster relief support to southern Florida after Hurricane Andrew, September–October 1992 Elements provided bridging support to the State of Florida, Volusia County, during wildfires, July 1998. Elements provided disaster relief support to Puerto Rico after Hurricane George, September–November 1998 Elements provided disaster relief support to Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala after Hurricane Mitch, November 1998-April 1999
2000-2010
Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March–May 2003 Elements participated in Operation Secure Tomorrow, Haiti, February–June 2004 Elements returned to Iraq in February 2004 for continued operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2-1. Elements participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, January 2005-March 2006 Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March–October 2007 Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, February 2008 Elements participated in Operation Unified Response, Haiti, January–March 2010 Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, November 2010-June 2011
