Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2

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Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2
MWHS-2 Insignia
Active	December 31, 1955
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Fighter/Attack
Role	Headquarters
Part of	2nd Marine Aircraft Wing II Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ	MCAS Cherry Point
Nickname	"Snake Eyes"
Battles/wars	Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	LtCol William J. Conley Jr.

Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 is the headquarters element of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and is located at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

[edit] History

Commissioned on December 31, 1955, Marine Wing Headquarters Group 2 was garrisoned at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina with the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing. At that time, the unit was comprised of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 2, Marine Air Support Squadron 1, and Marine Air Control Squadron 7 and Marine Air Control Squadron 8. In May 1966, MWSG-2 was decommissioned. Through further reorganization in August 1967, MWSG-2 was reactivated and assumed the responsibilities of supporting the Marine Wing Headquarters. On July 1971 1,, MWSG-2 was re-designated to the current title of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2. Honors are: National Defense Service Streamer with one Bronze Star.

Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 has traditionally been a non-deployable Marine Corps unit. The unit deployed as a whole for the first time in February 2005 until February 2006 where it was deployed to Al Asad Airbase in the Al Anbar Province Iraq.