{"product_id":"official-echo-empire-battery-2nd-battalion-10th-marines-patch","title":"Official Echo Empire Battery 2nd Battalion 10th Marines Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial Echo Empire Battery 2nd Battalion 10th Marines Patch - Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2\/10), 2nd Marine Division, Official Embroidered Patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGunslinger pride, Second to None discipline, and Marine artillery identity carried in every thread of this Echo Empire Battery patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines is an artillery battalion of the United States Marine Corps stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, operating under the 10th Marine Regiment and 2nd Marine Division. Known by the motto Second to None and the callsign Gunslinger, the battalion fields the M777A2 howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30 kilometers and has a lineage stretching back to activation on April 11, 1941. The battalion fought at Guadalcanal and Tarawa in World War II, deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and in 2012 sent Echo Battery forward to Forward Operating Base Delaram II and Forward Operating Base Dwyer in Afghanistan's Helmand Province as a base security element. Echo Battery also represented the battalion on the international stage during multinational exercise Green Cannon 18 in England, demonstrating the unit's reach beyond the wire and into coalition training environments. The 10th Marine Regiment itself holds a foundational place in Marine Corps history, having written the doctrine for the employment of artillery with the landing force at the creation of the Fleet Marine Force. This embroidered patch captures that layered identity, from Pacific island campaigns to Afghan forward operating bases, in a durable format built for display boards, shadow boxes, and veteran collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: Marine artillery veterans, Echo Battery alumni, 2nd Battalion 10th Marines Marines and families, 2nd Marine Division collectors, Camp Lejeune unit historians, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans, multinational exercise participants, shadow box builders, challenge coin and patch board enthusiasts, and anyone preserving the story of Marine Corps field artillery heritage from World War II through modern deployed operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcho Empire lineage, stitched for the Marines who put steel on target and never finished second.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68070460850285,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/E35F0B31_B6F06027.97BDE46A00000000.jpg?v=1794604833","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/official-echo-empire-battery-2nd-battalion-10th-marines-patch","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}