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Battalion of Marines No. 2 / Batalhao de Fuzileiros nº 2

The battalion of Marines No. 2 (BF2) was created by Ordinance No. 258/75 of May 16, 1975 when its genesis, were part of Marine company BF2 No 1 (CF1), a Company of Marines No. 8 (CF8) and, later, the company of Marines No. 5 (CF5). Almost two years later, through the Ordinance of February 25, 1977 96/77, the CF1, CF5 and CF8 came to be designated respectively by companies of Marines No. 21 (CF21), a company of Marines No. 22 (CF22) and company of Marines No. 23 (CF23) designation which remains to this day. The BF2 was quartered at the school of Marines since its inception until May 3, 1978, when he came to occupy the facilities existing in the Marines.

The battalion, reinforced with operational resources of units of Marines participated, among others, in Leopard (FORREZ) Operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire) in 1997 to join the multinational force led by Canada; He was part of the Naval Force (Amphibious and Expeditionary nature) in Operation Crocodile that had as its mission the national refugee support (and friends) in Guinea-Bissau in 1998; He joined the Grouping Bravo who fulfilled the Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina within the framework of SFOR II in 2000 and, between 2000 and 2004 was present in East Timor in Support of Maintaining the country's Peace brother.

Throughout the ages, BF2, reinforced with operational resources of other Marine Corps units, has participated in numerous amphibious exercises in national and even international, of which stands the "Display Determination 76" (Monte Romano, Italy), the "Phibex 12/79" (Capo Teulada, Sardinia, Italy), the series "Galera" and more recently "exercises" and "Bredex Tapon", carried out under the European Union Amphibious Battle Group (EUABG) along with a Spanish-Italian Amphibious Force/Spanish-Italian Landing Force (SIAF/SILF) and the Hellenic Navy.

It has also been called to assist the civilian population, with this example, the tragic crash accidents Between Bridge-os-Rios (2001), the derailment of the train at the Tua line (2007), support for the surveillance of the savage Islands (Madeira). Despite the wide range of transactions for which you should be prepared, the operational training of BF2 has focused mainly on combat in the built environment (CAE); on operations in Nuclear environment, biological, chemical and Radiological (NBQR); and in evacuation operations (NEO) of non-combatants.

The battalion of Marines No. 2 is undoubtedly the drive where the expression of Marine, while well-trained fighter and ready to serve Portugal and Navy, has the highest visibility. The constant training and approximate reality with landings from ships of the Squadron, or other means; the improvement of performance standards through the use of new means placed at the disposal of Marines, and the pursuit of excellence in the planning and execution of assigned tasks ensures that there is a continuous between the men since 1621 serve Portugal interchangeably "at sea or where needed".

The battalion of Marines No. 2 (BF2) competes, in particular:

• Integrate the Batallion Ligeiro de Landing (BLD) as drive structural basis of manoeuvre.
• Ensure the implementation of other actions of a military nature, in particular in the context of naval exercises, joint or combined, reinforcing the safety device of military installations, the representation of the branch in military ceremonies and collaboration with the National Service of Civil protection.
• It is also the BF2 command element generation of several marine Forces (FFZ), whose maximum expression is the Light Battalion of landing (BLD).

The BF2 comprises:

• The company of Marines No. 21 (CF21)
• The company of Marines No. 22 (CF22)
• The company of Marines No. 23 (CF23)