Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whakapapa o te 2nd Marine Regiment hou mai i tana whakahohenga hei 1st Advance Base Regiment i te Philadelphia Naval Shipyard i te 19 o Pipiri 1913. I te tau e whai ake nei ka hurihia taua ingoa ki te 1st Regiment, Advanced Base Force. I tae mai taua roopu hei waahanga o te ope honohono ki te tiaki me te noho ki te tauranga Mexico o Veracruz i te tau 1914. Ko taua hui poto i hua ai nga tohu Medal of Honor (MOH) e rua ki nga mema o te ope, ko Wendell C. Neville me Smedley D. Butler. I te tau e whai ake nei, i whakahaeretia te rārangi
I tukuna ki Cap Hatien, Haiti, hei tiaki i nga oranga me nga taonga o Amerika. I huri tenei ki tetahi mahi roa i te wa i kawea ai e te reimana te tirotiro whanui, i uru ki te maha o nga pupuhi kaha, me te whakangungu i tetahi pirihimana taketake. Ko te mahi tino nui ko te whakahekenga o Fort Riviere, te turanga tutu tino rongonui. I whakawhiwhia a Smedley Butler rāua ko Daniel Daly ki ā rāua mētara honore tuarua mō ā rāua mahi toa i Haiti. I te tau 1916, i whakaingoatia te roopu hei 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade. I te tau 1933, ka whakaingoatia te 2nd Regiment hei "2nd Marines". I te tau e whai ake nei, ka wehe atu te 2nd Marines Haiti ka whakakorehia i te 15 o Akuhata 1934.