2nd Marine Infantry Regiment

2nd Marine Infantry Regiment
2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine
Regimental insignia
Active1831 - present
CountryFrance
Branch
TypeRegiment
RoleInfantry
Amphibious warfare
Urban warfare
Close-quarters combat
Part of9th Marine Infantry Brigade
1st Division
Garrison/HQLe Mans, France
Motto(s)Fidelitate et honore, terra et mare
(Fidelity and honor on land and sea).
ColorsRed and blue
AnniversariesBazeilles
Battle honoursBomarsund 1854
Puebla 1863
Bazeilles 1870
Tuyen-Quan 1885
La Marne 1914
Champagne 1915
La Somme 1916
L'Aisne-Verdun 1917
Kub Kub 1941
El Alamein 1942
Takrouna 1943
Ponté Corvo 1944
Toulon 1944
Colmar 1945
Indochine 1947–1954
AFN 1952–1962
Insignia
Beret badge of the Troupes de Marine
Abbreviation2e RIMa

The 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 2e RIMa) is an infantry regiment of the Troupes de marine in the French Army, the only regiment to bear 16 battle honours inscriptions of the regimental colors. The regiment is one of the "quatre vieux" regiments of the Troupes de marine, with the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment 1er RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa and the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4e RIMa (dissolved in 1998); also, alongside the 1st Marine Artillery Regiment 1er RAMa as well as the 2nd Marine Artillery Regiment 2e RAMa which formed the Blue Division.