2nd Marine Infantry Regiment

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2nd Marine Infantry Regiment
2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine
Regimental insignia
Active	1831 - present
Country	France
Branch	Marine Troops French Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Infantry Amphibious warfare Urban warfare Close-quarters combat
Part of	9th Marine Infantry Brigade 1st Division
Garrison/HQ	Le Mans, France
Motto(s)	Fidelitate et honore, terra et mare (Fidelity and honor on land and sea).
Colors	Red and blue
Anniversaries	Bazeilles
Battle honours	Bomarsund 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
Abbreviation	2e RIMa

The 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 2^e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 2^e 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 1^er RIMa, the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3^e RIMa and the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment 4^e RIMa (dissolved in 1998); also, alongside the 1st Marine Artillery Regiment 1^er RAMa as well as the 2nd Marine Artillery Regiment 2^e RAMa which formed the Blue Division.