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The 3d Medical Battalion (3D MED BN) is a medical support unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The unit falls under the command of 3rd Marine Logistics Group.
3rd Battalion (Lt. Col. Henry T. Waller) 4th Battalion (Maj. James F. Coady) Service troops Colonel Benjamin W. Gaily 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Lt. Col. Sylvester L. Stephan) 11th Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Lt. Col. Albert J. Roose) 5th Engineer Battalion (Lt. Col. Clifford H. Shuey) 5th Medical Battalion (Lt. Cmdr. William W. Ayres, USN)
The 3rd Marine Division is a division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa, Japan.It is one of three active duty infantry divisions in the Marine Corps and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1stMAW) and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG) forms the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF).
LCTs unloading at Yellow Beach, Okinawa, 13 April 1945.. This is the order of battle for the US invasion of the island of Okinawa, the largest island of the Ryukyu chain.This offensive, called Operation Iceberg by its planners, was the final Allied offensive in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II.
The 29th Marine Regiment (29th Marines) is an inactive infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps.The last Marine Corps regiment activated for service in World War II, its First Battalion fought in the Battle of Saipan while attached to the 2nd Marine Division; the entire regiment also fought in Okinawa while attached to the 6th Marine Division, and took part in the occupation of ...
In August 1953, 3rd Battalion deployed to Japan for training operations at Kin Beach, Okinawa and Iwo Jima. [46] In October 1956, 3rd Battalion was stationed in Japan when the Suez Crisis broke out. [48] Though initially deployed to the Indian Ocean for possible action in Egypt and the surrounding region, the crisis was ultimately resolved.
Camp Courtney (Japanese: キャンプ・コートニー, Hepburn: Kyampu Kōtonī) is a U.S. Marine Base located in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. [1] It is part of the larger Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler and home to the III Marine Expeditionary Force, 3rd Marine Division, and 3d MEB Headquarters.
The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines (1/9) reactivated on April 18, 2007, the 2nd Battalion reactivated in July 2007, [9] and the 3rd Battalion reactivated in May 2008. [8] [9] [10] Each battalion falls under existing regimental headquarters — 1/9 with the 8th Marine Regiment, 2/9 with the 6th Marine Regiment and 3/9 with the 2nd Marine Regiment. [8]