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In 1983, 1st Marines were assigned responsibility to provide the Ground Combat Element for the WESTPAC MAU. Since the inception of the special operations capable (SOC) marine expeditionary units (MEUs) in support of contingency operations in the Western Pacific, the 1st Marine Regiment has been the SOC regiment of the 1st Marine Division.
1st Battalion, 1st Marines (1/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Pendleton, California, consisting of anywhere from 800 to 2,000 Marines and Sailors, but the number fluctuates depending on the battalion's mission.
The 1st Marine Raider Battalion (1st MRB) is a special operations forces of the United States Marine Corps and a subordinate combat component of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command. The Battalions' organization was finalized in 2006 and is one of three battalions of the Marine Raider Regiment.
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Horno on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.Nicknamed the "Thundering Third", the battalion consists of approximately 1,200 Marines and Sailors and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based in Camp HORNO on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Nicknamed "The Professionals," the battalion consists of approximately 1,200 Marines and Sailors. Normally they fall under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine ...
Emblem of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command during the Iraq War Marines from the US 1st Marine Regiment escorting Iraqi prisoners in March 2003 Marines from the US 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in March 2003 A convoy of US military vehicles US soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad in April 2003 Marines from the US 1st battalion, 7th Marines at a Baghdad palace in April 2003
A U.S. Marine with Operations Platoon, Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) directs a backhoe – building barriers to guard a checkpoint near Fallujah, Iraq. (December 2006, USMC photo) The Marines and Sailors of 1st MLG were deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on four occasions.