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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.
[41] (Note: As military units, each battalion contains only about 30 to 40 "officers," as the majority of the military police Marines are enlisted members and not officers. "Officers" as in any military organization, command the battalion and its organic companies and platoons and serve as staff officers in the battalion headquarters.)
1st Battalion, 1st Marines (1/1) 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1) 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) 1st Battalion, 4th Marines (1/4) – (1/4 is assigned to the 1st Marine Regiment for the purpose of facilitating 4th Marines as a "host" regimental headquarters for battalions on unit deployment program assignments to 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa.)
Founded in 1941, with individual units dating back before then, it is the oldest and largest active duty division in the United States Marine Corps, representing a combat-ready force of more than 19,000 men and women. It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force.
1st Armored Car Squadron (United States Marines) 1st Battalion, 9th Marines; 1st Battalion, 26th Marines; 1st Battalion, 28th Marines; 1st Machine Gun Battalion (United States Marine Corps) 1st Provisional Marine Brigade; 1st Searchlight Battery (United States) 1st Tank Battalion; 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines; 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines; 2nd ...
0–9. 1st Marine Regiment (United States) 1st Battalion, 1st Marines; 1st Battalion, 4th Marines; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines; 1st Battalion, 7th Marines
1st Battalion, 23rd Marines (1/23) is one of 32 infantry battalions in the United States Marine Corps, and one of only eight battalions found in the reserve.It is located throughout Texas and Louisiana consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors.
On July 5, 1922, the Marines first came to Detroit when a volunteer Marine Corps Reserve company was activated with a strength of 70 men. In 1926 the company designated as the 306th Company of the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) Reserve before being redesignated in 1929 as Company "B" of the 8th Reserve Battalion, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.