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A Marine infantry battalion is usually organized into three rifle companies, a weapons company, and a headquarters and service company. The rifle company has a company headquarters , three rifle platoons , with three rifle squads each, and a weapons platoon with medium machineguns , mortars , and assault weapons sections .
The United States Marine Corps is organized within the Department of the Navy, which is led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). The most senior Marine commissioned officer is the Commandant of the Marine Corps, responsible for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that it is ready for operation under the command of the unified combatant commanders.
This is a list of United States Marine Corps regiments, sorted by status and number, with the current or most-recent type and division. Some of the inactive regiments are succeeded by active battalions .
Pages in category "Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stryker BCT Rifle Company, 2010. In the United States Army, infantry companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons and a heavy weapons platoon; mechanized infantry companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons consisting of four infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) each and a command element containing two IFVs; tank companies are ...
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United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division; List of United States Marine Corps aircraft wings; List of United States Marine Corps logistics groups; List of 1st Marine Division Commanders; List of 2nd Marine Division Commanders; List of 3rd Marine Division Commanders
A headquarters and service company is a company-sized military unit, found at the battalion and regimental level in the U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Army equivalent unit is the headquarters and headquarters company. In identifying a specific headquarters unit, it is usually referred to by its abbreviation as H&S company or HSC.