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Redesignated 15 February 2002 as Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific. They have deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, since January 2003 and have been on rotation with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2.
The Squadron was organized on 7 July 1941, in Quantico, Virginia.Five months later, the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor.Shortly thereafter, the Squadron moved to NAS San Diego, California, in defense of the West Coast, which at the time was considered a potential Japanese target.
Headquarters; 1st Marine Aircraft Wing: 7 July 1941 [1] Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan: 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing: 10 July 1941 [2] Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing: 10 November 1942 [3] Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California: 4th Marine Aircraft Wing: 22 August 1942 [4] New ...
The MAW HQ contains the wing commander (commanding general) and assistant wing commander, their personal staffs (aides-de-camp, drivers, etc.), and the chief of staff, the general staff divisions (G-1 through G-6), and the special staff departments (public affairs officer, wing inspector, staff judge advocate, wing medical officer, and wing ...
Commissioned on 31 December 1955, Marine Wing Headquarters Group 2 was garrisoned at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. At that time, the unit was composed of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 2, Marine Air Support Squadron 1 , and Marine Air Control Squadron 7 and Marine Air Control ...
The MAW contains a Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters (MAW HQ), that directs and coordinates the operations of the MAW, a Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) (see: MWHS-1, MWHS-2 and MWHS-3), which provides administrative and supply support for the MAW HQ, three or four Marine Aircraft Groups (MAGs), and a Marine Air Control Group (MACG).
The Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) consists of the commandant of the Marine Corps, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, the director of the Marine Corps Staff, several deputy commandants, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps, and various special staff officers and Marine Corps agency heads that report directly to either the ...
This is a list of the four wing support groups in the United States Marine Corps. They provide the Marine air wings with organic and deployable combat support, and combat service support centralized for economy of personnel and equipment.