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2. Marine Aircraft Group 24 - Wikipedia

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   MAG-24 was activated along with Marine Aircraft Group 23 (MAG-23) at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa on 1 March 1942 and attached to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2d MAW) (which had only been activated in Jan 1941). MCAS Ewa was located on southwest Oahu and adjacent Naval Air Station Barbers Point. The intended use of MAG-24 was to "fill the need ...

3. Marine defense battalions - Wikipedia

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   Service battery Six platoons, each with a searchlight and aircraft sound locator; Coast Defense Group Three batteries, each with two Mark 15 5"/51 caliber guns; Antiaircraft Group Four AAA gun batteries, each with four mobile 3-inch M3 guns; Two AAA machine gun companies, each with 24 Browning M2.50-caliber machine guns on AA mounts

4. 3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion - Wikipedia

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   3rd FAAD Battery insignia. 3rd Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Battery (−) was commissioned as an independent command within Marine Air Control Group 38 on 8 March 1982 following 3rd FAAD Platoon's detachment from Marine Air Support Squadron 3 the previous day. Major Jeffrey Johnson commanded 3rd FAAD Battery under MASS-3, MACG-38, 3rd MAW ...

5. List of United States Marine Corps battalions - Wikipedia

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   The ground combat element (GCE) consists of those combat and combat support units whose primary mission is to, (1) engage with and destroy the enemy by fire and/or maneuver, and/or shock effect, performed by infantry, field artillery, and tank units, (2) provide close battlefield support to other GCE units by assault amphibian, combat assault, light armored reconnaissance, reconnaissance, and ...

6. 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines - Wikipedia

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   3rd Battalion, 12th Marines (3/12) is an artillery battalion comprising four firing batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The firing batteries are not permanently assigned to the battalion- they are all on 6-month rotations in Okinawa from the 10th Marine Regiment and the 11th Marine Regiment (known as the Unit Deployment Program (UDP)).

7. 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines - Wikipedia

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   2nd Battalion 10th Marines (2/10) is an artillery battalion of the United States Marine Corps comprising two cannon batteries, three rocket batteries, and a headquarters battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , North Carolina and its primary weapon systems are the M777A2 howitzer [ 1 ] with a maximum effective ...