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The Force Headquarters Group (FHG) is a major subordinate command (MSC) of the United States Marine Corps based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established as a part of the command element for Marine Forces Reserve. It was activated on July 18, 2012, assuming command of six MARFORRES Force-level units: 3rd and 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison ...
The 3rd Marine Division is a division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa, Japan.It is one of three active duty infantry divisions in the Marine Corps and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1stMAW) and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG) forms the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF).
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines was activated on 22 July 1942, at what is now Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. In July 1943, the battalion relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. In August 1943, they were assigned to 4th Marine Division.
As part of Task Force Kuleana, the battalion distributed more than one million gallons of water from 8 December 2021 to 12 March 2022. As part of Force Design 2030 reorganization, CLB-3 realigned under 3d Marine Littoral Regiment in June 2023 and was redesignated as 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion (3d LLB) on 12 September 2023.
The current objectives of MARFORSOUTH include the training of Latin American marines and naval infantry, providing disaster relief, and counter-terrorism. [1] In October 1999, Marine Corps Forces South headquarters was moved to Miami, Florida, and grew to be a fully fledged headquarters to assist the Commander of U.S. Southern Command with all Marine Corps activities in Latin America. [1]
Headquarters Battalion 1st Marine Division: Standard Bearers: Camp Pendleton, California: Headquarters Battalion 2nd Marine Division: The Silent Second: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Headquarters Battalion 3rd Marine Division: Samurai: Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan: Headquarters Battalion 4th Marine Division: Fighting Fourth: New Orleans, Louisiana
The 3rd Reconnaissance Company was activated on 16 September 1942 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California as the Company E (Scouts), 3rd Tank Battalion, and assigned to the 3rd Marine Division. On 20 April 1943, they were redesignated as 3rd Scout Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
The 1st, 4th, and 3rd Raider Battalions became respectively the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, 4th Marines. The 2nd Raider Battalion became the regimental weapons company. 4th Marines, combined with the 22nd Marine and the 29th Marine Regiment, was assigned to the 6th Marine Division and fought at Guam and Okinawa.