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In November 1969, the battalion redeployed to Camp Hansen, Okinawa. In April 1975, elements of the battalion participated in the Southeast Asia evacuations. [2] Post-Vietnam through Cold War. In April 1976, the battalion was reassigned to the 3d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific and moved to Camp Foster in November
The camp houses approximately 6,000 Marines nowadays, [1] and is part of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, which itself is not a physical base and comprises all Marine Corps installations on Okinawa. Camp Hansen is named for Medal of Honor recipient Dale M. Hansen, a Marine Corps private who was honored for his heroism in the fight for Hill 60 ...
In addition to a headquarters and service unit, these CLBs contain units dedicated to providing: air delivery, communications, engineer, explosive ordnance disposal, health services (medical and dental), landing support, law enforcement (military police), maintenance, motor transport, and supply support to the MEU.
The 31st MEU is based at Camp Hansen, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. The 31st MEU is the only permanently forward-deployed MEU, and provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military, humanitarian, and diplomatic operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan: Nickname(s) Atlas Battalion: Motto(s) Ready, Reliable, and Responsive: Engagements: Operation Desert Fox, Operation Iraqi Freedom: Commanders; Current commander: LtCol Alissa L. Tarsiuk: Notable commanders: LtCol Matthew D. Verdin (2022-2024) LtCol Stanley P. Calixte (2020-2022) LtCol Christopher Johnson (2018-2020)
Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.
The 9th Engineer Support Battalion (9th ESB) is a general and direct engineering support unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The unit is subordinate to the 3rd Marine Logistics Group and the III Marine Expeditionary Force.
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 ...