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3rd Battalion, 11th Marines (3/11) is an artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries, a Liaison Unit, and a headquarters battery. The battalion is based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California and its primary weapon system is the M777 lightweight howitzer with a maximum effective range of 25 miles.
III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) to amphibious assault and high-intensity combat.
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines operation to engage the VC 806th Battalion "Street Without Joy" area to the east of Route 1 between Quảng Trị and Huế: Jul 20 – 27: Operation Pecos [1] 1st Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation "Happy Valley", Quảng Nam Province: Jul 21 – 30: Operation Beacon ...
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).
Throughout the Da Nang TAOR, the intensity of activity increased during the night. From 18:00 to 24:00 on the 30th, the 1st Marine Division reported to III MAF over 30 incidents ranging from sightings of large enemy forces, to mortar attacks and a few infantry assaults. At the same time, the 1st Division had sent out several reconnaissance ...
BLT 2/4 Marines and Battery H 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines landed by midday but worsening weather in the afternoon delayed further amphibious landings and buildup of forces ashore. [1]: 25–7 The bad weather continued into 29 January. Company E 2/4 Marines left Hill 163 and rejoined the rest of their battalion.
On 5 December III MAF activated Task Force Delta commanded by 3rd Marine Division deputy commander BG Melvin D. Henderson to control the operation and the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines and a provisional artillery battalion formed from the 11th and 12th Marine Regiments were assigned to Task Force Delta.
III MAF, ROK 2nd Marine Brigade and ARVN 51st Regiment operation: Quảng Nam Province: Feb 8 – Mar 25: Operation Lam Son 719 [3]: 66–85 ARVN armored and airborne invasion of Laos with US airlift and air support along Route 9 to Tchepone to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Route 9: 2163: 1529 ARVN KIA, 625 MIA, 215 US KIA, 38 MIA Mar 1 – Jul 1