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US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Lance Corporal Ivey, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment (3/23), sites through the AN/PVS-10 Day/Night Vision Sniper Scope atop his 7.62mm M-40 (Remington 700) sniper rifle, following a "shots fired" incident near Al Kut, Iraq, 2007.
The right assault Battalion 2/23 was on yellow beach 2 and 3/23 was the assault reserve. [3] The 23d Marines did not have a Pioneer Battalion for the assault Shore Party so the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 were task assigned that duty until relieved D-plus 18. [4]
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. Located in Triangle, Virginia near Marine Corps Base Quantico, the museum opened on November 10, 2006, and is now one of the top tourist attractions in the state, drawing over 500,000 people annually. [1]
this US DOD source only reports US Navy and US Marine Corps recipients of the Navy Cross; Sterner, Doug (ed.). "Service Cross". homeofheroes.com. this long standing private source believes it is "99.9% complete" for all military, civilian and allied recipients of the Top 2 (above Silver Star) "Kilo 3/3 Personal Awards".
2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines (2/23) is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout the Western United States consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the command of the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division .
The History Division was formed on 8 September 1919, by Order Number 53 of Commandant of the Marine Corps George Barnett as the Historical Section of the Department of the Adjutant and Inspector. [3] After World War II , the organization was known as "Marine Corps History and Museums Division" until the splitting of the division in 2005 in ...
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps ^ C Co 1/23 WWII History| ^ US Marine Corps World War II order of battle : ground and air units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945|date=2002, Gordon L. Rottmann, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, p. 218-220 [1]
The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and foreign policy of the United States.