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1st Battalion, 23rd Marines (1/23) is one of 32 infantry battalions in the United States Marine Corps, and one of only eight battalions found in the reserve. It is located throughout Texas and Louisiana consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the command of the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division.
2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines was the first complete infantry reserve battalion to deploy in support of the Iraq War. U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment fire a Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon during UNITAS-Partnership of the Americas 2012 at Camp Blanding. 2/23 pushed forward into Iraq on 20 March 2003.
Joseph W. Ozbourn, 1/23, Tinian; Darrell S. Cole, 1/23, Iwo Jima; Douglas T. Jacobson, 3/23, Iwo Jima; Starting at Kwajalein, the 23d Marines was assigned to land on beaches red 2 & 3 at Roi. That island was taken in a day. Saipan came next with the 23d Marines assigned to blue beaches 1 & 2 with third Battalion 20th Marines as their Shore ...
Sgt. Lorenzo L. Edwards (left) and Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Davis, both from 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, volunteered to stay behind at the 3/23 emergency operations center during Hurricane Katrina. 3/23 Marines supported area clean ups, relief convoys and assisted the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Command Element (2005)
Members of the United States military maintain their highest rank after discharge or retirement. 10 U.S. Code § 772(e) states: A person not on active duty who served honorably in time of war in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may bear the title and wear the uniform of the highest grade held by him during that war.
Various Marine and Navy rank insignia (as well as other devices) left at the summit of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. United States Marine Corps rank insignia are the devices worn by officers in the United States Marine Corps, in order to provide distinction from other ranks.
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"Command is exercised by virtue of office and the special assignment of members of the Armed Forces holding military rank who are eligible to exercise command." [2] In general, military personnel give orders only to those directly below them in the chain of command and receive orders only from those directly above them.