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3rd Battalion 3rd Marines was reactivated on 1 October 1975 at MCB Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and assigned to the 3rd Marine Division. Elements of the battalion deployed to the Western Pacific at various times during the 1970s and 1980s. In June 1979, Mike Company was deactivated and Weapons Company was stood up. [106]
Chontosh returned to Iraq during the second half of 2004 as the company commander of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. During this time his company took part in Operation Phantom Fury, the second assault on Fallujah in November 2004. Of the 158 Marines he commanded, 3 were killed in action and 25 were wounded.
The 3rd Recruit Training Battalion is composed of four training companies; India, Kilo, Lima and Mike. The recruit training battalion is responsible ensuring that each company is following the procedures set forth by the Recruit Training Regiment.
Sepoys of the 3rd Battalion of Bombay Sepoys, 1773. In the early stages of Company rule in India, Bombay was rated as an unhealthy and unprofitable region.Accordingly, only a small garrison was maintained while emphasis was placed on creating a local navy (the "Bombay Marine") to control piracy.
Sgt. Steven N. Penley, 26, squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Company L, gives an Iraqi girl a high-five during a meet and greet patrol through Haditha, Iraq in 2008 Armed US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Lima/Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, line up to board a transport aircraft at Blair Field in Al Kut ...
In October 2002, an element of approximately 150 U.S. marines from India Company and Lima Company of Battalion Landing Team, [1] 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, [2] [1] 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit [3] [1] were on Failaka Island as part of Eager Mace, a joint annual U.S. and Kuwaiti military amphibious assault training exercise.
This is a complete list of Marines from the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment who have been awarded any of the United States's three highest military decorations for valor in combat – the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, or the Silver Star. A † after a recipient's name indicates that the award was given posthumously.
3rd Battalion, 24th Marines (3/24) was a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps. The battalion was first formed in 1943 for service in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II , taking part in a number of significant battles including those at Saipan and Iwo Jima before being deactivated at the end of the war.