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The Third Littoral Combat Team (formerly 1/3) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Nicknamed the "Lava Dogs", the battalion consists of approximately 800 Marines and sailors and falls under the command of the 3rd Marine Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division.
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Horno on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Nicknamed the "Thundering Third", the battalion consists of approximately 1,200 Marines and Sailors and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division .
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Camp Pendleton, California. Mission. The primary mission of the infantry battalion is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel...
1st Battalion 3rd Marines ARRIVED in Republic of Vietnam for COMBAT ACTION on 08Mar65, and was there till 06Oct69. 1/3 participated in most MAJOR OPERATIONS. 1/3 was in Vietnam a total of 1674 DAYS. 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, for the total time in Vietnam, sustained in excess of the following: 395-KIA’s, 2033-WIA’s(this includes the minor ...
The U.S. Marine Corps redesignated 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines as the 3rd Littoral Combat Team and realigned Combat Logistics Battalion 3 under the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment during two...
The regiment was formed 20 December 1916, by consolidating Marine detachments from the various ships in the Atlantic Fleet then at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The early days of the regiment were highlighted by campaigns in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
With the confirmation of Foster’s last words, this new motto is more than just a quote from a citation. “Make them count” is how the Marines and Sailors of 3rd Bn., 1st Marines, remember the...
Third Battalion, First Marines deployed to Iraq in 2004. In November 2004, the battalion participated in Operation Al Fajr, the second assault on the city of Fallujah. The following Marines...
Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conducted Military Operations in Urban Terrain training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii Sept. 30 through...
Infantry Marines with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, took off from Marine Corps Base Hawaii on MV-22 Ospreys and CH-53E Super Stallions for a 135-mile trip to another island where the assault...