1st Battalion 23rd Marines
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| 1st Battalion 23rd Marines | |
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 1/23 Insignia |
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| Active | Early 1920s |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | USMC |
| Type | Infantry regiment |
| Role | Locate, close with and destroy the enemy with fire and maneuver |
| Size | 1000 |
| Part of | 23rd Marine Regiment 4th Marine Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Houston, Texas |
| Battles/wars | World War II * Battle of Kwajalein * Battle of Tinian * Battle of Saipan * Battle of Iwo Jima Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom |
1st Battalion 23rd Marines (1/23) is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout Texas and Louisiana consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division.
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[edit] Current units
| Name | Location! |
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| Headquarters and Services Company | Houston, Texas |
| Alpha Company | Houston, Texas |
| Bravo Company | Bossier City, Louisiana |
| Charlie Company | Harlingen, Texas |
| Charlie Company(-) | Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Weapons Company | Austin, Texas |
[edit] Mission
Provide trained combat and combat support personnel and units to augment and reinforce the active component in time of war, national emergency, and at other times as national security requires; and have the capability to reconstitute the Division, if required.
[edit] History
[edit] World War II
[edit] Global War on Terror
The battalion was mobilized for the first time following World War II in June of 2004 to conduct three months of pre-deployment training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California in prepartion for their upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The battalion arrived in Iraq, relieving 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines in late August, 2004. They augmented the 7th Marine Regiment helping to secure the area spanning the Hit-Haditha corridor, west of Ramadi, out to the Syrian border of the Al Anbar.
Initial assignments for the battalion's companies in Iraq saw Alpha Co. being assigned to Ar-Rutbah near the Jordainen & Syrian borders (Alpha co. served under Task Force Wolf Pack & Task Force Naha), Bravo Co. based as the battalion's maneuver element at Al-Asad Airbase, Charlie Co. at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Hit, near the Euphrates River. H&S was stationed at Al-Asad. The battalion returned from Iraq in late March, 2005, having been relieved by 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines.
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