1st Maintenance Battalion

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1st Maintenance Battalion
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Active1 Oct 1947-19 Apr 1953 2 Jul 1953-
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Marine Corps
RoleCombat Service Support
Part of 1st Marine Logistics Group
Garrison/HQ Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s)Warfighters[ citation needed ]
Motto(s)"Sustinare Fide et Fortitudine" - Support that is faithful and courageous.
Mascot(s) Phoenix
Engagements Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Operation Restore Hope
Operation Iraqi Freedom
* 2003 invasion of Iraq
Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander		LtCol Eric T. Kauffman
Sergeant MajorSgtMaj Jeremey Lirette

The 1st Maintenance Battalion is a battalion of the United States Marine Corps that provides intermediate-level maintenance for the I Marine Expeditionary Force's tactical ordnance, engineer, motor transport, communications electronics and general support ground equipment. The Marines and Sailors of 1st Maintenance Battalion are regularly assigned and deployed around the world with command elements that deliver tactical logistics support to I MEF units. The command is based out of Camp Las Pulgas, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, and is organized under the command of the 1st Marine Logistics Group.

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Subordinate units

Mission

Provide intermediate level maintenance support, to include wheeled and tracked vehicle recovery, salvage and disposal, and general maintenance support, for I MEF's ground equipment in order to improve and sustain MAGTF's combat power. Provide Secondary Reparable Management, including inventory management, storage, financial accounting, and maintenance for secondary and low-density repairables. [1]

History

Organization

Maintenance Company, 1st Combat Service Group was commissioned on October 1, 1947 at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California. The battalion relocated to MCB Camp Pendleton, California during October 1947.

Korean War - 1964

Vietnam War through 2002

Iraq, Afghanistan, and current operations

On 26 September 2014, 1st Maintenance Battalion was selected as the winner of the Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award in the large category. The awards was presented to the winners on November 18, 2014, in the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, during the awards ceremony that is part of the 2014 DoD Maintenance Symposium. [2]

In 2020 the battalions higher headquarters, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, was disbanded as part of a larger reorganization of the Marine Corps. The battalion now falls directly under the 1st Marine Logistics Group. [3]

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ "1st Marine Logistics Group > Units > CLR-15 > Maintenance Bn". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "News Listing".
  3. ↑ "CLR 15 deactivates in another milestone toward force modernization". 1st Marine Logistics Group. Retrieved 19 July 2020.[ permanent dead link ]

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