List of 3rd Marine Division commanders information
3rd Marine Division Insignia
The 3rd Marine Division is an infantry division of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler and Okinawa, Japan. It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps and together with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1stMAW) and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG) forms the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The division was first formed during World War II and saw four years of continuous combat in the Vietnam War.
During its history, four commanding generals became the Commandant of the Marine Corps (David M. Shoup, Robert E. Cushman Jr., Louis H. Wilson Jr. and Robert Neller) and another four commanding generals became Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (Charles D. Barrett, Allen H. Turnage, Lewis W. Walt and Raymond G. Davis).
Three commanding generals were recipients of Medal of Honor, the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor. They were: David M. Shoup, Louis H. Wilson Jr. and Raymond G. Davis.
and 16 Related for: List of 3rd Marine Division commanders information
The 3rdMarineDivision is a divisionof the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Courtney, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler in Okinawa, Japan...
Indo-Pacific Theater. Based at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, the regiment falls under the command of the 3rdMarineDivision and the III Marine Expeditionary Force....
The 1st MarineDivision (1st MARDIV) is a Marinedivisionof the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California...
The 2nd MarineDivision (2nd MARDIV) is a divisionof the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary...
under the command of the unified combatant commanders. The Marine Corps is organized into four principal subdivisions: Headquarters Marine Corps, the Operating...
and Corregidor. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Raider Battalions became respectively the 1st, 3rd, and 2nd Battalions of the 4th Marines. The 2nd Raider Battalion...
This is a listof current United States Marine Corps battalions, sorted by the mission they perform. The ground combat element (GCE) consists of those combat...
The Republic of Vietnam MarineDivision (RVNMD, Vietnamese: Sư Đoàn Thủy Quân Lục Chiến or TQLC; French: Division de Marines de la république du Viêt...
"Thunder and Steel," the regiment falls under the command of the 3rdMarineDivision. The 12th Marine Littoral Regiment is a naval formation, including capabilities...
United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly called MarineDivision Recon) are the special operations assets ofMarine Air-Ground Task...
Global Information