3rd Defense Battalion with a 90 mm antiaircraft gun at GuadalcanalA Marine Defense Battalion with a 5"/51 caliber gun for coast defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba155 mm Long Tom gun "Scorpion" of the 4th Marine Defense Battalion at Barakoma Airfield on Vella Lavella in the South Pacific.
Marine Defense Battalions were United States Marine Corps battalions charged with coastal and air defense of advanced naval bases during World War II. They maintained large anti-ship guns, anti-aircraft guns, searchlights, and small arms to repel landing forces.
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This is a list of current United States Marine Corps battalions, sorted by the mission they perform. The ground combat element (GCE) consists of those...
regular MarineBattalions. Three battalions are assigned to each of the four maneuver brigades and a single battalion is rotated back to the Marine headquarters...
in Marine Tank Battalions and Marine Reconnaissance BMP-1, BMP-2, BMP-3 tracked infantry fighting vehicles in tracked MarineBattalions and Marine Assault...
3rd, and 4th Raider Battalions became respectively the 1st, 3rd, and 2nd Battalions of the 4th Marines. The 2nd Raider Battalion filled out the regimental...
Defense Battalion, its original mission was providing air and coastal defense of advanced naval bases. It was one of first five defensebattalions deployed...
1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion (1st LAAM Bn) was a United States Marine Corps air defense unit equipped with the medium range surface-to-air...
Air DefenseBattalion (3d LAAD) is an air defense unit of the United States Marine Corps currently responsible for providing short range air defense. The...
construction battalions and navy cargo handling battalions. They are structured roughly analogous to an Army or Marine Corps battalion with staff and...
Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion has been presented with the following awards: MarineDefenseBattalions List of United States Marine Corps aviation support...
Artillery Battalion (12th AAA Bn) was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that served during World War II. Formed in 1942 as the 12th Defense Battalion...
Air DefenseBattalion is an air defense unit of the United States Marine Corps. It is part of Marine Air Control Group 18 (MACG-18) and the 1st Marine Aircraft...
comprises the Marine Corps' contribution to SOCOM. Its core capabilities are direct action, special reconnaissance and foreign internal defense. MARSOC has...
Commandos Battalions (515th, 616th, 818th) controlling 12 Marine Commandos Companies. The El Salvador Navy included two 600-man Marine Infantry Battalions (Batallon...
51st DefenseBattalion was an antiaircraft and coastal defense unit in the United States Marine Corps that served during World War II. The battalion was...
the original battalions was formed from two infantry battalions, 1st and 2nd Battalion, 15th Marine Regiment. Subsequent DefenseBattalions were formed...
Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion has been presented with the following awards: MarineDefenseBattalions List of United States Marine Corps aviation support...
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