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4th Landing Support Battalion
4th Landing Support Battalion (4th LSB) was a Military Landing Support battalion of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. The unit was based out of New Orleans, Louisiana, and fell under the command of the 4th Marine Logistics Group (4th MLG). The Battalion has been decommissioned. Mission The LSB provides the command, control, administration, and operational personnel required to form a nucleus for task-organized support of landing support operations during either surface or helicopter amphibious and subsequent operations ashore. Table of organization - 4th Landing Support Battalion * Headquarters and Service Company (Fort Lewis, Washington) * Landing Support Company Alpha (Springfield, Oregon) * Landing Support Company Bravo (Lathrop, California) * Landing Support Company Charlie (Sacramento, California) * Landing Support Equipment (LSE) Company (Vienna, Ohio) History The unit was first formed in Seattle, Washington in 1924 as the ''11th Infantry Company'', United States M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Marine Corps has been part of the U.S. Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the United States Navy. The USMC operates installations on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. Additionally, several of the Marines' tactical aviation squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Attack squadrons, are also embedded in Navy carrier air wings and operate from the aircraft carriers. The history of the Marine Corps began when two battalions of Continental Marines were formed on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
