Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (CLR 27) is a logistics regiment based at
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune () is a United States Armed Forces, United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Its of beaches make the base a major area for Amphibious warfare, amphibious assault training, and its ...
,
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
and falls under the command of the
2nd Marine Logistics Group
The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), reorganiz ...
(2nd MLG) and the
II Marine Expeditionary Force
The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a ...
(II MEF),
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 combi ...
.
Current mission
Provide scalable, expeditionary Logistics Combat Element (LCE) command and control for the MLG. Serve as the LCE headquarters for a MEB, and when augmented, serve as the headquarters for the MLG Forward. Provide LCE command, control and coordination for prepositioning operations. Provide LCE support services to the MEF. Provide the LCE for Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs).
Subordinate units
CLR 27 currently consists of 2d Landing Support Battalion, 2d Transportation Battalion, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, and Headquarters Company which contains the regiment and 2nd MLG headquarters element (Commanding General, Chief of Staff, Group Sergeant Major, Regimental Commanding Officer, Regimental Executive Officer, and Regimental Sergeant Major) as well as the Commanding General's staff sections.
History
The unit was activated 1 August 1944 at
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Re ...
as Headquarters and Service Battalion, 8th Field Depot, Supply Service,
Fleet Marine Force
The United States Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) are combined general- and special-purpose forces within the United States Department of the Navy that perform offensive amphibious or expeditionary warfare and defensive maritime employment. The Fleet ...
, under the commanding officer 2ndLt Gordon McPherson. The unit participated in the
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
The Volcano and Ryūkyū Islands campaign was a series of battles and engagements between Allied forces and Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean campaign of World War II between January and June 1945.
The campaign took place in the Vo ...
, most notably, the
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJ ...
from 19 February to 26 March 1945 providing logistics support to Marines on the front line. In April 1945, it was relocated to
Hilo
Hilo () is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 United ...
, Hawaii. The following September, the unit was reassigned to the
2nd Marine Division
The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina ...
, and moved to
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune () is a United States Armed Forces, United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Its of beaches make the base a major area for Amphibious warfare, amphibious assault training, and its ...
, its current home. On 13 October 1950 it was re-designated as Headquarters and Service Battalion.
On 1 April 1951, the unit was reassigned to
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT) is an American maritime landing force that is spread across the Atlantic Ocean. It is headquartered at Naval Station Norfolk and directs and commands all the subordinate elements of the Navy Expeditiona ...
, as a part of Force Service Regiment. Personnel and equipment from the battalion participated in the landings of the
1958 Lebanon crisis
The 1958 Lebanon crisis (also known as the Lebanese Civil War of 1958) was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included a United States military intervention. The intervention lasted for aro ...
, and also provided support to mobilized troops during the
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...
in late 1962.
The unit provided relief in autumn 1989 to
South Carolina
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, LargestCity = Charleston
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and
Puerto Rico
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in the aftermath of
Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Cape Verde tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. Across its track, Hugo affected approximately 2 million peop ...
. A month later, elements of the battalion would participate in the
United States invasion of Panama
The United States invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause, lasted over a month between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijos– ...
. The following year, the unit would deploy to the Middle East for the
Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
, remaining for
Operation Provide Comfort
Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern ...
until July 1991. From November 1991 to October 1994, the group supported
Haitian refugee operations after the
1991 Haitian coup d'état
The 1991 Haitian coup d'état took place on 29 September 1991, when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, elected eight months earlier in the 1990–91 Haitian general election, was deposed by the Armed Forces of Haiti. Haitian military officers, p ...
. Disaster relief efforts from the unit supported
Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...
, Florida after
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged ...
in late 1992, then elements participated in
Operation Provide Promise
Operation Provide Promise was a humanitarian relief operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars, from 2 July 1992, to 9 January 1996, which made it the longest running humanitarian airlift in history.
By the end of the operation, ...
in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the summer of 1994.
In December 2002, the unit was sent to
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
for more local support, and would then participate in the
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
and subsequent
Iraq War
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. On 21 April 2006, the battalion was re-designated as Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2d Marine Logistics Regiment. The regiment provided personnel and equipment for year-long deployment tours to support
Multi-National Forces West
Multi-National Forces West (MNF-W) or United States Forces West (USF-W) was one of the coalition headquarters under Multi-National Force-Iraq. It was headquartered by either I or II U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force that rotated on a 12-month basis. ...
in
Al Anbar Governorate
Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...
. The final deployment as a regiment was in
Al Taqaddum
Al Taqaddum Airbase ( ar, قاعدة التقدم الجوية), or Al Taqaddum AB , (Called TQ in military shorthand slang), is an air base
An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air ...
where the unit served as 2d Marine Logistics Regiment Headquarters element, and the unit deployed for its last Iraq tour in January 2009.
On 1 August 2014 the regiment was re-designated as Headquarters Regiment, and then was re-designated back to Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (CLR 27) on 1 October 2018. Currently, CLR 27 supports 2d MLG and II MEF in global expeditionary operations.
Commanding officers
Commanding Officers, 8th Field Depot, Headquarters and Service Bn 2D FSSG, CLR 27, HQ Reg 2D MLG
2ndLt Godon Mcpherson 1 Aug 1944 - 29 Apr 1945
1stLt Louis A. Sullivan 30 Apr 1945 - 31 May 1945
LtCol James F. Sherman 1 Jun 1945 - 28 Aug 1945
Maj William H. McCormich 29 Aug 1945 - 19 Nov 1945
Maj Joseph T. Smith 20 Nov 1945 - 6 Aug 1946
LtCol Robert E. Stannah 7 Aug 1946 - 29 Oct 1946
Capt Oscar W. Cargile 20 Oct 1946 - 14 Dec 1946
Maj Arthur J. Barret 15 Dec 1946 - 19 Jun 1947
Maj Lewis D. Baughman 20 Jun 1947- 16 Aug 1947
LtCol John A McAdister 17 Aug 1947 - 16 Sep 1947
Maj Julian V. Lyon 17 Sep 1947 - 11 Jan 1948
Maj John R. Barriero 12 Jan 1948 - 18 Mar 1948
LtCol Maurice T. Ireland 19 Mar 1948 - 22 Jul 1948
LtCol Frances C. Clagett 23 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1948
Maj Richard W. Schutt 1 Nov 1948 - 29 Jul 1949
Maj Wilbert T. Shafer 30 Jul 1949 - 24 Oct 1949
1stLt Frederick S. Thomas 25 Oct 1949 - 4 Mar 1950
Redesignated as Headquarters and Service Battalion on 13 Oct 1950
1stLt George D. Mooer 5 Mar 1950 - 1 Jan 1951
Maj Wilbert T. Shafer 2 Jan 1950 - 28 May 1951
Maj Frederick D. Cortner 29 May 1951 - 20 Jan 1952
1stLt William F. Russel, Jr. 21 Jan 1952 - 13 Mar 1952
LtCol Walter S. Haskell, Jr. 14 Mar 1952 - 8 Apr 1953
Maj Robert J. Kash, Jr. 9 Apr 1953 - 23 Sep 1953
LtCol Theodore P. Watson 24 Sep 1953 - 20 Nov 1953
LtCol Walter S. Haskell 21 Nov 1953 - 29 Nov 1953
Maj William R. Popke 30 Nov 1953 - 15 Feb 1954
Maj Robert J. Kash, Jr. 16 Feb 1954 - 10 Dec 1955
Maj Wilbur J. Buss 11 Dec 1955 - 8 Jan 1956
Maj Victor E. Wade 17 Feb 1956 - 12 May 1958
LtCol William L. Batchelor 13 May 1958 - 28 Oct 1959
LtCol Russell E. McCreery 29 Oct 1959 - 7 Jun 1960
Maj George M. Faser 8 Jun 1960 - 18 Mar 1961
Maj Thomas O. Weghorst 18 Mar 1961 - 1 Jun 1961
Maj Junius M. Lowder 2 Jun 1961 - 26 Oct 1962
LtCol Edward L. Roberts 27 Oct 1962 - 27 Jul 1963
Maj Leonar Schoenberger 28 Jul 1963 - 2 Sep 1963
LtCol Frederick A. Quint 3 Sep 1963 - 30 Jun 1965
LtCol Clifford J. Peabody 1 Jul 1965 - 4 Mar 1966
LtCol Harry D. Woods 5 Mar 1966 - 25 Jun 1967
Maj Donald O. Coughlin 26 Jun 1967 - 6 Jul 1967
Maj Ronald L. Payne 7 Jul 1967 - 20 Jul 1967
Maj Charles L. McElheny 21 Jul 1967 - 26 Nov 1967
LtCol James H. Landers 27 Nov 1967 - 24 Jun 1968
Maj Warren H. Day 25 Jun 1968 - 7 Oct 1968
LtCol John W. Wiita 18 Feb 1968 - 18 Dec 1970
LtCol John B. Cantieny 19 Dec 1970 - 30 Sep 1971
LtCol Ralph Fortie 1 Oct 1971 - 25 Jul 1972
Maj Malcome G. Gregory 26 Jul 1972 - 10 Sep 1972
LtCol J. B. Harris 11 Sep 1972 - 28 Jun 1973
Maj Robert E. Burgess 29 Jun 1973 - 31 Jul 1973
LtCol Roy M. Marks 1 Aug 1973 - 20 Dec 1974
Maj Donald E. Sudduth 21 Dec 1974 - 31 Dec 1975
LtCol Cleo P. Stapleton, Jr. 1 Feb 1975 - 20 Aug 1976
Maj Robert D. Dasch 21 Aug 1976 - 26 Aug 1976
LtCol "Billy" W. Adams 27 Aug 1976 - 12 Jul 1978
Maj James P. Crowley 13 Jul 1978 - 12 Sep 1978
LtCol George R. Griggs 13 Sep 1978 - 12 Sep 1978
LtCol Richard S. Pyne 10 Jan 1980 - *(as of 31 Dec 1980)
LtCol George E. Turner, Jr. *(as of 1 Jan 1982) - 10 Jun 1982
LtCol Frederick W. Beekman III 11 Jun 1982 - *( as of 31 Dec 1982)
Lt Col William C. Shaver *(as of 1 Jan 1984) - 27 Jun 1985
LtCol Ronald D. Sortino 28 Jun 1985 - 27 May 1987
Col Robert R. Green 28 May 1987 - 22 Apr 1988
LtCol Michael G. Roth 23 Apr 1988 - *( as of 31 Dec 1989)
LtCol James E. Vesley *(Unk) - 2 Jul 1991
LtCol George E. Holmes 3 Jul 1991 - 25 Jun 1992
LtCol James E. Hull 26 Jun 1992 - 8 Jun 1993
LtCol Robert C. Dickerson 9 Jun 1993 - 17 Nov 1994
LtCol Andrew J. Peters 18 Nov 1994 - 6 Jun 1996
LtCol M. Wayne Phillips 7 Jun 1996 - 31 Aug 1997
Col M. Wayne Philips 1 Sep 1998 - 26 Jun 1998
LtCol Jeffrey D. Everest 27 Jun 1998 - 15 Jun 2000
LtCol Richard E. Smith 16 June 2000 - 14 June 2002
LtCol Craig C. Crenshaw 15 Jun 2002 - 29 Jun 2004
LtCol John R. Gambrino 30 Jun 2004 - 14 Jan 2005
LtCol David M. Smith 15 Jan 2005 - 21 Apr 2006
Redesignated as Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2D Marine Logistics Regiment on 21 April 2006
Col William M. Faulkner 21 Apr 2006- 31 Aug 2006
Col David M. Smith 1 Sep 2006 - 3 Mar 2008
Col William M. Faulkner 3 Mar 2008 - 28 Mar 2008
Col Vincent A. Coglianese 28 Mar 2008 - 9 Jan 2009
Col Douglas C. Linden 10 Jan 2009 - 24 Nov 2009
Col Brian T. Oliver 24 Nov 2009 - 5 Jan 2010
Col Vincent A. Coglianese 6 Jan 2010 - 14 Jun 2010
Col Mark R. Hollahan 14 Jun 2010 - 30 Nov 2010
LtCol Gary Keim 1 Dec 2010 - 22 Mar 2011
Col Gary Keim 23 Mar 2011 - 30 Sep 2011
LtCol Kevin G. Collins 1 Oct 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
LtCol Christopher G. Downs 1 Jan 2012 - 19 Mar 2012
Col Mark R. Hollahan 19 Mar 2012 - 14 Dec 2012
Col Gary F. Keim 14 Dec 2012-
Redesignated as Headquarters Regiment, 2D Marine Logistics Group on 1 Aug 2014. Redesignated as Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2D Marine Logistics Group 1 Oct 2018
Col Neibel
Col B. A. Miller
Col Brian W. Mullery
See also
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