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  • 3rd Battalion 1st Marines
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  • 3rd Battalion 1st Marines (3/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Horno on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Nicknamed the "Thundering Third", the battalion consists of approximately 1220 Marines and Sailors and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
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Garrison
Branch
  • United States Marine Corps
command structure
  • 1
Role
  • Locate, close with, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver, and repel enemy assault through fire and close combat.
Nickname
  • "Thundering Third"
Current Commander
  • LtCol Bradford W. Tippett
Type
Caption
  • 3
Dates
  • --02-16
  • --03-01
  • --08-04
Unit Name
  • 3
Allegiance
Battles
  • World War II
  • Vietnam War
  • Korean War
  • Operation Desert Storm
  • Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • *Battle of Guadalcanal
  • *Battle of Okinawa
  • *Battle of Peleliu
  • *Battle of Chosin Reservoir
  • *Battle of Inchon
  • *Operation Phantom Fury
  • *Operation Union
  • *2003 Invasion of Iraq
  • *Battle of Haditha
  • *Battle of Nasiriyah
  • *Operation Badger Catch
  • *Operation Badger Tooth
  • *Operation Marmeluke Thrust
  • *Operation Napoleon
  • *Operation Swift Saber
  • *Operation Union II
Motto
  • The Balls of the Corps
Size
  • 1200
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  • 3rd Battalion 1st Marines (3/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Horno on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Nicknamed the "Thundering Third", the battalion consists of approximately 1220 Marines and Sailors and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.