3rd Maintenance Battalion
Encyclopedia
The 3rd Maintenance Battalion is a battalion
of the United States Marine Corps
that provides intermediate-level maintenance for the III Marine Expeditionary Force’s
tactical ordnance, engineer, motor transport, communications electronics and general support ground equipment. The unit falls under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 35 and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group
, and is based at Camp Kinser
, Okinawa, Japan, with the exception of Engineer and Ordnance Maintenance Companies, which are located at nearby Camp Foster
and Camp Hansen
, respectively.
maintenance support for Marine Corps furnished tactical ordnance, engineer, motor,
communications-electronics and general support equipment of III MEF. To provide
reparable support to include stock, store and fiscal accounting for normal accounting for
normal and low-density reparables.
1962–1972
1973–1998
1999 – present
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
of the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
that provides intermediate-level maintenance for the III Marine Expeditionary Force’s
III Marine Expeditionary Force
The III Marine Expeditionary Force is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps that is forward-deployed and able to deploy rapidly and conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to amphibious assault and high intensity combat. III...
tactical ordnance, engineer, motor transport, communications electronics and general support ground equipment. The unit falls under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 35 and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group
3rd Marine Logistics Group
The 3rd Marine Logistics Group is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp Smedley Butler, Okinawa, Japan. 3d MLG was formerly the 3rd Force Service Support Group , with official redesignation on 28 October 2005...
, and is based at Camp Kinser
Camp Kinser
Camp Kinser is a United States Marine Corps base in Okinawa, Japan. Another military installation is located south of Camp Kinser, but it belongs to the US Army.-External links:* *...
, Okinawa, Japan, with the exception of Engineer and Ordnance Maintenance Companies, which are located at nearby Camp Foster
Camp Foster
Camp Foster, formerly known as Camp Zukeran, is a United States Marine Corps camp located in Ginowan City on the Japanese prefecture island of Okinawa. It is part of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler complex, and named after the Medal of Honor recipient PFC William A...
and Camp Hansen
Camp Hansen
Camp Hansen is a United States Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan. The camp is situated in the town of Kin, near the northern shore of Kin Bay, and is the second-northernmost major installation on Okinawa, with Camp Schwab to the north...
, respectively.
Subordinate units
- Headquarters & Service Company
- Electronic Maintenance Company
- Engineer Maintenance Company
- General Support Maintenance Company
- Ordnance Maintenance Company
- Motor Transportaion Maintenance Company
Mission
To provide direct and general support, intermediate (second through fourth echelon)maintenance support for Marine Corps furnished tactical ordnance, engineer, motor,
communications-electronics and general support equipment of III MEF. To provide
reparable support to include stock, store and fiscal accounting for normal accounting for
normal and low-density reparables.
History
1958–1961- Activated 1 May 1958 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, as Maintenance Company, 3D Force Service Regiment, 3D Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
- Redesignated 10 September 1959 as Material Supply and Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Regiment, Fleet Marine Force.
- Relocated during March 1961 to Camp Sukiran, Okinawa.
1962–1972
- Redesignated 1 September 1964 as Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Regiment, Fleet Marine Force.
- 3D Force Service Regiment detached during August 1965 from the 3D Marine Division and placed under the operational control of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
- Elements of Maintenance Battalion participated in the war in Vietnam at various times, 1965–1972.
1973–1998
- Redesignated 6 March 1976 as the 3D Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
- Relocated during October 1978 to Makiminato Service Area, Okinawa.
- Camp Makiminato Rededicated during January 1980 as Camp Kinser which is where 3D Maintenance Battalion is currently located.
- Participated in support of various contingency and humanitarian relief operations during the 1990s.
1999 – present
See also
- History of the United States Marine CorpsHistory of the United States Marine CorpsThe history of the United States Marine Corps began with the founding of the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and...
- List of United States Marine Corps battalions