The 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 7th Marine Regiment Color Guard stands at parade rest during the battalion’s reactivation ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field, Sept. 17, 2015.

The 3rd Marine Regiment became the 3rd MLR on March 4, 2022, in a ceremony that created the first of three such units prescribed by the service’s Force Design 2030 transformation effort.

Now the battalion is being deactivated as part of Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger’s plan to transform the Corps by 2030, said Capt. Kevin J. Smith, a spokesman for the 3rd Marine Division.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Wise sets up communication lines at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, on July 15, 2022. (Sgt. Melanye Martinez/U.S. Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — Russia ...