The Marine Corps shut down its unique battalion-sized combat-assault unit last week after decades of service, from supporting Pacific campaigns during World War II to exercises with allies to ...

An ACV with 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division onshore ... Marine Corps deputy commandant for combat development and integration Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl said last year that the ...

Richard Bush was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an assault on Okinawa ... as a reserve force for combat operations in Afghanistan. Starting in March 2003, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines ...