1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors. Nicknamed Geronimo, it falls under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division. The battalion was formed in Mexico in 1914 and has served in every major conflict that the United States has been involved in since then.
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| - 1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors. Nicknamed Geronimo, it falls under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division. The battalion was formed in Mexico in 1914 and has served in every major conflict that the United States has been involved in since then.
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| - Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver
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Current Commander
| - Lt. Col. Keven W. Matthews
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Battles
| - World War I
*Battle of Belleau Wood
*Battle of Château-Thierry
*Battle of Saint-Mihiel
*Meuse-Argonne Offensive
World War II
*Battle of Guadalcanal
*Battle of Cape Gloucester
*Battle of Peleliu
*Battle of Okinawa
Korean War
*Battle of Pusan Perimeter
*Battle of Inchon
*Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Vietnam War
*Operation Union I & Operation Union II
*Operation Swift
*Battle of Hue
Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
*2003 invasion of Iraq
*Operation Vigilant Resolve
Operation Enduring Freedom
*Operation Strike of the Sword
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| - 1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors. Nicknamed Geronimo, it falls under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division. The battalion was formed in Mexico in 1914 and has served in every major conflict that the United States has been involved in since then.
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