3 Light Armored Battalion Armor (3rd LAR) is a fast and mobilized armored terrestrial surveillance battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their main weapon system is the LAV-25 and they are part of the Marine Division 1 and I of the Sea Expeditionary Forces. The unit is based at the Marines Center for Marine Marines Twentynine Palms, California.
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Organization
Battalion Level
A Lightweight Organic Armored Battalion Battalion consists of four line companies, an element of the buggy, field train elements, and combat operations center (COC) organized as follows:
Company Level
An Organic Light Armored Reconnaissance Company consists of five platoons of light armored vehicles (LAV) arranged as follows:
- Headquarters (HQ) - One command and control (LAV-C2), three logistics (LAV-L), one recovery (LAV-R), and two LAV-25 variants.
- Line platoon - First (1), Second (second), and Third (third) - Four variants of LAV-25 respectively.
- Weapons (Wpns) - Two mortars (LAV-M) and four anti-tank variants (LAV-AT).
The LAV-25 crew consists of drivers, usually junior 0313 (MOS designation for LAV Crewman), gunner, and vehicle commander (VC). The gunner operates the main weapon, M242 Bushmaster chaingun, and VC makes target acquisition changes and helps the shooter in making adjustments. The remaining crew consists of up to six scouts (0311), but in most cases there are only three or four assigned per vehicle. There is also a corps and mechanic LAV (2147) per platoon. The LAV-C2 crew consists of drivers, VCs, radio operators, and depending on the situation may include Company Commander (CO), First Sergeant (1stSgt) company, or even advanced air controller (FAC). LAV-R consists of driver, VC (usually Head of Maintenance company), and some LAV mechanics. The logistics variant consists of drivers, VCs, and based on their configuration, mission-dependent personnel, e.g. corps, mechanics, and scouts. Vehicle weapons include driver, VC, and mortar (0341) or anti-tank people (0352) respectively.
Company commander or executive officer (XO) is usually VC one of LAV-25 in HQ platoon, the other is commanded by Master Gunner or HQ platoon sergeant company. First Sergeant company, Head of Operations company, and usually a mechanic has command of three LAV-L in HQ platoon. The three-line platoon is ordered by the first or second lieutenant, who, when the platoon is divided, commands one part (two vehicles) while the platoon sergeant commands another part. In the case of Wpns platoons, vehicles are usually ordered by their respective heads, the Welsh Pleton Commander, and other eligible members of their platoon.
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History
Initial years
The 3d Armored Armored Battalion originally started as Company A (Reinforced), 1st Light Armored Vehicle Battalion in May 1983, and began receiving LAV in April 1984. Company A, 1st Light Armored Vehicle Battalion became Company A , Light Armored Vehicle Corps at the end of 1985. The Light Armored Vehicle Battalion, the 27th Marine, the 7th Maritime Amphibious Brigade was activated on 11 September 1986. The battalion was again designated as 3d Armored Infantry Battalion on 1 October 1988 and later transferred to Okinawa, Japan in February. 1989. The battalion returned to Twentynine Palms on 18 July 1991 as part of the Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7).
Gulf War and 1990s
Detachment 3d Light Armored Infantry Battalion was deployed to Saudi Arabia on August 16, 1990 to support Desert Shield Operation, as part of the 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Task Force Five. Then, the battalion performs filtering and fraud operations as part of the Squad of Forces, the front unit of the 1st Marine Division. On January 25, 1991, Company B witnessed the battle in the first ground attack of the war by participating in an artillery attack with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine. On the night of January 29, 1991, during the battle of Umm Hjul, Company D was the main unit to restore a major Iraqi invasion. After the ground war began, 3d Light Armored Infantry Battalion again found himself at the forefront of the action. When assigned to the First Marine Division Command Post on the second day of ground war, Company B firmly rejected Iraq's counterattack at the Command Post. In addition, Company D provides mobile phone screens for Task Force Ripper, the main unit for the Division. On the third day of ground attack, the Shepherd Task Force was the first coalition force to enter Kuwait City and seize Kuwait International Airport.
When a major earthquake struck the Philippines, Company A, participated in relief efforts. In April 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted and once again, Company A was strengthened, called to provide security against looters and participate in cleanup efforts. This is the Vigil Fire Operation. Company A returned to TwentyNine Palms on August 7, 1991, completing a difficult 15-month deployment.
From December 1992 to April 1993, 3d Light Armored Infantry Battalion deployed Company B and Company C along with advanced command group and forward logistic support for Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. The mission consists of convoy escorting, delivering over 4,000 metric tons of grain to remote areas. During the 1992 LA riots, the battalions were mobilized at Twentynine Palms, with the intention of assisting law enforcement in Los Angeles. This never happened, and the battalion withdrew.
On 1 March 1994, the 3d Armored Infantry Battalion was re-designated as a 3d Armored Surveillance Battalion (LAR). The Battalion also participated in counter-drug operations to support Joint Task Force 6 in Arizona throughout 1994. In the early 1990s, battalion nicknames and radio call alerts became "Wolfpack." The LAR 3d Battalion also continues to support the requirements of the Division 1 Marine Division Program by turning the LAR company to Okinawa, Japan every six months.
In December 1998, Company A, 2nd Platoon participated in Operation of the Fox Desert while being tied to the Landing Team Battalion (BLT) 2/4 31 Sea Expedition Unit (MEU). Operation Desert Fox is a major coalition air campaign launched against Iraq for failing to comply with UN Security Resolutions. During this operation, BLT 2/4 established a defensive position in Kuwait, along with Mutla Ridge, to prevent potential counter-attacks by Iraq.
Global War on Terror
Operation Iraqi Freedom
In late January to February 2003, the Battalion, with the exception of Company C (on unit placement in Okinawa), was deployed with the Marines Division to Kuwait to support Operation Enduring Freedom. On arrival, the Battalion accompanied Company B, the 4th Battalion of LAR, which was subsequently reinstated as Company E. On March 21, the 3d LAR Battalion and its appendix crossed into Iraq with the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, attacking the Rumaylah oil field. The Wolfpack, along with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, led the Northern Division's lightning raid, passed the Tarawa Task Force 56 hours after attacking into Iraq, crossing Euphrates, and continuing northward along Highway 1. On March 23, 2003, in front of the Division to seize the bridge over the Tigris River, the battalion found a night raid by dozens of irregular Iraqi forces known as Fedeyeen. This was the first and only battalion involvement of the war that resulted in several dozen enemies killed in the actions and destruction of Iraqi armored forces seeking to maneuver south against the Division. From the afternoon of 24 March to 1 April, the Battalion is attached to Regimental Combat Team 5.
On March 31, the Battalion attacked the north as part of the 5th Regiment Combat Team and secured the northern part of Hantush Airfield. On April 10, the Battalion was assigned to provide headquarters and two companies for the Tripoli Task Force. This ad-hoc task force, consisting of elements from the 1st and 2nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalions, and G/2/23 and TOW plt, Tank Battalion 1, and commanded by the Division commander's assistant, continued to invade north toward Tikrit. The rest of the Wolfpack Task Force, Company B, E, and approximately half of the H & amps Company S, as well as the Rear Command Post element, remain outside Baghdad performing a stabilization operation when it is attached to Battalion 3 Assault Amphibian.
As it progressed north toward Tikrit, the Battalion element attached to the Tripoli Task Force made national headlines in the city of Samarra on 13 April when D Company members rescued seven American soldiers who had been captured earlier in the conflict. The rescued prisoners included two Army helicopter pilots and Shoshanna Johnson, a soldier from the same unit as Jessica Lynch. An image of this moment was captured in the mural "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in a building at 29 Palms. The Battalion was reformed in Ad Diwaniyah on 21 April. By mid-June, the entire Battalion had been reassigned to Twenty-Nine Palms, with the last element of the following Division in September. The battalion suffered two non-combat deaths, no one was killed in action, and nine were injured in action during this placement.
Operation Iraqi Freedom II
In November 2003, the Battalion was given warning orders to prepare for the August transfer to Iraq to support the return of the Division of support and stability operations in Al Anbar province. The Battalion was ordered to be placed in August 2004 for a period of seven months. The 3rd LAR performed help at the spot with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Korea Village, 35 miles (56 km) west of the town of Ar Rutbah, and fell under Regimental Combat Team 7. During the initial deployment, Company D operated out of Al Qaim , north of the Euphrates River and along the Syrian border, while the rest of the Battalions are operating out of the Korean Village.
From 7 November 2004 the Wolfpack Task Force, with Bradley Fighting Vehicles' corporate attachment as the main effort, from the US Army, 1st Battalion of the Infantry Battalion 2 (MANCHU) Brigade 2 Combat Team (2BCT), 2nd Infantry Division, with Company C and part of Company A participating in Operation Phantom Fury, Operations Division to reclaim Fallujah. 1st Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment (MANCHU) and the Wolfpack Task Force's main mission is to attack and seize three major destinations on Fallujah Peninsula --- North and South Bridges and Fallujah Hospital. The Wolfpack Task Force suffered one dead in action and sixty-two were injured in action during this battle. During this time, Company D was attached to 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine and operating near Hit and Haditha cities securing major supply routes and patrolling known rebel areas.
In late November, the Wolfpack Task Force left the Fallujah peninsula and was attached to the 2nd US Army Brigade 2 Combat Team (2BCT), 2nd Infantry Infantry Division 2nd (MANCHU) Infantry Division in Ramadi and supporting 2005-2004 national and province elections simultaneously with the 9th Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment (MANCHU). After completing these operations in early March, the Wolfpack Task Force returned to the Korean Village where the Battalion was reformed and then rescued on the spot with 2 Light Armored Spearhead Lookouts. The battalion was moved to the United States in early April 2005 and began preparations for re-deployment to Iraq the following year. The only other time the Army unit had been under Marines command was during World War I when this same 2nd Infantry Division was made on 21 September 1917 in France, the US Army and Marine infantry of various regiments were combined to form the 8th Infantry Division. 2. One of the first leaders was Major General John A. Lejeune who was named Camp Lejeune.
Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07
In March 2006, the 3rd LAR was deployed to support OIF 05-07.1 and later became Task Force WOLFPACK by attaching C/1/10 as a temporary infantry company, a HET detachment and a CAG detachment. Immediately upon arrival, Task Force WOLFPACK releases Company D to RCT-5 in Fallujah to strengthen this AO to support a decisive operation in and around Baghdad, Iraq. In June 2006, Task Force WOLFPACK received Company D back from RCT-5 and started a more aggressive Counter Insurgency (COIN) operation in and around Ar Rutbah, Iraq.
In July 2006, the WOLFPACK Task Force was tasked with breaking the battalion by providing headquarters and maneuverability to operate near Rawah, Iraq. Rutbah Task Force, consisting of Company A, LAR 3d, C/1/10 and half of Headquarters and Service Company (-), LAR 3d continues counter-insurgency operations in and around Ar Rutbah, Iraq. Task Force Rawah, consisting of half of the Headquarters and Service Company (REIN), LAR 3d and Company D, LAR 3d, conducted a RIP with 4-14 CAV and then started a COIN operation in and around Rawah and Anah, Iraq. In September 2006, the Rutbah Task Force and the Radar Task Force conducted a RIP with 2d LAR in both operating areas. In early October 2006, the battalion was diverted to Twentynine Palms, CA.
Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08
In September 2007, the 3rd LAR was deployed again to Iraq back to AO Rutbah to conduct COIN operations. They returned to 29 Palms in April 2008.
In March 2009, the 3rd LAR was sent again to Iraq to take part in counter-insurgency operations operating from Sahlar Sjar Air Base in Ninewa Province. They returned to the United States in September 2009.
Operation Enduring Freedom 2010-Present
In January 2010, the 3rd LAR started training for their initial placement into Afghanistan.
In November 2010, the 3rd LAR was deployed to Afghanistan's Helmand Province for the first time, replacing the 1st LAR to support the border security efforts that operate from Payne's Combat Out Post (COP). The following year, they were released by 2nd LAR at the end of May 2011
In April 2012, the 3rd LAR was distributed again to Helmand Province. In October 2012, they returned to the United States with their returns held at Del Valle Field, Twentynine Palms, California
On June 19 & amp; 20, the 3rd LAR takes part in the live fire drills of the marine corps yearly at their base at 29 Palms
See also
- List of United States Marine Corps battalions
- Organization of the United States Marine Corps
Note
References
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