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1st Battalion 23rd Marines




  caption 1/23 Insignia
  dates Early 1920s
  country United States
  branch USMC
  type Infantry regiment
  role Locate, close with and destroy the enemy with fire and maneuver
  size 1000
  command Structure 23rd Marine Regiment <br> 4th Marine Division
  garrison Houston, Texas
  battles Battle Of Kwajalein <br> Battle Of Tinian <br> Battle Of Saipan <br> Battle Of Iwo Jima <br> Desert Storm <br> Operation Iraqi Freedom <br> Operation Enduring Freedom


1st Battalion 23rd Marines (1/23) is a reserve Infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout Texas and Louisiana consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division .


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MISSION

Provide trained combat and combat support personnel and units to augment and reinforce the active component in time of war, national emergency, and at other times as national security requires; and have the capability to reconstitute the Division, if required.


HISTORY


World War II



Global War on Terror



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