History
1958–1961
- Activated 1 May 1958 at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, as Maintenance Company, 3D Force Service Regiment, 3D Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
- Redesignated 10 September 1959 as Material Supply and Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Regiment, Fleet Marine Force.
- Relocated during March 1961 to Camp Sukiran, Okinawa.
1962–1972
- Redesignated 1 September 1964 as Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Regiment, Fleet Marine Force.
- 3D Force Service Regiment detached during August 1965 from the 3D Marine Division and placed under the operational control of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
- Elements of Maintenance Battalion participated in the war in Vietnam at various times, 1965–1972.
1973–1998
- Redesignated 6 March 1976 as the 3D Maintenance Battalion, 3D Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
- Relocated during October 1978 to Makiminato Service Area, Okinawa.
- Camp Makiminato Rededicated during January 1980 as Camp Kinser which is where 3D Maintenance Battalion is currently located.
- Participated in support of various contingency and humanitarian relief operations during the 1990s.
1999 – present
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