3rd Maintenance Battalion - History

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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