The 1st Marine Division is the oldest, largest and most decorated Marine division. Headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California, the Division is a force of 20,000 men and women organized to conduct combat operations. The 1st Marine Division is an adaptable expeditionary force in readiness; generating, deploying and returning forces in support of global force management. The Division stands ready to conduct contingency response requirements and is prepared to deploy as a scalable ground combat element to defeat peer, near-peer and hybrid threats across the range of military operations.
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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Savage, left, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, gifts a 1st MARDIV coin and patch to Republic of...
U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, work inside an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a field exercise on Marine...
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, drive an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during HIMARS rapid...
U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, unload equipment from an LAV-25 Light Armored...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Logan Mitchell, left, and Cpl. Cole Miller, both reconnaissance Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st...
U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, move toward their objective during a combat readiness...
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, ride combat rubber raiding craft during an infantry company small boat...
U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st Marine Division, based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, deployed to the Republic of Korea on March 2 to participate in Exercise Freedom Shield 25.
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There are only two types of Marines: those who have served at the Blue Diamond, and those who want to serve at the Blue Diamond.