The 1st Marine Division is the oldest, largest and most decorated Marine division. Headquartered at Camp Pendleton, California, the Division is a force of 22,000 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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The legacy of the “Old Breed” runs deep in the Robinson family. Master Gunnery Sgt. Robert Robinson serves as the operations chief for 1st Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Thomas Bedman plays a critical role in 1st Marine Division’s amphibious capability as the assistant maintenance chief...
U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Division returned from Australia on Aug. 6 after participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre 23. The exercise...
Blue Diamond Marines and Sailors will train in, and work closely with teammates from Australia, Brazil, France, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, the...
World leaders including U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, visited with U.S. Marines...
In a historic event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division activated the Marine Corps’ first...
U.S. Marines and Sailors from the 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force in Camp Pendleton, Calif., deployed to Australia on July 17 to...
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Christopher Steele turned over the Marine Corps’ most decorated regiment on June 23 to Col. Brian Mulvihill following two...
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Ferguson assumed the responsibilities as the battalion chaplain for Headquarters Battalion, First Marine Division in 2021.
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, the commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, officially established a force preservation team...