11th Marine Regiment (United States)

11th Marine Regiment
11th Marine Regiment Insignia
Active	3 January 1918 – 11 August 9 May 1927 – 31 July 1927 January 1928 – 31 August 1929 1 March 1941 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Artillery Regiment
Role	Provide fires in support of 1st Marine Division
Part of	1st Marine Division
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s)	The Cannon Cockers
Engagements	World War I World War II Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of Cape Gloucester Battle of Peleliu Battle of Okinawa Korean War Battle of Incheon Battle of Chosin Reservoir Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm War on Terror Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel W.M. Fields Sergeant Major -SgtMaj A. Diaz
Notable commanders	Merritt A. Edson Pedro del Valle

3 January 1918 – 11 August
9 May 1927 – 31 July 1927
January 1928 – 31 August 1929

World War I
World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror

Colonel W.M. Fields

The 11th Marine Regiment is an artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Known as the "Cannon Cockers", the regiment falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Headquarters Battery, 11th Marines (HQ 11)

Note: a "4th Battalion" of the 11th Marines was present in World War II, Korean War and Vietnam.

The 11th Marine Regiment was activated during World War I on 3 January 1918. Originally planned as a light artillery regiment, it was converted to an infantry unit and went to France as part of the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade in the waning days of the war. It failed to see combat and returned home to be disbanded on 11 August 1919.

On 9 May 1927, another 11th Regiment was activated from troops in Haiti and at Quantico for service in Nicaragua of brief duration. The regimental headquarters was disbanded on 31 July 1927, and the two battalions in September. Renewed political problems in Nicaragua and the intensified guerrilla campaign of the bandit leader Augusto Sandino caused the activation of another 11th Regiment at Norfolk, Virginia, and San Diego, California, in January 1928. A third battalion was organized on the east coast on 21 March 1928. Again, service in Nicaragua was brief, with the third battalion being disbanded on 15 June 1929 and the remainder of the regiment on 31 August 1929.