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1st Maintenance Battalion

1st Maintenance Battalion
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1st Maintenance Battalion insignia
Country United States
Branch United States Marine Corps
Role Combat Service Support
Part of Combat Logistics Regiment 15
1st Marine Logistics Group
Garrison/HQ Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s) Warfighters
Motto(s) "Sustinare Fide et Fortitudine" - support that is faithful and courageous.
Mascot(s) Phoenix
Engagements Operation Iraqi Freedom
* 2003 invasion of Iraq
Operation Enduring Freedom
* 2012 ISAF MAGTF Transition
Commanders
Commanding Officer LtCol. G. B. Pace
Sergeant Major SgtMaj A. J. Loftus

The 1st Maintenance Battalion is a battalion of the United States Marine Corps that provide intermediate-level maintenance for the I Marine Expeditionary Force’s tactical ordnance, engineer, motor transport, communications electronics and general support ground equipment. The Marines and Sailors of 1st Maintenance Battalion are regularly assigned and deployed around the world with task-organized logistics command elements that deliver responsive, exceptional tactical logistics support to I MEF units. The command is based out of Las Pulgas, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is organized under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 within 1st Marine Logistics Group.

Provide intermediate level maintenance support, to include wheeled and tracked vehicle recovery, salvage and disposal, and general maintenance support, for I MEF’s ground equipment in order to improve and sustain MAGTF’s combat power. Provide Secondary Reparable Management, including inventory management, storage, financial accounting, and maintenance for secondary and low-density repairables.

On 26 September 2014, 1st Maintenance Battalion was selected as the winner of the Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award in the large category. The awards will be presented to the winners on 18 November 2014, in the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, during the awards ceremony that’s part of the 2014 DoD Maintenance Symposium.


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