4th Marine Division (United States)
| 4th Marine Division | |
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4th Marine Division insignia
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| Active | August 14, 1943 – November 28, 1945 February 1966 – present |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Type | Marine ground combat element forces |
| Role | Command and control organization containing three Marine regiments and several separate combat support battalions |
| Size | Marine Division (Approximately 17,000) |
| Part of | Marine Forces Reserve |
| Garrison/HQ | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nickname(s) | "Fighting Fourth" |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
MajGen Burke W. Whitman |
Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror
The 4th Marine Division is a reserve division in the United States Marine Corps. It is the ground combat element of the Marine Forces Reserve and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana and has units throughout the United States.
Provide trained combat and combat support personnel and units to augment and reinforce the active component in time of war, national emergency, and at other times as national security requires; and have the capability to reconstitute the Division, if required.
The division's 24th Marine Regiment was deactivated in 2013.
This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The 23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the 3rd Marine Division in February 1943, the same month that an artillery battalion of the 12th Marines became the genesis of the 14th Marines and engineer elements of the 19th Marines formed the nucleus of the 20th Marines. In March the 24th Marine Regiment was organized, and then in May it was split in two to supply the men for the 25th Marines.
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