7th Marine Regiment (United States)
| 7th Marine Regiment | |
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7th Marine Regiment insignia
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| Active | 1917 — 19, 1933 — 34; 1941 — 47; 1950 — present |
| Country |
 United States of America
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| Branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Type | Infantry regiment |
| Part of |
1st Marine Division 1st Marine Expeditionary Force |
| Garrison/HQ | MCAGCC Twentynine Palms |
| Nickname(s) | "Magnificent Seventh" "Task Force Ripper" (Persian Gulf War) |
| Motto(s) | Prepare to March |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel William H. Vivian |
| Notable commanders |
Chesty Puller Herman H. Hanneken Amor L. Sims Julian N. Frisbie Homer Litzenberg James Mattis |
Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror
The 7th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. Nicknamed the "Magnificent Seventh", they fall under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
Conduct mechanized, combined-arms operations and other expeditionary operations in order to support theater engagement plans and contingency operations. The regiment will be prepared to deploy within 48-hours of the receipt of an execute order as either the ground combat element for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (1st MEB) or as a major subordinate element of the 1st Marine Division. As directed, the regiment will prepare infantry battalions for deployment to the Pacific Command (PACOM AOR) in order to support III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) operations and training
7th Marines was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 14 August 1917. During World War I, the 7th Marine Regiment immediately deployed to Cuba for two years. They were deactivated in the demobilization that followed the war. When the Marine Corps was once again called upon to provide peacekeepers in the Caribbean (1933), elements of the regiment were reactivated and deployed on Naval ships off the Cuban coast. At the end of the crisis, 7th Marines was once again inactivated.
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