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U.S. 7th Marine Regiment

7th Marine Regiment
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7th Marine Regiment insignia
Active 1917—19, 1933—34; 1941—47; 1950—present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Marine Corps
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
Engagements

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror

Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Kyle B. Ellison
Notable
commanders
Chesty Puller
Herman H. Hanneken
Amor L. Sims
Julian N. Frisbie
Edward W. Snedeker
Homer Litzenberg
Jack P. Juhan
James Mattis
John Basilone

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War
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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