LINAGE OF
1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
1937 - 1940
Activated 20 July 1937 at Quantico, VA. as the 2nd Antiaircraft Battalion, FMF.
Relocated during December 1937 to Parris Island, SC
Relocated during May 1938 to San Diego,CA.
Redesignated 1 June 1938 as the 2nd Antiaircraft Battalion, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF
Redesignated 15 November 1938 as the 2nd Battalion,15th Marines, FMF
Redesignated 1 November 1939 as the 1st Defense Battalion, 2nd Marine Brigade, FMF
1941 - 1944
Relocated during March 1941 to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Relocated during February1942 to Palmyra Island.
Relocated during October 1942 to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Participated in the following World War II Campaigns.
Wake Island
Marshall Islands
Redesignated 24 June 1944 as the 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.
Deactivated 15 November 1944
1953 - 1970
Reactivated 12 January 1953 at Camp Lejeune, NC. as the 1st 75mm Antiaircraft Artillery Battery, Marine Corps Training Center.
Relocated during October 1953 to Twentynine Palms, CA.
Redesignated 1 April 1959 as the 1st Anitiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Force Troops, FMF Pacific
Redesignated 2 May 1960 as the 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion, FMF Pacific
Deployed during February 1965 to Da Nang, RVN and assigned to Marine Air Group 16, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF Pacific
Assigned during July 1965 to Marine Wing Headquarters Group 1 . Reassigned during August 1967 to Marine Air Control Group 18.
Participated in the war in Vietnam, February 1965 - August 1969, operating from Da Nang.
Relocated during August 1969 to Twentynine Palms, CA and reassigned to Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Air Wing, FMF Pacific.
Deactivated 30 November 1970
1987 - 1995
Reactivated 11 March 1987 at Okinawa, Japan, as the 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Air Wing, FMF Pacific.
Deactivated 28 September 1990
Reactivated 1 September 1994 at Yuma, AZ as the 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Air Wing, FMF Pacific.
Deactivated 1997
