LINAGE OF
3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
1938 - 1940
ACTIVATED 19 DECEMBER 1938 AT QUANTICO, VA, AS THE 1ST BATTALION, 15TH MARINES
RELOCATED DURING OCTOBER 1939 TO PARRIS ISLAND, SC AND ASSIGNED TO THE 1ST MARINE BRIGADE
REDESIGNATED 10 OCTOBER 1939 AS THE
3RD DEFENSE BATTALION
REASSIGNED DURING DECEMBER 1939 TO THE FLEET MARINE FORCE
RELOCATED DURING MAY 1940 TO PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII
1941 - 1944
PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS
PEARL HARBOR
MIDWAY
GUADALCANAL
NORTHERN SOLOMONS
BOUGAINVILLE
REDESIGNATED 15 JUNE 1944 AS THE 3RD ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY BATTALION AND ASSIGNED TO THE III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS
DEACTIVATED 15 DECEMBER 1944 AT GUADALCANAL
1951 - 1960
REACTIVATED 11 OCTOBER 1951 AT CHINA LAKE, CA , AS THE 1ST PROVISIONAL MARINE GUIDED MISSILE BATTALION
REDESIGNATED 7 FEBRUARY 1955 AS THE 1ST TERRIER SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE BATTALION
REDESIGNATED 1 JUNE 1956 AS THE 1ST MEDIUM ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILE BATTALION
RELOCATED DURING JUNE 1956 TO TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA
ASSIGNED DURING APRIL 1959 TO FMF, PACIFIC
1961 - 1986
REDESIGNATED 1 DECEMBER 1961 AS THE 3RD LIGHT ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILE BATTALION AND REASSIGNED TO FORCE TROOPS, FMF PACIFIC
REASSIGNED DURING MAY 1962 TO AIR, FMF PACIFIC
RELOCATED DURING JANUARY 1963 TO CHERRY POINT, NC AND REASSIGNED TO MARINE WING HEADQUARTERS GROUP 2, 2ND MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, FMF ATLANTIC
REASSIGNED DURING MAY 1966 TO MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 2
REASSIGNED DURING JULY 1968 TO MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 28
PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS TRAINING EXERCISES THROUGHOUT THE 1970'S AND 1980'S
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEST ASIA, AUGUST 1990 - FEBRUARY 1991
DEACTIVATED AUGUST 1994
