3/4 disbanded

[Eric Hood]

Marines!
Does any one know, why 3/4 was disbanded? I was just on "Together We Served" and so this.
Semper Fi,
Eric:usmc:

[USMC 2571]

Eric, take a look on Google at 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. It does in fact say that the last of the 3 periods it was "active" ended the end of May 2014 but it doesn't say why. And it speaks of 3/4 in the past tense.
So I don't know the answer to your question--but take a look at that lengthy Wikipedia article on Google

[Eric Hood]

USMC2571!
Thanks, will do.
Eric

[USMC 2571]

At the bottom of that same article is a link to 3/4 official website, but I can't get it to work.

[USMC 2571]

Also take a look at www.thundering-third.org (http://www.thundering-third.org)

[Eric Hood]

Thanks, will do.
Semper Fi,
Eric

[Eric Hood]

I was on the web-site, can't find info on it's disbanding.

[USMC 2571]

I'd contact HQMC and ask them. Their website must have some mechanism etc for inquiries of all kinds.

[elliscraig12]

I found this article on Stars and Stripes:

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/245-california-marines-moving-to-hawaii-1.274102

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. --- A Southern California Marine training site could lose 8 percent of its personnel as part of the expected drawdown of troops in Afghanistan, officials said.

About 840 Marines attached to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center were slated to be deactivated at the end of May. Another 245 Marines connected with an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron will move to Hawaii this summer, base spokesman Jason Smith told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

About 13,000 Marines are currently stationed at the vast desert center 130 miles east of Los Angeles. Smith said 3rd Battalion Marines will be reassigned to other units.

First activated in San Diego in 1925, it was the first Marine unit to swarm Baghdad during the Iraq War, and its members helped pull down the large bronze statue of Saddam Hussein, according to the group's website.

Because there will be fewer deployments, the average daily population at Twentynine Palms was not expected to change, Smith told the newspaper.

The 932-square-mile military base in the Mojave Desert trains Marines in live-fire combat exercises. Several mock Afghan villages have been built at the base to train forces to fight in urban environments. The villages feature fake markets, hotels and other businesses, and they are complete with actors who create scenarios that pose a full range of challenges from peacekeeping to direct combat.

[Eric Hood]

Thank you, Sgt!

[elliscraig12]

You're welcome Brother!!!

[m14ed]

You kids ever play "Musical Chairs" ???

Reduction of forces ,
require overall strength
to be reduced
"BY NUMBERS"

[Tennessee Top]

The USMC has already deactivated a few infantry battalions, artillery batteries, and aviation squadrons - with more still to come. We always do this - right before a major conflict so we have to build the force back up again. It's how America rolls!

[Baker1971]

4/10 is disbanded also. Has been for a few years. One of my old Arty units...

[Eric Hood]

Happy 4th of July and Semper Fi,
Eric

[Baker1971]

Right back atcha Brother. See your from NJ. Stay out of harms way with that hurricane that's headed your way. Just strong wind and rain here in J'ville.

[Eric Hood]

Ooh-rah!