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Marine Corps to decommission Hawaii battalion after 80 years of service

Tori J. Ross January 20, 2022 2 min read

HONOLULU (KHON2) — After 80 years of service, the Marine Corps will deactivate Island Warriors from the Hawaii-based 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment who fought in Bougainville, Guam, the Republic of Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.

A ceremony will be held in Dewey Square on Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Friday, January 21.

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“This deactivation brings understandable feelings of fierce pride and loss to all who served in the battalion,” said Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force, wrote in a note last week. “For a number of veterans, and many are currently serving, their entire service was 2/3.”

Lt. Bierman called the unit “one of the finest and richest battalions in the Marine Corps today.”

The deactivation is part of a Corps-wide overhaul under Force Design 2030, as 3rd Marine Regiment becomes 3rd Marine Regiment Littoral, the first such unit in the Corps.

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In a statement, Capt Kevin J. Smith, 3rd Marines COMMSTRAT OIC, said:

“The MLR transformation calls for the deactivation of certain units and capabilities in order to modernize the force for future combat. The MLR, integrated with the naval forces, will contribute to the control of the sea and the interdiction of the sea in actively contested maritime spaces.

“We are all U.S. Marines first and foremost, but it’s always hard to say goodbye to a unit that has so completely defined the experience of being a Marine. Take comfort in the fact that proud, positive memories and strong relationships will endure.

Lieutenant General James W. Bierman, Commander III Marine Expeditionary Force

The battalion was first activated in 1942, then deactivated in 1945, only to resume duty six years later for over seven decades.

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“It’s very likely that we haven’t seen the last of the 2/3; the page may only be turned on the final chapter,” Lt. Bierman said in his memo. “If at some point in the future Corps and Nation call again, the proud colors and streamers of 2/3 will again be uncased.”

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