1st Tank Battalion - 1st Marine Division

The 1st Tank Battalion is an armor battalion of the Marines which is based out of the Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. It falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force. The 1st Tank Battalion was activated on November 1, 1941 at Marine Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and was attached to the 1st Marine Division. The 1st saw action in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two including the Battles of Guadalcanal, Peleliu, & Okinawa. During the Korean War, the 1st was involved in the Battle of Inchon. The 1st has also seen combat during the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, During Operation Vigilant Resolve (The First Battle of Fallujah). On January 1, 2011 Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, deployed to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan and was the first American mechanized unit to employ the M1A1 Main Battle Tank in Helmand Province.