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Combat Logistics Battalion 5 (CLB-5) is a
Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with two Bronze Stars
**Iraq – 2006 – 2007, 2008 - 2009
**Afghanistan - 2010
*
National Defense Service Streamer
**2006 - current
* Iraq Campaign Streamer with three Bronze Stars
**National Resolution 2006 - 2007
**Iraqi Surge 2007 - 2008
**Iraqi Sovereignty - 2009
*
Afghanistan Campaign Streamer with two Bronze Stars
**Consolidation III - 2010
**Transition I - 2012
* Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer
**2006 - current
CLB-5's Official Website
Combat Logistics Battalion 5
(PDF) ''www.usmcu.edu.'' United States Marine Corps. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2020. * : CLB5 {{USMC-stub
logistics
Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...
battalion of the United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionar ...
. CLB-5 is a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1 and the 1st Marine Logistics Group
The 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, with several subordinate elements located at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and ...
. The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States. It is on the Southern California coast in San Diego County and is bordered by O ...
, California. The battalion callsign is "Warhorse". The unit slogan is "We bring it to the fight."
Mission
Provide direct support tactical logistics to the5th Marine Regiment
The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps and falls ...
beyond its organic capabilities in the areas of transportation, intermediate level supply, field level maintenance, and general engineering.
Subordinate units
* Headquarters & Service Company * Combat Logistics Company Alpha * Combat Logistics Company Bravo * General Support CompanyHistory
Combat Logistics Battalion 5 was activated on 25 May 2006 at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned as a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1. *Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Iraq from September 2006 to March 2007 and again in August 2008 to February 2009. *Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan from March to October 2010 and again from March to August 2012. *Provided task organized logistics detachments in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Crisis Response - CENTRAL COMMAND from 2015–2017. *Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 20.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2020 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE). *Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2022 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE). *Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 24.3 in Darwin, Australia from March to a October 2024 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE).
Unit Awards
A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. CLB-5 has been presented with the following awards * Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with two Bronze Stars
**Iraq – 2006 – 2007, 2008 - 2009
**Afghanistan - 2010
* National Defense Service Streamer
**2006 - current
* Iraq Campaign Streamer with three Bronze Stars
**National Resolution 2006 - 2007
**Iraqi Surge 2007 - 2008
**Iraqi Sovereignty - 2009
* Afghanistan Campaign Streamer with two Bronze Stars
**Consolidation III - 2010
**Transition I - 2012
* Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer
**2006 - current
Previous Commanders
*LtCol M.E. Travis *LtCol Joe L. Jarosz *LtCol Robert T. Meade *LtCol Brian W. Ecarius *LtCol Sam K. Lee *LtCol Matthew T. James *LtCol John F. Soto Jr. *LtCol Shawn A. Meier *LtCol Rebecca A. BolzPrevious Sergeants Major
*Sergeant Major Willie T. Ward III *Sergeant Major Brian E. Cullins *Sergeant Major Troy E. Black (19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, 5th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman) *Sergeant Major Joseph S. Gregory *Sergeant Major Keith D. Hoge *Sergeant Major James L. Horr *Sergeant Major Damian L. Reed *Sergeant Major David C. Hernandez *Sergeant Major Salvador Moralessolis (current)See also
*List of United States Marine Corps battalions
This is a list of current United States Marine Corps battalions, sorted by the mission they perform.
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Active units
Ground Combat Element battalions
The ground combat element (GCE) consists of those combat and combat support units whose ...
* Organization of the United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is organized within the Department of the Navy, which is led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). The most senior Marine commissioned officer is the Commandant of the Marine Corps, responsible for organizing, recr ...
References
External links
CLB-5's Official Website
Combat Logistics Battalion 5
(PDF) ''www.usmcu.edu.'' United States Marine Corps. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2020. * : CLB5 {{USMC-stub