3rd Medical Battalion

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3d Medical Battalion
225px 3d Medical Battalion insignia
Active	N/A
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Logistics
Role	Medical Support
Size	350 Marines and Sailors
Part of	3d Marine Logistics Group
Garrison/HQ	Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan
Engagements	Vietnam War Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	Commander Jason Darby, MSC, USN

The 3d Medical Battalion (3D MED BN) is a medical support unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The unit falls under the command of 3rd Marine Logistics Group.

1 Current units
2 Mission
3 History
4 See also
5 External links

Current units

Headquarters and Service Company
Alpha Company
Bravo Company

Mission

To provide direct and general Health Service Support to III MEF in order to sustain the combat effort across the full spectrum of MAGTF operations.

History

Vietnam War

The Gulf War and the 1990s

File:3rdMedicalBnBig.png

Old 3rd Medical Battalion logo.

Global War on Terror

External links

Battalion's official website

v t e 3rd Marine Logistics Group
Combat Logistics Regiment 3	Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Combat Logistics Battalion 4
Combat Logistics Regiment 35	3rd Supply Battalion 3rd Maintenance Battalion 3rd Medical Battalion Combat Logistics Company 35 Combat Logistics Company 36
Combat Logistics Regiment 37	Combat Logistics Battalion 31
Other Battalions	9th Engineer Support Battalion 3rd Dental Battalion

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