1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors. Nicknamed Geronimo, it falls under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division. The battalion was formed in 1914 and has served in every major conflict that the United States has been involved in since then.
Leader of the 1st squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1/5 Marines, runs under Viet Cong fire during Operation Tippecanoe, 14–16 March 1967
Marines from 1/5's Charlie Company at MCB Twentynine Palms in 1985
Marines from A/1/5 engage insurgents in Fallujah during Operation Vigilant Resolve on 7 April 2004.
Marines with A/1/5 peer over a building top to fix enemy targets in Al Fallujah, Iraq 7 April 2004.
Chu Lai Base Area is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in Chu Lai in central Vietnam.
MAG-36 helicopter landing pads, 1965
Force Logistics Support Group Bravo
Chu Lai PW Collection camp, 1 November 1968