The 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximat
Blade Marines as part of Task Force Grizzly raising Old Glory on their Humvee during combat operations.
A Scout-Sniper Team from the 3rd Bn, 7th Marines, attached to the 13th MEU (BLT 3/1) prepares to depart Mogadishu, Somalia during Operation UNITED SHIELD in 1995. Photo: CWO-5/Marine Gunner Christian P. Wade USMC (Ret.), second from left..
Marines from 3/7 establish firing position inside an Iraqi army camp near An Numaniyah.
AR RAMADI, Iraq (December 8, 2005) - Marines with 4th Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, search a store for hidden illegal weapons during Operation Skinner Dec. 8. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki
Operation Starlite was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence prov
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
…Talladega, and USS Point Defiance at Okinawa on 24–26 June and landed near the city of Qui Nhon on 1 July 1965. On 18 August 1965, the 3/7 took part in Operation Starlite, the first regimental size operation by US forces since the Korean War. The 3/7, along with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, and the 2nd Battalion, 4th…
Vietcong prisoners await transport during Operation Starlite
Operation Starlite 18–19 August 1965
A MAG-16 helicopter evacuates casualties, while a Marine M48 Patton tank stands guard