The 5th Marine Regiment 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 under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
5th Marine Regiment insignia
5th Marines is one of two USMC regiments authorized to wear the French Fourragère for actions during World War I.
During the allied advance into Seoul, American and Korean Marines crossed the Han River in an LVT-3c of the Marines' 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion.
The 35th commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, visits the 5th Marine Regiment Memorial during a tour of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, CA, on 19 May 2014.
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service, or specialisation.
Romanian 27th Infantry Regiment in front of the Hungarian Parliament in 1919
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers on parade in England
Regimental badge of the Scots Guards.
Personnel of the 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment during an exhibition drill.