Diamond shaped, antique brass colored coin, 1- 1/4 inches wide x 2 inches high. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • 1st Marine Expedtitionary Force
  • 1st Marine Regiment
  • 1st Marine Division
  • 1st Marines
  • Regimental Combat Team 1
Location
Coin Location: 14I3
Homebase: Camp Pendelton, California
Deployment: Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 11 October 2008
Donated by: RP2 (FMF) S.J. Zimmermann
Copies: 1 of 1

C000586

Location: 14I3 Height: 2

Coin: Unit

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Diamond shaped, antique brass colored coin, 1- 1/4 inches wide x 2 inches high.

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The 1st Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The regiment, sometimes known as "Inchon", falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

RAMADI, Iraq (January 20, 2009) – Marines with Regimental Combat Team 1 turned another page in the history books, completing the regiment’s third tour in Iraq in only four years, Jan. 20. RCT-1 was the first Marine Corps unit to take command in the eastern region of al Anbar Province, a mostly Sunni tribal area that includes such vital cities as Fallujah, Saqlawiyah and Karmah.

It is also one of the Corps’ only units to participate in the march up through Baghdad in 2003 and in both Operation Vigilant Resolve and Operation al Fajr in Fallujah in 2004, where they saw some of the heaviest combat of the war in Iraq.

The regiment again took command of the province’s eastern region 12 months ago, and jumped on a wave of momentum set by its predecessors during the last few years to continue the region’s advancements in security, development and governance.