1st Battalion, 6th Marines

1st Battalion, 6th Marines
1st Battalion, 6th Marines
	1st Battalion, 6th Marines insignia during WWI
Active	11 July 1917 – 20 August 1919; 12 June 1922 – 1 October 1925; 29 March 1927 – March 1929; 9 September 1934 – 2 October 1947; 7 October 1949 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Light infantry
Role	Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver
Part of	6th Marine Regiment; 2nd Marine Division; II Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Nickname(s)	"Deathwalkers"
Motto(s)	"Ready to Fight since 1917" and "1/6 HARD"
Engagements	World War I Battle of Belleau Wood; Battle of Soissons; Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge; Meuse-Argonne offensive; ; World War II Battle of Guadalcanal; Battle of Tarawa; Battle of Saipan; Battle of Tinian; Battle of Okinawa; ; Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis; Operation Just Cause; Persian Gulf War; ; Yugoslav Wars Kosovo War; Operation Allied Force Operation Noble Anvil; ; ; Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Odyssey Lightning; Operation Inherent Resolve; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Joseph C. Fegan Jr.; Wesley L. Fox; Thomas S. Jones; Richard A. Huck; William M. Jurney

The 1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. It consists of approximately 1,100 marines and sailors. They fall under the command of the 6th Marine Regiment, the 2nd Marine Division of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF).

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