FIRST BATTALION SIXTH MARINES LINEAGE
ACTIVATED ON 11 JULY 1917 AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, AS FIRST BATTALION SIXTH MARINES
DEPLOYED DURING SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1917 TO FRANCE ASSIGNED TO THE FOURTH BRIGADE OF MARINES, SECOND DIVISION (ARMY), AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
WORLD WAR I
AISNE AISNE-MARNE
SAINT MIHIEL
MEUSE-ARGONNE
TOULON-TROYON
CHATEAU-THIERRY
MARABACHE
LIMEY
PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF THE RHINELAND FROM DECEMBER 1918 TO JULY 1919 RELOCATED DURING JULY TO AUGUST 1919 TO QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
DEACTIVATED ON 20 AUGUST 1919
1922-1925
REACTIVATED ON 12 JUNE 1922 AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
PARTICIPATED IN MANEUVERS AT GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, FROM JUNE TO JULY 1922 AND ASSIGNED TO MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
DEPLOYED DURING JANUARY 1925 TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
RETURNED DURING SEPTEMBER 1925 TO QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
DEACTIVATED ON 1 OCTOBER 1925
1927-1929
REACTIVATED 29 MARCH 1927 AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
DEPLOYED FROM MARCH TO JUNE 1927 TO TIENTSIN, CHINA AND ASSIGNED TO THE THIRD BRIGADE
RELOCATED FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 1929 TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
DEACTIVATED ON 31 MARCH 1929
1934-1937
REACTIVATED 1 SEPTEMBER 1934 AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
RELOCATED DURING SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1934 TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
DEPLOYED DURING AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1937 TO SHANGHAI, CHINA AND ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE
RETURNED DURING FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1938 TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
THE SECOND MARINE BRIGADE RE-DESIGNATED ON 1 FEBRUARY 1941 AS THE SECOND MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEPLOYED DURING OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1942 TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
WORLD WAR II
GUADALCANAL
SOUTH SOLOMONS
TARAWA
SAIPAN
TINIAN
OKINAWA
REDEPLOYED DURING SEPTEMBER 1945 TO NAGASAKI, JAPAN
PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN FROM SEPTEMBER 1945 TO JUNE 1946
RELOCATED DURING JULY 1946 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA REASSIGNED IN SEPTEMBER 1946 TO THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEACTIVATED ON 1 OCTOBER 1947
1949-1998
REACTIVATED ON 17 OCTOBER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA AND ASSIGNED TO SECOND MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEPLOYED VARIOUS TIMES AS BATTALION LANDING TEAM 1/6 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND CARIBBEAN BETWEEN JANUARY 1950 AND THE LATE 1990’S
DEACTIVATED ON 4 AUGUST 1950
REACTIVATED ON 9 AUGUST 1950 AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA AND ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
PARTICIPATED IN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS DURING OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1962
PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERVENTION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DURING APRIL TO JUNE 1965
PLACED UNDER THE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE THIRD MARINE DIVISION AT VARIOUS PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE 1980’S FOR DEPLOYMENT TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC
ELEMENTS DEPLOYED TO PANAMA BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY 1989
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND OPERATION DESERT STORM IN SOUTHWEST ASIA DURING SEPTEMBER 1990 TO MARCH 1991
1999-2010
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ANVIL IN KOSOVO DURING JANUARY TO APRIL 1999
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
ELEMENTS IN IRAQ FROM MARCH TO MAY 2003
FALLUJAH, IRAQ 2005
AR RAMADI, IRAQ AUGUST 2007 TO MAY 2007
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 2004
GARMSIR, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER 2008
MARJAH, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN FROM DECEMBER 2009 TO JULY 2010.
HONORS
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER
WORLD WAR I - 1943
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH THREE BROWN STARS
PANAMA - 1989
SOUTHWEST ASIA - 1990-1991
KOSOVO - 1990
AFGHANISTAN - 2004
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER - 1986-1987
WORLD WAR ONE VICTORY STREAMER WITH ONE SILVER STAR
ARMY OF OCCUPATION OF GERMANY STREAMER
YANGTZE SERVICE STREAMER
MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS
CHINA SERVICE STREAMER
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MID EASTERN CAMPAIGN STREAMER
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH ONE SILVER STAR
WORLD WAR TWO VICTORY STREAMER
NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE STREAMER WITH “ASIA” AND “EUROPE” NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS
SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS
KOSOVO CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS
AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS
IRAQ CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE STREAMER
FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE STREAMER WITH TWO PALMS AND ONE GILT STAR