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
Allegiance	United States of America
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
Motto(s)	"Ready to Fight since 1917" & "1/6 HARD"
Engagements	World War I Battle of Belleau Wood Meuse-Argonne offensive World War II Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of Tarawa Battle of Saipan Battle of Tinian Battle of Okinawa Operation Desert Storm War on Terror Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Commanding Officer	LtCol. Jason C. Drake
Notable commanders	Wesley L. Fox, Thomas S. Jones Richard A. Huck William M. Jurney

World War I

World War II

Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror

Wesley L. Fox, Thomas S. Jones Richard A. Huck

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).

The battalion was activated on 11 July 1917 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia as the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. It deployed to France from September to October 1917 and was assigned to the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division (Army), American Expeditionary Force. For the actions at Belleau Wood, Soissons, and Blanc Mont, the 6th Marine Regiment was awarded the French Croix de Guerre three times. As a result, the regiment is authorized to wear the fourragère of the Croix de Guerre (seen in the unit's logo), one of only two units in the Marine Corps so honored, (the other being the 5th Marine Regiment). The fourragère thereafter became part of the uniform of the unit. All members of the modern 6th Marines are authorized to wear the fourragère while serving with the regiment.

The battalion participated in the following World War I campaigns:

Along with the following defensive campaigns:

1/6 participated in the Occupation of the Rhineland from December 1918 to July 1919. It relocated to Quantico, Virginia in August 1919 and was deactivated on 20 August 1919.