Combat Logistics Battalion 5

Combat Logistics Battalion 5 (CLB-5) is a logistics battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 1 and the 1st Marine Logistics Group. The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The battalion nickname is "Traveller", named after the 16-hand grey American Saddlebred horse ridden into battle by General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War. The unit slogan is "Success Is Not An Accident."

Combat Logistics Battalion 5
Current CLB-5 insignia, circa 2017
Active21 August 2007 – present
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Marine Corps
TypeLogistics
Part ofCombat Logistics Regiment 1
1st Marine Logistics Group
Garrison/HQMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s)Traveller
Motto(s)"We Bring It to the Fight"
EngagementsOperation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander		LtCol John F. Soto Jr.

Mission

Provide direct support tactical logistics to Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5) beyond its organic capabilities in the areas of transportation, intermediate level supply, field level maintenance, and general engineering.

Subordinate units

History

Combat Logistics Battalion 5 was activated on 25 May 2006 at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned as a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1.

  • Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Iraq from September 2006 to March 2007 and again in August 2008 to February 2009.
  • Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan from March to October 2010 and again from March to October 2012.
  • Provided task organized logistics detachments in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Crisis Response - CENTRAL COMMAND from 2015–2017.
  • Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 20.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2020 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE).
Original logo of CLB-5, used from 2006 to 2009.
Past logo of CLB-5, used from 2009 to 2015.

Unit Awards

A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. CLB-5 has been presented with the following awards [1]:

Previous Commanders
  • LtCol M.E. Travis
  • LtCol J.L. Jarosz
  • LtCol R.T. Meade
  • LtCol B.W. Ecarius
  • LtCol S.K. Lee
  • LtCol M.T. James
  • LtCol J.F. Soto Jr. (current)

Previous Sergeants Major
  • Sergeant Major Willie Ward
  • Sergeant Major Brian E. Cullins
  • Sergeant Major Troy E. Black (19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps)
  • Sergeant Major Joseph S. Gregory
  • Sergeant Major Keith D. Hoge
  • Sergeant Major James L. Horr
  • Sergeant Major Damian L. Reed (current)

See also

References

    (PDF) www.usmcu.edu. United States Marine Corps. September 18, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2020.


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