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3d Littoral Logistics Battalion
CLB 3 insignia
Active	16 Sept 1942 – 24 Dec 1945 5 March 1952 – 1 May 1958 1 July 1964 – 27 June 2008 27 June 2008 – 12 September 2023 12 September 2023 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Logistics
Part of	3rd Marine Littoral Regiment 3rd Marine Division
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Nickname(s)	"Longboard"
Motto(s)	'O Ka Hana, 'A'Ole Ka 'Òlelo (Actions, Not Words)
Engagements	World War II * Battle of Guam * Battle of Iwo Jima Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	LtCol Hoyt
Sergeant Major	SgtMaj Waller
Insignia
Call sign	Longboard

3d Littoral Logistics Battalion (3d LLB) is a logistics battalion in the United States Marine Corps. They are headquartered at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and fall under the command of 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division (3d MarDiv).

Subordinate units

• Headquarters & Service Company (H&S Co.)
• Littoral Logistics Company A (LLC A)
• Littoral Logistics Company B (LLC B)
• General Support Company (GS Co)

Mission

The Littoral Logistics Battalion provides tactical logistics and EOD support in order to sustain regimental operations across the competition continuum.

History

Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (CLB-3) was activated on 27 June 2008 from the previous Combat Service Support Group 3 (CSSG-3) on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Immediately following the activation, the battalion simultaneously deployed to the big island of Hawaii in direct support of 3rd Marine Regiment, aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, and to Pearl Harbor to conduct security operations in support of nuclear submarine operations.

On 1 November 2008, just 121 days old and the youngest battalion in the United States Marine Corps, CLB-3 was designated the Logistics Combat Element (LCE) of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Afghanistan and deployed to Camp Bastion, a military base run by the United Kingdom in Southern Afghanistan. From November 2008 to May 2009, the battalion conducted combat operations in Southern Afghanistan providing all six functions of logistics: transportation, engineering, maintenance, supply, health services, and services to all Marine and NATO forces in Southern Afghanistan.

On 8 December 2021, CLB-3 responded to the Red Hill Water Crisis aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam where it provided shower and laundry services to affected families and set up no less than seven water distribution points throughout the base and surrounding military communities. As part of Task Force Kuleana, the battalion distributed more than one million gallons of water from 8 December 2021 to 12 March 2022.

As part of Force Design 2030 reorganization, CLB-3 realigned under 3d Marine Littoral Regiment in June 2023 and was redesignated as 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion (3d LLB) on 12 September 2023. This redesignation created a 'first of its kind' battalion in the Marine Corps.

See also

• List of United States Marine Corps battalions
• Organization of the United States Marine Corps

Notes

External links

• 3d LLB's official website
• Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Gears Down for Redeployment in Southern Afghanistan
• Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Constructs Combat Vehicle Operators' Training Course in Afghanistan
• Combat Logistics Battalion-3 Brings Mobile Exchange, Post Office to Marines in Remote Southern Afghanistan
• Service Members Enjoy Simple Pleasures in Southern Afghanistan
• CMC Visits Marines, Sailors in Afghanistan
• Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Counters Insurgency During Patrol in Southern Afghanistan
• Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Career Planner Beats the Clock in Afghanistan
• They Came, They Built, They're Redeploying – Engineers Pack Up After Seven-month Afghanistan Deployment
• CLB-3 Sets Bar in Afghanistan
• Marines, Afghans Improve Security on Route in Southern Afghanistan
• Fighting the Dangers of Route 515
• Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Supplies Success During Operation Gateway III
• Marine Logistics Patrol Pushes Through IEDs, Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan
• Marines of 3/8 Clear Southern Afghanistan's Deadly Route 515

v t e 3rd Marine Logistics Group
Combat Logistics Regiment 3	Combat Logistics Battalion 3 Combat Logistics Battalion 4
Combat Logistics Regiment 35	3rd Supply Battalion 3rd Maintenance Battalion 3rd Medical Battalion Combat Logistics Company 35 Combat Logistics Company 36
Combat Logistics Regiment 37	Combat Logistics Battalion 31
Other Battalions	9th Engineer Support Battalion 3rd Dental Battalion

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