Helicopter Support Team facilitates artillery retrograde
August 8, 2012 — A Helicopter Support Team with Landing Support Platoon, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), retrograded three M777 Howitzers from Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, Aug. 6The HST worked with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, and Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, 3rd Marine MORE
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Marine born in Afghanistan gives back to home nation
July 26, 2012 — “I remember the day I heard that America was going into Afghanistan,” said Lance Cpl. Behzad Razzada, a member of the Embedded Partnering Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward). “My parents were happy because it was a chance for Afghanistan to unite and fight for freedom. They said it was the only way that MORE
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Radio Operator vital to Personal Security Detachment
July 17, 2012 — “Communication is everything for what we do,” said Staff Sgt. Jonathan Morgan, personal security detachment chief, Personal Security Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward). “If you can’t communicate you don’t know what is happening, you can’t coordinate with other elements and you can’t reinforce yourself; MORE
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“Duty Expert” keeps combat logistics patrols moving
July 16, 2012 — "Flat tires, blown transmissions, and even vehicle accidents are common occurrences in the harsh environment and inherent danger of a war zone,” said Staff Sgt. Brendan H. Chamburs, company gunnery sergeant, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward). “The wrecker section has the responsibility to maintain MORE
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Combat Logistics Battalion 4 supports SOTF-W
June 29, 2012 — Marines and sailors with Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), transported equipment and supplies to a village stability platform (VSP) during a combat logistics patrol in the Helmand River Valley, June 22-24.The VSP was operated by Marines with Marine Special Operations Command, working with Special MORE
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Long Island native uses years of mechanical expertise to keep logistics Marines mission ready
June 21, 2012 — “When you have a [mechanically inclined] mind and you are familiar with how an engine works and how a vehicle works, you can solve a lot of the problems and issues that come up on convoys, that you otherwise wouldn’t have been able to [fix],” said Cpl. Jason K. Fricke.Fricke, a 27-year-old motor vehicle operator with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, MORE
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Combat Logistics Battalion 4 supports Operation Branding Iron
June 18, 2012 — Marines and sailors with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), provided sustained logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 6, north of Musa Qal’ah, May 27-June 11, in support of Operation Branding Iron.The platoon transported supplies and equipment to and from a rearming, refueling and MORE
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Maintenance Marines keep battalion rolling
May 26, 2012 — “Maintenance is the lifeblood of the battalion,” said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Troy C. Havard, maintenance officer, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward).If maintenance is the lifeblood, then the motor transportation mechanics of Support Co. are the beating heart.“[The Marines in the maintenance bay] do MORE
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Marines implement recycling program, save battalion thousands of dollars
May 24, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Lance Cpl. Matthew S. Belk, a motor vehicle mechanic with Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), came up with a plan to help his battalion save money in a combat zone through recycling.Belk’s idea was to implement a system that function tests dead tactical-vehicle MORE
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Combat Logistics Battalion 4 assists realigning Marine Corps forces in Afghanistan
May 16, 2012 — Service members attached to 1st MLG (Fwd) provide tactical logistics support to adjacent units in Regional Command (Southwest) and assist in the Marine Corps’ reset and reconstitution effort. Whether it is engineering operations, maintaining vehicles, supplying units or identifying excess gear, 1st MLG (Fwd) Marines and sailors get the mission MORE
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