To provide tactical logistics support beyond the organic capabilities of supported elements of the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and to provide task organized Logistics Combat Elements (LCEs) in support of MAGTF operations.
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1st MLG establishes and strengthens relationships with allied, joint force, and partner stakeholders and provide capabilities in support of I MEF.
A video of selected clips of 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group produced on Camp Pendleton, California, July 12, 2024. The...
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducted exercise Koa Moana...
U.S. Navy Lt. James Brock, chaplain for Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group and a native of...
Expeditionary Fire and Rescue Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 24 by traveling through the Pacific Island region to Palau and the four states of the...
U.S. Marines paint the Pohnpei Public Library roof as part of the Task Force Koa Moana 24
U.S. Marines participate in a live fire range during a combat marksmanship program range as part of exercise Koa Moana 24
U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Milton Donatus visits his hometown of Ngkeklau in the state of Ngaraard and the surrounding Palauan community...
U.S. Marines and Sailors provide humanitarian disaster relief preparation by offloading approximately one thousand bags of rice and three thousand...
“We struck at Guadalcanal to halt the advance of the Japanese. We did not know how strong he was, nor did we know his plans. We knew only that he was moving down the island chain and that he had to be stopped. We were as well trained and as well armed as time and our peacetime experience allowed us to be. We needed combat to tell us how effective our training, our doctrines, and our weapons had been. We tested them against the enemy, and we found that they worked. From the movement in 1942, the tide turned, and the Japanese never again advanced.” – U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrift
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U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew Niebel, the commanding general of 1st Marine Logistics Group, attaches the Iraq Campaign Streamer to the Marine Corps flag during the 76th Anniversary Battle Colors Rededication Ceremony of 1st MLG at Camp Pendleton, California, July 27, 2023. 1st MLG has more than 8,500 Marines and Sailors serving in various capacities such as transportation and distribution, ammunition and fuel support, supplies and materiel handling, medical and dental services, general engineering, maintenance operations, food services, landing support, and various administrative functions. For 76 years 1st MLG Marines and Sailors have proven themselves, in both peacetime and combat, across the range of military operations from the wars in Korea and Vietnam to the deserts of Kuwait and Somalia and throughout the most recent conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. Today, 1st MLG stands ready to provide combat service support to I Marine Expeditionary Force in any crisis or contingency and continues to firmly uphold the ‘Victory Through Logistics’ motto.
After 20 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Gunnery Sgt. Omar Hadley knew it was time to come home. Following the end of his last tour in 2018, the retired personnel administrative chief returned to his home island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. After a year of working an office job for the Penieu town government, he knew working behind a desk for his second act in life wasn’t for him.
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 23 participated in a fire-starting class hosted by Papua New Guinea Defense Force Warrant Officer Class 2 Steven Baloiloi on Goldie River Training Camp, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, July 20, 2023. Papua New Guinea is part of Task Force Koa Moana’s deployment to the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen relationships with Pacific Island partners through bilateral and multilateral training.
Brigadier General Omar J. Randall is a native of the Bronx, NY and a graduate of the University of Connecticut. He was commissioned in May 1996 via the Platoon Leaders Class. Upon completion of the Basic School and the Landing Force Logistics Officers’ Course he was designated a Logistics Officer.
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Colonel Michael W. Stehle is currently serving as the Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Logistics Group.
Sergeant Major Ronda Kirkby reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina in
Command Master Chief Presco is a native of Cavite, Philippines. She enlisted in the Navy in