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.
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, work on a bench accessibility project during exercise Koa Moana 24 at an Old Age Center
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Slaughter demonstrates the proper way to apply a tourniquet onto a role-playing casualty to Palau local.
During this ceremony, Capt. Sean M. Hussey relinquished his duties as commanding officer to Capt. James M. Nogle
Marine Corps Engineer Detachment Palau 24.1 successfully restored a Peleliu airstrip, extending reach for joint forces in the Pacific.
For the first time since its recertification in June, a military fixed-wing aircraft has touched down on the historic Peleliu airstrip.
During this ceremony Col. Wilson, the outgoing commanding officer of CLR-1, 1st MLG relinquished his role as commanding officer to Col. Pluas.
Marines and Sailors with Medical Logistics Company use artificial intelligence to execute missions across the Marine Air Ground Task Force...
U.S. Marines with 1st Distribution Support Battalion conduct a Helicopter Support Team training exercise with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361.
“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.
1st MLG Commanding General's Intent 7.13.23
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Brigadier General Niebel was born in Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated from East Stroudsburg
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Colonel John J. Wiener 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