ACTIVATED 6 JANUARY 1985 AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, AS MARINE AMPHIBIOUS UNIT SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP 13 AND ASSIGNED TO THE 1ST FORCE SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP, FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC.
REDESIGNATED 5 FEBRUARY 1988 AS MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP 13 PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEST ASIA, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1990 AND JANUARY-MARCH 1991.
PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA, OCTOBER 1993 – FEBRUARY 1994.
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION UNITED SHIELD, SOMALIA, FEBRUARY-MARCH 1994.
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, SOUTHWEST ASIA, NOVEMBER 1997 – JANUARY 1998.
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DETERMINED RESPONSE, YEMEN, OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2000.
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, MARCH 2002.
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2005 AND APRIL-NOVEMBER 2007. REDESIGNATED 18 MAY 2006 AS COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 13 AND REASSIGNED TO COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT 17, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP.