3/24 Always Ready - Flag machine gun E tool (entrenching tool/shovel) and

E tool (entrenching tool/shovel) and a bottle of booze

The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

Complete with her weapon

as part of Operation Inherent Resolve in 2018-2021

5th Marines (3/5)

3/24 Always Ready - Flag machine gun E tool (entrenching tool/shovel) and3rd Battalion, 24th Marines (3 24) was a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps. The battalion was first formed in 1943 for service in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, taking part in a number of significant battles including those at Saipan and Iwo Jima before being deactivated at the end of the war. In the early 1960s, the unit was reactivated as a reserve battalion. It was located throughout the Midwestern