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Combat Logistics Battalion 5
Combat Logistics Battalion 5
Active	21 August 2007 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Logistics
Part of	Combat Logistics Regiment 1; 1st Marine Logistics Group
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s)	Traveller
Motto(s)	"We Bring It to the Fight"
Engagements	Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current; commander	LtCol Rebecca A. Bolz

Combat Logistics Battalion 5 (CLB-5) is a logistics battalion of the United States Marine Corps. CLB-5 is a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1 and the 1st Marine Logistics Group. The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The battalion nickname is "Traveller", named after the 16-hand grey American Saddlebred horse ridden into battle by General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War. The unit slogan is "Success Is Not An Accident."

Mission

Provide direct support tactical logistics to the 5th Marine Regiment beyond its organic capabilities in the areas of transportation, intermediate level supply, field level maintenance, and general engineering.

Subordinate units

Headquarters & Service Company
Combat Logistics Company Alpha
Combat Logistics Company Bravo
General Support Company

History

Combat Logistics Battalion 5 was activated on 25 May 2006 at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned as a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1.^{[citation needed]}

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Iraq from September 2006 to March 2007 and again in August 2008 to February 2009.
Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan from March to October 2010 and again from March to August 2012.
Provided task organized logistics detachments in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Crisis Response - CENTRAL COMMAND from 2015–2017.
Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 20.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2020 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE).
Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2022 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE).

Original logo of CLB-5, used from 2006 to 2009.

Unit Awards

A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. CLB-5 has been presented with the following awards [1]:

Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with two Bronze Stars
- Iraq – 2006 – 2007, 2008 - 2009
- Afghanistan - 2010
National Defense Service Streamer
- 2006 - current
Iraq Campaign Streamer with three Bronze Stars
- National Resolution 2006 - 2007
- Iraqi Surge 2007 - 2008
- Iraqi Sovereignty - 2009
Afghanistan Campaign Streamer with two Bronze Stars
- Consolidation III - 2010
- Transition I - 2012
Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer
- 2006 - current

Previous Commanders

LtCol M.E. Travis
LtCol Joe L. Jarosz
LtCol Robert T. Meade
LtCol Brian W. Ecarius
LtCol Sam K. Lee
LtCol Matthew T. James
LtCol John F. Soto Jr.
LtCol Shawn A. Meier

Previous Sergeants Major

Sergeant Major Willie T. Ward III
Sergeant Major Brian E. Cullins
Sergeant Major Troy E. Black (19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, 5th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman)
Sergeant Major Joseph S. Gregory
Sergeant Major Keith D. Hoge
Sergeant Major James L. Horr
Sergeant Major Damian L. Reed
Sergeant Major David C. Hernandez
Sergeant Major Salvador Moralessolis (current)

References

External links

CLB-5's Official Website
Combat Logistics Battalion 5 (PDF) www.usmcu.edu. United States Marine Corps. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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