http://3rdengbn.com Construction and Destruction 3rd Engineer Battalion 3rd Engineer Battalion Evo RSS Parser 60 http://3rdengbn.com/images/evo/minilogo.gif http://3rdengbn.com 94 15 Nuke-Evolution 2.0.7 Powered - Xtreme 2.0 Edition en-us 3rdadmin@roadrunner.com 2012-05-21T02:28:15-04:00 hourly 1 2012-05-21T02:28:15-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=166#293 293@http://3rdengbn.com July 23, 1966 2012-04-10T11:24:40-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=72#292 292@http://3rdengbn.com Hill 55 2012-04-09T20:13:25-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=41#284 284@http://3rdengbn.com Looking for jarheads I served with 2012-03-09T10:04:36-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=102#279 279@http://3rdengbn.com 1967 Battalion Roster 2012-03-06T08:32:36-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=163#276
A tribute to the United States Marine Corps and the reasons why they are superior to the other organizations of the world......

1)  Best haircut.  Hands down.  You can't have a bad hair day with a high and tight.  And you spend less money on shampoo.

2)  Dress blues. They are the coolest uniforms in any military branch worldwide.

3)  Bloused trousers.  Another distinctive Marine look that sets the proudest service members apart.

4)  The rest of the Marine sea bag.  From the Alphas to the camouflage utilities, uniforms just look better on a Marine than any other service member.

5)  Marines don't wear dungarees.

6)   Most respect.  (A) When the Marines pulled out of Haiti and Somalia,
the media reported the U.S. Military was pulling out--as if tens of thousands of Army troops weren't still in the country. Now that's respect.

7)   Most Marine respect (B)  When the Corps came back to Haiti after 60
years, an old man on the Haitian beach said, "Welcome back!"

  Toughest mascot....The Marine Corps' is a bulldog...the Navy's is a
goat.

9)   Espirit de Corps.  Even if you can't spell it or pronounce it, the
Marine Corps has it in spades. One example:  When sailors get tattoos, they do it to express their individuality, and their choices range from Betty Boop and Mickey Mouse to a raging sea serpent.  When Marines get tattoos, they do it to express their solidarity, and choose bulldogs, "death before dishonor", and "USMC".

10)  Best war monument.  Iwo Jima

11)  The Marines invade, then go home.  The Army has to do the occupying.

12)  The silent drill team.  Just watching them ply their trade makes you want to wear dress blues.

13)  Status.  Sailors live and work on ships.  Marines go for cruises---then hit the beach.

14)  Best fast attack vehicles.  LAV's

15)  Best fighting knife.  Ka-Bar

16)  Best duty assignments:  Okinawa, Kaneohe Bay, Camp Pendleton, Diego Garcia, Moscow, North Carolina.  Plus any ship at sea.

17)  Worst duty assignments:  Okinawa, Kaneohe Bay, Camp Pendleton, Diego Garcia, Moscow, North Carolina.  And any ship at sea.

18)  Most exotic duty assignments:  Kuala Lumpur, The White House

19)  Best phone number.  Call 1-800-MARINES and you've got the Corps.  And if you're a civilian with the character to be a Marine, a recruiter there will be happy to sign you up.

20)  Toughest Drill Instructor.  They're so tough that when the Navy wants to train it's officers, who do they call.  1-800-MARINES!

21)  Toughest boot camp.  When San Diego was still training Navy recruits, legend has it that recruits occasionally would jump the fence and accidentally land in Marine boot camp.  The Marines would keep them a couple of days, and when the recruits were sent back, they were ready to be sailors!

22)  Best motivational cries.  Ooh-rah!  Attack!   Kill! Engineers UP!

23)  Best emblem.  Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (Land, Air, and Sea)

24)  Best campaign cover.  The Smokey Bear hat.

25)  Separate heads for the enlisted and officers.  Everybody else uses the same pot.

26)  The only official, congressionally sanctioned hymn for any of the
services: "THE MARINES' HYMN".

Thank You Col. Ken Frantz]]> 276@http://3rdengbn.com Why Marines are the best 2012-02-25T18:39:30-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=162#275 The Battalion began service to our Corps as 1st Bn, 19th Marines in September 1942 and was redesignated 3rd Engineer Battalion two years later. Operations performed throughout the Pacific Theater during World War II and Korea. From August 1957 till Jan 1962, the Battalion served as the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, and then reverted back to 3rd Engineer Battalion (until September 1975 when redesignated to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion.) Vietnam is where our beloved Battalion took its heaviest casulties (see In Memory Of section). Throughout the Northern sector of Vietnam HQ's was based at Phu Bai with most of the Battalion spread along the DMZ in Dong Ha, Gio Linh, Con Thien, Camp Carrol, Rockpile, and Khe Sanh.
Tested under fire in every clime and place, 3rd CEB continued to "Engineer the Best Fight." Over the years, the Battalion has been employed throughout the western Pacific while remaining home ported at Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Deploying in support of Division and III MEF exercises to the Republic of Korea is a normal battalion annual event for "Team Spirit" and "Valiant Blitz." The flag has deployed on a variety of engineer exercises to the Philippines, Tinian, and Thailand and has deployed to Camp Fuji, Iwo Jima, and the Marianas Islands. During its existence, 3rd CEB's companies or platoons provided support to the 4th and 9th Marine Regiments in the Republic of Korea, mainland Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Mobility, countermobility and survivability training was the battalion's main emphasis ensuring a high degree of combat readiness. The 1980s & ‘90s saw an increase in disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, and civic action operations.
3rd CEB provided three companies to operations "Desert Shield/Desert Storm" between August 1990 and March 1991. "Alpha" Company deployed from Hawaii with the 1st MEB, "Bravo" Company deployed via amphibious shipping 15 August 1990 from Okinawa, and "Charlie" Company flew to "Desert Shield" and landed five days before the air war began. The Marines from 3rd CEB raised the esteem and pride of the battalion through their efforts and sweat. Leading the way, engineers from 3rd CEB participated in breaching operations with "Task Force Grizzly" and "Papa Bear.

The 1993 Command Chronology shows B Company as Cadred but the rest of the Battalion continuing its high state of training and readiness.  D Company was deactivated 9 Feb ’95. H&S  & C Companies were deactivated 5 April ’95 and Engineer Support Company deactivated 6 Jun ’95.
As the 3rd Combat Engineer units were being deactivated, Combat Engineer Company was manned and equipped and placed under the operational control of Combat assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Divison on 24 April ’95.  From this time until the present (2008), Combat Engineer Company (CEC)  provided all the mobility, countermobility and survivability support to all of the 3rd Marine Division no matter where the training or operations took them.  A good example of this was the combat engineer platoon assigned to BLT 1/3, 31st MEU.  On short notice, this unit deployed in support of Operation Iraqi
1st CEB formally reactivated A. Co, 3rd CEB at 29 Palms with a presentation and unfurling of the company guidon.1st CEB has contributed most of the equipment and many NCOs to make this possible.Currently, this is our 7th company. They are OPCON to 1st CEB until 3rd CEB HQ can stand up in 2009. Having four full-up letter companies again allows us to put a third in the OIF rotations to provide some relief to the back to back seven month deployments Bravo and Charlie have been doing for three years now. Each time a letter company goes out, we are reinforcing them with another 70 Marines from across the Bn. Alpha, 1st CEB is still the MEU company with three platoons supporting the three BLTs that float from 1st MarDiv. Getting back to 3rd CEB, according to the current plan, Alpha, HQSvc Co, and Support Company will be moving to Guam around 2010 while Bravo Co. is going to Kaneohe Bay, Hi. There are not other companies planned. Alpha Company is getting ready to deploy to Iraq in the Spring to relieve Charlie Company (REIN) in western Al Anbar. They will begin working on building Bravo Company over the next year.]]> 275@http://3rdengbn.com History of 3rd Engineer Bn now 3rd CEB 2012-02-17T16:30:09-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=129#271 271@http://3rdengbn.com New guy for 3rd Engineer Bn 2011-12-31T10:38:03-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=161#270 Sorry about these guys not posting or answering they have the equivalent of lockjaw called lazyfingers.
If you were in C company 1967 about half the guys in one of my pictures were transferred to C company from A company (1967ia.jpg) we took that picture in early May 67 I believe.]]> 270@http://3rdengbn.com Is Everybody Still Hung Over From the Marine Corp Ball? 2011-12-29T08:20:16-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=160#268 Lance Cpl. Nickolas A. Daniels, 25, of Elmwood Park, Ill., died November 5th while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion.
Rest in Peace]]> 268@http://3rdengbn.com Two more Fallen Brothers 2011-11-09T16:04:58-04:00 http://3rdengbn.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=158#266 266@http://3rdengbn.com Goodbye Vietnam 2011-11-07T07:34:54-04:00