wrrn TIlE 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM 15 1st Battalion, 5th Marines 3d Battalion, 9th Marines 1st Tank Battalion Detachment, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion (2 companies) Platoon, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Company C (reinforced), 1st Combat Engineer Battalion Detachment, 3d Low Altitt~de Air Defense Battalion Task Force Shepherd (Composite Light Armored Infantry Battalion) Headquarters, 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion 2 Companies from 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion 2 Companies from 3d Light Armored Infantry Battalion Anti Tank Platoon, Headquarters Company, 3d Marines Platoon, Company C, 1st Combat Engineers Battalion Detachment, 3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion 11th Marines Headquarters, 11th Marines 3d Battalion, 11th Marines 5th Battalion, 11th Marines 1st Battalion, 12th Marines Combat Support: Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (-) 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (-) Detachment, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion (24 AAVs) Rear Area Security: 2d Battalion, 7th Marines Unlike the mechanized task f:~rces of the 1st Marine Division, which consisted of two infantry battalions and a tank battalion, the British 7th Armored Brigade was built around two tank battalions and one infantry battalion.2~ The two units proved to be remarkably compatible and the employment of the brigade proceeded without incident. During November and December, 7th Armored Brigade was positioned generally on the division's left flank. It consisted of: Headquarters, 7th Armored Brigade Queen's Royal Irish Hussars (tank battalion) Scots Dragoon Guards (tank battalion) Staffordshire Regiment (infantry battalion) Queen's Dragoon Guards (reconnaissance squadron) 40th Field Artillery (artillery battalion) 21st Royal Engineers Detachment (engineer battalion) Brigade Maintenance Area (combat service support detachment)First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Src Image |