LINAGE OF4th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion

 

Activated 1 December 1961 At Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, CA

Headquarters and Service Battery, 4th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion Force Troops, FMF, Pacific

 

Reassigned 10 May 1962 To 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF, Pacific

 

Redesignated 30 June 1965 As Headquarters and Service Battery, 4th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion,

Marine Wing Headquarters Group 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF, Pacific

 

Activated 1 August 1965 As Marine Air Reserve Missile Training Detachment Marine Air Reserve Training Command

Marine Corps Base, Twenty-nine Palms, CA

 

Relocated 15 August 1972 To U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Training Center Fresno, CA

 

Redesignated 1 October 1979 As Headquarters, 4th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion,4th Marine Aircraft Wing, FMF, USMCR

 

Participated in numerous Training Exercises During the 1980's

 

Received a Secretary of the Navy Commendation For Exceptional Service from 1985 through 1987

 

Activated 16 February 1991 As 4th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38,

5th Marine Expeditionary Force, FMF, Pacific

 

In support of Operation Desert Storm

 

Deactivated 1 October 1997