5th Marine Regiment

5th Marine Regiment/"5th Marines"
5th Marine Regiment/"5th Marines"
	5th Marine Regiment insignia
Active	1917–1919; 1920–1930; 1934–present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Light infantry
Size	4,800
Part of	1st Marine Division; I Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ	MCB Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s)	"The Fighting Fifth"
Engagements	World War I Battle of Belleau Wood; Battle of Soissons; Battle of Saint-Mihiel; Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; ; Banana Wars Occupation of Nicaragua; ; World War II Guadalcanal Campaign; Battle of Cape Gloucester; Mariana and Palau Islands campaign Battle of Peleliu; ; Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign Battle of Okinawa; ; ; Korean War Battle of Pusan Perimeter; Battle of Inchon; Battle of Chosin Reservoir; Battle of Hwacheon; Battle of the Punchbowl; Battle of Bunker Hill (1952); First Battle of the Hook; Battle for Outpost Vegas; Battle of the Samichon River; ; Vietnam War Operation Swift; Operation Union I & II; Battle of Hue; ; Operation Desert Storm; Operation Restore Hope; War on Terror Iraq War; War in Afghanistan; Operation Inherent Resolve; ;
Commanders
Commander	Colonel Chris Steele
Notable; commanders	Charles A. Doyen; Hiram I. Bearss; Wendell Neville; Logan Feland; Samuel Harrington; Julian C. Smith; Charles Barrett; Alfred H. Noble; LeRoy P. Hunt; Merritt A. Edson; Oliver P. Smith; John H. Griebel; Victor H. Krulak; John T. Selden; Harold D. Harris; Lewis W. Walt; Fred E. Haynes Jr.; Martin Brandtner; Lawrence D. Nicholson; Thomas V. Draude ; Kenneth R. Kassner

The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps^[3] and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).

^ Crawford, Danny J.; Aquilina, Robert V.; Ferrante, Ann A.; Gramblin, Shelia P. (1999). The 1st Marine Division and its Regiments (PDF). Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, United States Marine Corps. pp. 39–41. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Colonel Kenneth Kassner". marines.mil. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ Brown, Ronald J. (2001). A Few Good Men The Fighting Fifth Marines: A History of the USMC's Most Decorated Regiment. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, Inc. OCLC 46462729.

[1stMarDiv-1] Crawford, Danny J.; Aquilina, Robert V.; Ferrante, Ann A.; Gramblin, Shelia P. (1999). The 1st Marine Division and its Regiments (PDF). Washington, DC: History and Museums Division, United States Marine Corps. pp. 39–41. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[2] "Colonel Kenneth Kassner". marines.mil. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[3] Brown, Ronald J. (2001). A Few Good Men The Fighting Fifth Marines: A History of the USMC's Most Decorated Regiment. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, Inc. OCLC 46462729.

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