Provides expeditionary health service support to the operating units of the First Marine Expeditionary Force to preserve and save every possible life and support the war fighting capability of the MEF.
Each lettered Surgical Company consists of 4 Surgical Platoons that provide Role 2 Light Maneuver capabilities consisting of command and control, damage control resuscitation, damage control surgery, limited patient holding, radiology, laboratory and blood banking capabilities and MEDEVAC personnel and equipment. Typically, the Surgical Companies and Surgical Platoons are task organized to support the full range of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force units.
Placed under the operational control of the 1st Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, on 30 March 1976.
Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, August 1990 - April 1991.
Participated in Operation Restore Hope, Somalia, December 1992 - January 1993.
2003 - Present
Deployed during February 2003 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March - September 2003 and February - September 2004.
Elements participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, 2004 - 2009.
1st Force Service Support Group (FSSG) was redesignated as 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG), 21 October 2005.
Elements participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, 2009 - 2014.
Elements participated in Operation Border Support, Southwestern U.S., November 2018 - February 2019 and April - September 2019.
Elements attached in support of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Crisis Response US CENTCOM participated in Operation Allies Refuge, January - November 2021.
Honors and awards
Presidential Unit Citation Streamer with one Silver and three Bronze Stars
World War II
Guadalcanal - 1942
Peleliu, Ngesbus - 1944
Okinawa - 1945
Korea
1950
1951
Vietnam
1966 - 1967
1967 - 1968
Iraq
2003
Joint Meritorious Unit Award Streamer
Somalia 1992 - 1993
Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with one Bronze Star
Korea 1952 - 1953
Southwest Asia 1990 - 1997
Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer with two Bronze Stars
Vietnam 1968 - 1969
1984 - 1986
1995 - 1997
American Defense Service Streamer with one Bronze Star
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer with one Silver and one Bronze Star
World War II Victory Streamer
Navy Occupation Service Streamer with "Asia"
China Service Streamer
National Defense Service Streamer with three Bronze Stars
