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The modern-day U.S. Marine Corps does not maintain any exclusively dedicated parachute infantry units, though some elite formations are trained and capable of parachute jumps if needed. Ever since the disbanding of the 1st Parachute Regiment in 1944, Marines and sailors have continued to volunteer
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The Marine parachute battalion was organised into three rifle companies and a headquarters company consisting of the headquarters elements and a demolition platoon. Each rifle company consisted of three rifle platoons with each platoon equipped with rifles, light machine guns and a 60mm mortar.
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in February 1944. Paratroopers received a significantly increased salary after completing training, so there was no shortage of volunteers, although all were required to be unmarried. Standards of fitness were high, and 40% failed the training course.
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to determine who would represent the United States at the 1965 Adriatic Cup. The Marines won, were designated the U.S. Men's Team, and competed at Portoroz. They made a respectable showing, although the competition was stiffer than in Rio with the
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in October 1940, eventually becoming the 1st Marine Parachute Battalion. They were followed by a second group in December 1940, forming the 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion. A third class trained at
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The only official U.S. Marine Corps sport parachute team began in January 1965 and retired in July 1965, when the same personnel became the men's US Parachute Team at the Adriatic Cup in
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Team members were Robert Mathews, Dick Myron, Dave Becker, Tom Dougher, Ed Mikelaitis, Andre Smith, John Freitas, and Bob Armstrong. Captain Mathews was team captain, the others were
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and an equipment truck at its disposal. The team represented the U.S. at the CISM games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April, where they won the overall gold medal.
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At the end of July, the team officially disbanded and all personnel returned to their duty stations, which in many cases included postings to Vietnam.
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ordered the 1st Marine Parachute Regiment to be disbanded, and along with the Marine Raider units, it officially ceased to exist on 29 February 1944.
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Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II' Stackpole Books, 17 Aug. 2010
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However, the need for and cost of a parachute corps in the Marines was questioned, as were other specialized elite units, such as the
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The three parachute battalions, with approximately 3,000 members, had become the 1st Marine Parachute Regiment of the
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in California and jumped at Elsinore, Oceanside and El Centro, depending upon weather, having a brace of
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along with other Marine units. The battalion later moved to Guadalcanal, fighting alongside the 1st
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in San Diego in May 1942, next to Camp Kearny, moving to purpose-built accommodation nearby at
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were former Paramarines who were awarded the medal for their heroic actions on Iwo Jima.
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The team then disbanded, but was resurrected two months later to compete against the
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in September 1942. A second training camp and parachute training school opened at
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in early 1941, eventually forming the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion. After the
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for paratrooper training at Fort Benning, Georgia. Once a Marine has completed
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required for a massed parachute drop. On 30 December 1943,
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Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
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1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment
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11 July 1942. On 7 August 1942 the unit conducted an
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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while in garrison. Marines who are awarded the gold
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The first cohort of Marines paratroopers trained at
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