Combat Logistics Battalion 5

Combat Logistics Battalion 5 (CLB-5) is a logistics battalion of the United States Marine Corps. CLB-5 is a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1 and the 1st Marine Logistics Group. The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The battalion nickname is "Traveller", named after the 16-hand grey American Saddlebred horse ridden into battle by General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War. The unit slogan is "Success Is Not An Accident."

Mission
Provide direct support tactical logistics to the 5th Marine Regiment beyond its organic capabilities in the areas of transportation, intermediate level supply, field level maintenance, and general engineering.

Subordinate units

 * Headquarters & Service Company
 * Combat Logistics Company Alpha
 * Combat Logistics Company Bravo
 * General Support Company

History
Combat Logistics Battalion 5 was activated on 25 May 2006 at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned as a subordinate battalion to Combat Logistics Regiment 1.


 * Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Iraq from September 2006 to March 2007 and again in August 2008 to February 2009.
 * Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan from March to October 2010 and again from March to August 2012.
 * Provided task organized logistics detachments in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Crisis Response - CENTRAL COMMAND from 2015–2017.
 * Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 20.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2020 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE).
 * Participated in Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22.2 in Darwin, Australia from March to October 2022 as the Logistics Command Element (LCE).



Unit Awards
A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. CLB-5 has been presented with the following awards [1]:


 * Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with two Bronze Stars
 * Iraq – 2006 – 2007, 2008 - 2009
 * Afghanistan - 2010
 * National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg National Defense Service Streamer
 * 2006 - current
 * Iraq Campaign ribbon.svg Iraq Campaign Streamer with three Bronze Stars
 * National Resolution 2006 - 2007
 * Iraqi Surge 2007 - 2008
 * Iraqi Sovereignty - 2009
 * Afghanistan Campaign Medal ribbon.svg Afghanistan Campaign Streamer with two Bronze Stars
 * Consolidation III - 2010
 * Transition I - 2012
 * Global War on Terrorism Service ribbon.svg Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer
 * 2006 - current

Previous Commanders

 * LtCol M.E. Travis
 * LtCol Joe L. Jarosz
 * LtCol Robert T. Meade
 * LtCol Brian W. Ecarius
 * LtCol Sam K. Lee
 * LtCol Matthew T. James
 * LtCol John F. Soto Jr.
 * LtCol Shawn A. Meier

Previous Sergeants Major

 * Sergeant Major Willie T. Ward III
 * Sergeant Major Brian E. Cullins
 * Sergeant Major Troy E. Black (19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, 5th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman)
 * Sergeant Major Joseph S. Gregory
 * Sergeant Major Keith D. Hoge
 * Sergeant Major James L. Horr
 * Sergeant Major Damian L. Reed
 * Sergeant Major David C. Hernandez
 * Sergeant Major Salvador Moralessolis (current)