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The 10th Marine Regiment is an artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. They fall under the command of the 2nd Marine Division and the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Subordinate units

 * Headquarters Battery 10th Marines
 * 1st Battalion, 10th Marines (1/10)
 * 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines (2/10)
 * 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines (3/10) was disbanded on 26 April 2013.
 * 4th Battalion, 10th Marines (4/10) - Originally activated in 1923, deactivated 30 June 1989.
 * 5th Battalion, 10th Marines (5/10) was disbanded on 1 June 2012.

Mission
Provide fires in support of 2nd Marine Division using organic indirect fire assets while coordinating both lethal and non-lethal fires from other II Marine Expeditionary Force fire support agencies in order to suppress, neutralize or destroy the enemy.

Early years
10th Marines was originally activated at Vera Cruz, Mexico on 25 April 1914 as an artillery battalion under the 1st Marine Brigade. The Artillery Battalion, as it was then designated, was formed in compliance with Colonel John A. Lejeune's Brigade Order Number 13. Then Major Robert H. Dunlap was designated as commander, with 12 officers and 406 enlisted men making up the 1st, 9th, and 13th Companies. The Artillery Battalion was withdrawn from Vera Cruz on 23 November 1914, returning to the United States in the transport City of Memphis, arriving at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 3 December. Two days later, the battalion was transferred to the Marine Barracks, Annapolis, Maryland.

The Artillery Battalion then took part in conflicts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic from August 1915 to May 1917. On 15 May 1917, it was redesignated as the 1st Field Artillery Battalion. The battalion was expanded throughout mid-1917, adding the 85th company on 18 July. On 1 August 1917, it was redesignated as the Mobile Artillery Force, and two more companies, the 91st and 92d, were added to the organization. Five months later, on 15 January 1918, the unit was redesignated as the 10th Regiment (Field Artillery). Robert H. Dunlap, now a Lieutenant Colonel, remained in command. Primarily due to the logistics difficulties in using the obsolete 3-inch guns assigned to the Regiment, and despite determined efforts by Dunlap, the 10th Marines did not see service in World War I.

Between World War I and II, the Regiment changed size and designation and filled many different roles, including building their barracks and performing other construction efforts. In November 1924, all companies were renamed as batteries. During the early 1920s, the regiment participated in annual reenactments of Civil War battles: Battle of the Wilderness in 1921, Battle of Gettysburg in 1922, Battle of New Market in 1923, and Battle of Antietam in 1924. Elements served on both coasts, served on ships during fleet maneuvers and guarded mail in the Midwest. From June 1927 to October 1928, the regiment deployed to Tientsin, China. However, only portions of the regiment remained active until it was reactivated as 10th Marines on 27 December 1940 in San Diego, California.

World War II
In February 1941, amid growing concerns of Nazi Germany's growing expansion, the United States grew concerned over the security of the Azores. The War and Navy Departments were ordered to prepare to land and occupy them. Upon request of the British for this effort, the plan was approved for a combined force of 28,000 men from the Army and Marine Corps. Marine Major General Holland M. "Howling Mad" Smith was to be the commander and the 1st Marine Division comprised the Marine component. The 1st Marine Division was reinforced it with other units, including the 2nd Battalion 10th Marines, and sailed from San Diego on 31 May 1941. As the Marines sailed south to the Panama Canal on board the transports USS Heywood (APA-6) (AP 12), USS Fuller (APA-7) (AP 14), and USS William P. Biddle (APA-8) (AP 15), the situation regarding the Azores changed for the better. Rather than returning home the ships and their embarked Marines continued on to Charleston, South Carolina to be reinforced and refitted for service in Iceland. On 16 June 1941 this new organization became the 1st Marine Brigade Provisional, under the command of Brigadier General John Marston. The unit’s mission was simple: “In cooperation with the British garrison, defend Iceland against hostile attack.” By 9 March 1942, the artillery battalion had left Iceland to rejoin their Regiment at Camp Elliot, near San Diego, California.

In January 1942, 1st Battalion 10th Marines, as part of 2nd Marine Brigade (Provisional) deployed to Pago Pago to defend American Samoa. For the next three months, the battalion helped prepare defenses, and trained and conditioned themselves for the fighting to come. While preparing for their assignment to the South Pacific, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions conducted concentrated training at an artillery training center near Niland, California. In August 1942 the 3rd Battalion 10th Marines, attached to the 1st Marine Division, was one of the first units to land during the assault on Guadalcanal.

The five battalions from 10th Marines took part in the bloody battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. In September 1945, the Regiment deployed to Nagasaki, on the island of Kyūshū, to support the Occupation of Japan. The 10th Marines remained there until being relieved by the U. S. Army's 24th Division during June 1946. It reached its new home, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in July.

After World War II
Leaving Japan in 1946, the 10th Marines found themselves at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, which would be their home until present day. As the Korean War started, the 10th Marines were working with a skeleton crew, but five months later they were fully mobilized and back up to wartime strength and ready to fight. Again, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, they were mobilized to participate in the blockade of Cuba.

Modern-Day Activities
Since the end of the Korean War, that time the Regiment has participated in exercises testing the methods of firing 155mm howitzers from landing craft, as well as the twice annual Fire Exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Regiment has also continuously sent firing batteries and battalions to train in Okinawa; and to participate in CAX, a desert training operation held at Twenty-Nine Palms, California on the edge of the Mojave Desert; and to northern Norway in support of NATO training exercises.

First Gulf War
In January 1990, the Regiment deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The Regiment was tasked with providing fire support for the 2nd Marine Division in the war to oust Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait.

Global War on Terrorism
10th Marines deployed to Kuwait in early 2003 and provided fire support for Task Force Tarawa during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Since 2003, the Regiment has continued to deploy battalion headquarters units and their subordinate batteries to Iraq to provide fire support and sometimes also act as provisional rifle companies especially in the Al Anbar province of western part of the country. Units of the regiment also continue to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.