# Combat Logistics Regiment 27

Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (CLR 27) is a logistics regiment based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) and the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), United States Marine Corps.

## Current mission

Serve as a Logistics Combat Element (LCE) headquarters for the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), provide the initial command and control functions for the MAGTF in the arrival and assembly area. Provide the LCE for Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) IOT provide sustained tactical logistics and engineering support to the MAGTF.”

## Subordinate units

As of May 2024, Combat Logistics Regiment 27 consists of Combat Logistics Battalion 22, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, and Headquarters Company which contains the regimental staff, Regimental Commanding Officer, Regimental Executive Officer, and Regimental Sergeant Major.

## History

The unit was activated 1 August 1944 at Pearl Harbor as Headquarters and Service Battalion, 8th Field Depot, Supply Service, Fleet Marine Force, under the commanding officer 2ndLt Gordon McPherson. The unit participated in the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign, most notably, the Battle of Iwo Jima from 19 February to 26 March 1945 providing logistics support to Marines on the front line. In April 1945, it was relocated to Hilo, Hawaii. The following September, the unit was reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division, and moved to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, its current home. On 13 October 1950 it was re-designated as Headquarters and Service Battalion.
On 1 April 1951, the unit was reassigned to Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, as a part of Force Service Regiment. Personnel and equipment from the battalion participated in the landings of the 1958 Lebanon crisis, and also provided support to mobilized troops during the Cuban Missile Crisis in late 1962.
The unit provided relief in autumn 1989 to South Carolina and Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. A month later, elements of the battalion would participate in the United States invasion of Panama. The following year, the unit would deploy to the Middle East for the Gulf War, remaining for Operation Provide Comfort until July 1991. From November 1991 to October 1994, the group supported Haitian refugee operations after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état. Disaster relief efforts from the unit supported Miami-Dade County, Florida after Hurricane Andrew in late 1992, then elements participated in Operation Provide Promise in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the summer of 1994.
In December 2002, the unit was sent to Kuwait for more local support, and would then participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent Iraq War. On 21 April 2006, the battalion was re-designated as Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2d Marine Logistics Regiment. The regiment provided personnel and equipment for year-long deployment tours to support Multi-National Forces West in Al Anbar Governorate. The final deployment as a regiment was in Al Taqaddum where the unit served as 2d Marine Logistics Regiment Headquarters element, and the unit deployed for its last Iraq tour in January 2009.
On 1 August 2014 the regiment was re-designated as Headquarters Regiment, and then was re-designated back to Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (CLR 27) on 1 October 2018. Currently, CLR 27 supports 2d MLG and II MEF in global expeditionary operations.

## Commanding officers

Commanding Officers, 8th Field Depot, Headquarters and Service Bn 2D FSSG, CLR 27, HQ Reg 2D MLG
2ndLt Godon Mcpherson 1 Aug 1944 - 29 Apr 1945
1stLt Louis A. Sullivan 30 Apr 1945 - 31 May 1945
LtCol James F. Sherman 1 Jun 1945 - 28 Aug 1945
Maj William H. McCormich 29 Aug 1945 - 19 Nov 1945
Maj Joseph T. Smith 20 Nov 1945 - 6 Aug 1946
LtCol Robert E. Stannah 7 Aug 1946 - 29 Oct 1946
Capt Oscar W. Cargile 20 Oct 1946 - 14 Dec 1946
Maj Arthur J. Barret 15 Dec 1946 - 19 Jun 1947
Maj Lewis D. Baughman 20 Jun 1947- 16 Aug 1947
LtCol John A McAdister 17 Aug 1947 - 16 Sep 1947
Maj Julian V. Lyon 17 Sep 1947 - 11 Jan 1948
Maj John R. Barriero 12 Jan 1948 - 18 Mar 1948
LtCol Maurice T. Ireland 19 Mar 1948 - 22 Jul 1948
LtCol Frances C. Clagett 23 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1948
Maj Richard W. Schutt 1 Nov 1948 - 29 Jul 1949
Maj Wilbert T. Shafer 30 Jul 1949 - 24 Oct 1949
1stLt Frederick S. Thomas 25 Oct 1949 - 4 Mar 1950
Redesignated as Headquarters and Service Battalion on 13 Oct 1950
1stLt George D. Mooer 5 Mar 1950 - 1 Jan 1951
Maj Wilbert T. Shafer 2 Jan 1950 - 28 May 1951
Maj Frederick D. Cortner 29 May 1951 - 20 Jan 1952
1stLt William F. Russel, Jr. 21 Jan 1952 - 13 Mar 1952
LtCol Walter S. Haskell, Jr. 14 Mar 1952 - 8 Apr 1953
Maj Robert J. Kash, Jr. 9 Apr 1953 - 23 Sep 1953
LtCol Theodore P. Watson 24 Sep 1953 - 20 Nov 1953
LtCol Walter S. Haskell 21 Nov 1953 - 29 Nov 1953
Maj William R. Popke 30 Nov 1953 - 15 Feb 1954
Maj Robert J. Kash, Jr. 16 Feb 1954 - 10 Dec 1955
Maj Wilbur J. Buss 11 Dec 1955 - 8 Jan 1956
Maj Victor E. Wade 17 Feb 1956 - 12 May 1958
LtCol William L. Batchelor 13 May 1958 - 28 Oct 1959
LtCol Russell E. McCreery 29 Oct 1959 - 7 Jun 1960
Maj George M. Faser 8 Jun 1960 - 18 Mar 1961
Maj Thomas O. Weghorst 18 Mar 1961 - 1 Jun 1961
Maj Junius M. Lowder 2 Jun 1961 - 26 Oct 1962
LtCol Edward L. Roberts 27 Oct 1962 - 27 Jul 1963
Maj Leonar Schoenberger 28 Jul 1963 - 2 Sep 1963
LtCol Frederick A. Quint 3 Sep 1963 - 30 Jun 1965
LtCol Clifford J. Peabody 1 Jul 1965 - 4 Mar 1966
LtCol Harry D. Woods 5 Mar 1966 - 25 Jun 1967
Maj Donald O. Coughlin 26 Jun 1967 - 6 Jul 1967
Maj Ronald L. Payne 7 Jul 1967 - 20 Jul 1967
Maj Charles L. McElheny 21 Jul 1967 - 26 Nov 1967
LtCol James H. Landers 27 Nov 1967 - 24 Jun 1968
Maj Warren H. Day 25 Jun 1968 - 7 Oct 1968
LtCol John W. Wiita 18 Feb 1968 - 18 Dec 1970
LtCol John B. Cantieny 19 Dec 1970 - 30 Sep 1971
LtCol Ralph Fortie 1 Oct 1971 - 25 Jul 1972
Maj Malcome G. Gregory 26 Jul 1972 - 10 Sep 1972
LtCol J. B. Harris 11 Sep 1972 - 28 Jun 1973
Maj Robert E. Burgess 29 Jun 1973 - 31 Jul 1973
LtCol Roy M. Marks 1 Aug 1973 - 20 Dec 1974
Maj Donald E. Sudduth 21 Dec 1974 - 31 Dec 1975
LtCol Cleo P. Stapleton, Jr. 1 Feb 1975 - 20 Aug 1976
Maj Robert D. Dasch 21 Aug 1976 - 26 Aug 1976
LtCol "Billy" W. Adams 27 Aug 1976 - 12 Jul 1978
Maj James P. Crowley 13 Jul 1978 - 12 Sep 1978
LtCol George R. Griggs 13 Sep 1978 - 12 Sep 1978
LtCol Richard S. Pyne 10 Jan 1980 - *(as of 31 Dec 1980)
LtCol George E. Turner, Jr. *(as of 1 Jan 1982) - 10 Jun 1982
LtCol Frederick W. Beekman III 11 Jun 1982 - *( as of 31 Dec 1982)
Lt Col William C. Shaver *(as of 1 Jan 1984) - 27 Jun 1985
LtCol Ronald D. Sortino 28 Jun 1985 - 27 May 1987
Col Robert R. Green 28 May 1987 - 22 Apr 1988
LtCol Michael G. Roth 23 Apr 1988 - *( as of 31 Dec 1989)
LtCol James E. Vesley *(Unk) - 2 Jul 1991
LtCol George E. Holmes 3 Jul 1991 - 25 Jun 1992
LtCol James E. Hull 26 Jun 1992 - 8 Jun 1993
LtCol Robert C. Dickerson 9 Jun 1993 - 17 Nov 1994
LtCol Andrew J. Peters 18 Nov 1994 - 6 Jun 1996
LtCol M. Wayne Phillips 7 Jun 1996 - 31 Aug 1997
Col M. Wayne Philips 1 Sep 1998 - 26 Jun 1998
LtCol Jeffrey D. Everest 27 Jun 1998 - 15 Jun 2000
LtCol Richard E. Smith 16 June 2000 - 14 June 2002
LtCol Craig C. Crenshaw 15 Jun 2002 - 29 Jun 2004
LtCol John R. Gambrino 30 Jun 2004 - 14 Jan 2005
LtCol David M. Smith 15 Jan 2005 - 21 Apr 2006
Redesignated as Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2D Marine Logistics Regiment on 21 April 2006
Col William M. Faulkner 21 Apr 2006- 31 Aug 2006
Col David M. Smith 1 Sep 2006 - 3 Mar 2008
Col William M. Faulkner 3 Mar 2008 - 28 Mar 2008
Col Vincent A. Coglianese 28 Mar 2008 - 9 Jan 2009
Col Douglas C. Linden 10 Jan 2009 - 24 Nov 2009
Col Brian T. Oliver 24 Nov 2009 - 5 Jan 2010
Col Vincent A. Coglianese 6 Jan 2010 - 14 Jun 2010
Col Mark R. Hollahan 14 Jun 2010 - 30 Nov 2010
LtCol Gary Keim 1 Dec 2010 - 22 Mar 2011
Col Gary Keim 23 Mar 2011 - 30 Sep 2011
LtCol Kevin G. Collins 1 Oct 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
LtCol Christopher G. Downs 1 Jan 2012 - 19 Mar 2012
Col Mark R. Hollahan 19 Mar 2012 - 14 Dec 2012
Col Gary F. Keim 14 Dec 2012-
Redesignated as Headquarters Regiment, 2D Marine Logistics Group on 1 Aug 2014. Redesignated as Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2D Marine Logistics Group 1 Oct 2018
Col Neibel
Col B. A. Miller
Col Brian W. Mullery
Col Lauren S. Edwards
Col Daniel Coleman 5 May 23 - 29 Jun 23
Col Melissa D. Chestnut 29 Jun 23 - present