1st Marine Logistics Group The 1st Marine Logistics Group ( 1st MLG ) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California , with detachments located at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma , Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms . Subordinate units . The 1st Marine Logistics Group comprises : History . The current 1st Marine Logistics Group was activated on 30 March 1976 . The lineage of 1st MLG dates back to 1 July 1947 when it was activated as the 1st Combat Service Group ( 1st CSG ) , Service Command , Fleet Marine Force at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii . In the same month , 1st CSG was relocated to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California . Korean War . In August 1950 , 1st CSG was deployed to Kobe , Japan ; and was subsequently deployed in September 1950 to Inchon , Korea , assigned to the 1st Marine Division . They participated in the Korean War , fighting at Inchon - Seoul , Chosin Reservoir , the East - Central front , and the Western front . In August 1951 , they were reassigned to the Fleet Marine Force ; and in October 1951 , reassigned to the 1st Marine Division . In May 1953 , they were again reassigned to Fleet Marine Force and relocated to MCB Camp Pendleton , California . On 1 March 1957 , 1st CSG was redesignated as the 1st Force Service Regiment . Vietnam War . In February 1967 , the 1st Force Service Regiment was deployed to the Republic of Vietnam . On 15 February 1967 , they were redesignated / assigned as the 1st Force Service Regiment , Force Logistic Command , Fleet Marine Force and assigned to the III Marine Amphibious Force . They participated in the Vietnam War from February 1967 to April 1971 , operating from Da Nang , South Vietnam . 1970s . On 23 April 1971 , 1st Force Service Regiment , FMF was relocated to Camp Pendleton , California . Then on 30 April 1976 , they were redesignated as 1st Force Service Support Group ( 1st FSSG ) . 1990s . In the 1990s , 1st Force Service Support Group ( 1FSSG ) participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm from September 1990 to April 1991 ; and in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia from December 1992 to February 1993 . Global War on Terror . The Marines of 1st MLG have been deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on four separate occasions thus far . The 1st Force Service Support Group deployed to Iraq in early 2003 in response to the continual rejection of UN inspectors . In March 2003 , 1st FSSG elements joined the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force ( I MEF ) in the crossing into Iraq . After approximately one month and the fall of Bagdad , the war was declared over . The Marines of 1st FSSG along with the 1st MEF redeployed back into the States over the rest of the summer 2003 . In January 2004 , the 1st FSSG deployed to Iraq for a second time – for 14 months to various camps in Iraq to include Camp Taqqadum ( HQ ) , Camp Fallujah , Al Asad Air Base , Camp Habbiniyah , and , after the Abu Ghraib scandal , they took over guarding the prison as well . The group was involved with Operation Al Fajr ( The Second Battle of Fallujah ) , the operation to retake the city of Fallujah . The artillery that helped bombard the city were stationed in the 1st FSSG HQ area . They returned to Camp Pendleton in early 2006 . In October 2005 , the group was redesignated as 1st Marine Logistics Group in an effort to make the name reflect the mission . The lower subordinate units were reorganized and some renamed . In February 2007 , the Group returned from their third deployment , having served in several locations , including Camp Fallujah , Camp Al Taqaddum and Al Asad Air Base . The deployment was part of two seven - month assignments , but many Marines stayed for the greater duration of 14 months . In February 2008 , under the command of BGen Robert R . Ruark , took over for the 2nd Marine Logistics Group ( Forward ) at Camp Al Taqaddum , Iraq , operating in Al Anbar Province .