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1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment Awarded French Fourragere after Assignment to 6th Marine Regiment - 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment Awarded French Fourragere after Assignment to 6th Marine Regiment

1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment Awarded French Fourragere after Assignment to 6th Marine Regiment

Leaders from 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV) recently welcomed “The Beirut Battalion” to their ranks, as the Marines and Sailors of 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (1st Bn., 8th Marines) were formally awarded the historic French Fourragere by 6th Marines at a ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune on November 25, 2020. The integration and Fourragere presentation is a result of 1st Bn., 8th Marines’ realignment under 6th Marine Regiment Headquarters, as part of the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030.

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