Lineage

1951 – 1964

Activated 2 March 1951 at Camp Catlin, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and assigned to Fleet Marine Force Pacific
Relocated during September 1951 to Marine Corps supply depot, Oahu, territory of Hawaii.
Relocated in October 1955 to Camp H. M. Smith, Oahu, territory of Hawaii.

1965 – 1974

Sub Unit #1, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company activated 19 May 1965
Sub Unit #1 deployed during May 1965 to the Republic of Vietnam and assigned to military assistance command.
Sub Unit #1 participated in the war in Vietnam, May 1965 through March 1973, operating from various locations.
1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company relocated during May 1971 to San Diego, California.
Re-designated 6 July 1972 as separate brigade platoon, 1st ANGLICO Sub Unit #1 deactivated 14 March 1973 in Vietnam

1975 – 1985

Separate brigade platoon, 1st ANGLICO relocated in January 1975 to Camp Pendleton, CA
Assigned January 1979 to the 1st Marine Division
Re-designated 30 May 1980 as separate brigade platoon, 2nd ANGLICO
Reassigned during January 1984 to the 1 Marine Amphibious Force
Re-designated 5 December 1985 as 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

1986-2002

Reassigned during September 1989 to 1st Surveilance Reconnaissance Intelligence Group
Participated in OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, Southwest Asia, September 1990 – April 1991
Elements participated in OPERATION RESTORE HOPE, Somalia, December 1992 – May 1993
1st Surveillance Reconnaisance Intelligence Group re-designated 9 June 1998 as I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group
Re-designated 14 May 1999 as Marine Liaison Element, I Marine Expeditionary Force Group
Deployed during November 2002 to Kuwait in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

2003-2008

Participated in OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq, March 2003 -June 2003
Re-designated 19 September 2003 as 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Elements participated in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq in various locations
February 2004 – September 2004
August 2004 – February 2005
Deployed in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq in various locations
August 2005 – March 2006
September 2006 – March 2007
February 2008 – Present

Honors

Presidential Unit Citation

Iraq, 2003

Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with Two Bronze Stars

Vietnam

18 February 1968-31 July 1969
1 April-10 September 1972

Southwest Asia

14 August 1990 – 16 April 1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer with Three Bronze Stars

Vietnam

1 September 1969 – 31 May 1970
14 April – 27 June 1971
1 August 1981 – 30 June 1983
10 December 1996 – 10 January 1998

National Defense Service Streamer with Three Bronze Stars

2 March 1951 – 27 July 1954
1 January 1961 – 15 August 1974
2 August 1990 – 30 November 1995
11 September 2001 – present

Vietnam Service Streamer with Two Silver and Two Bronze Stars

Tet Counteroffensive, 30 January – 1 April 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase IV 2 April – 30 June 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase V, 1 July – 1 November 1968
Vietnam Counteroffensive Phase VI, 2 November 1968 – 22 February 1969
Tet 1969 Counteroffensive, 23 February – 8 June 1969
Vietnam Summer – Fall 1969, 9 June – 31 October 1969
Vietnam, Winter – Spring 1970,
1 November 1969 – 30 April 1970 Consolidation,
1 July – 30 November 1971 Consolidation,
1 December 1971 – 29 March 1972
Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign, 30 March 1972 – 28 January 1973

Southwest Asia Service Streamer with Two Bronze Stars

1 September 1990 – 16 January 1991
17 January – 11 April 1991

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Iraq, 2003
Iraqi Campaign Medal with Two Bronze Stars
August 2005 – March 2006
September 2006 – March 2007
February 2008 – Present