4th Medical Battalion (United States Marine Corps)

To provide direct and general Health Service Support (HSS) to Marine Forces Reserve in order to sustain the combat effort. Secondary mission is to provide security for the Shock Trauma Platoons (STP) and Forward Resuscitative Surgical Systems (FRSS).

• Headquarters and Services Company – San Diego, CA
• Headquarters and Services Company, Detachment 3 - Fort Worth, TX
• Surgical Company Alpha – North Versailles, PA
• Surgical Company Alpha, Detachment 1 - Knoxville, TN
• Surgical Company Alpha, Detachment 2- Cincinnati, OH
• Surgical Company Bravo – Washington, DC
• Surgical Company Bravo, Detachment 4 - Fort Dix, NJ
• Surgical Company Bravo, Detachment 5 - New York, NY
• Surgical Company Bravo, Detachment 6 - Orlando, FL

4th Medical Battalion was deployed as a whole in 2003 in support of operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon arrival to Kuwait the forces supported the mission. Since then the unit has been actively deployed in support of operations in Iraq. In 2006 reservists from San Diego H&S Detachment mobilized for combat operations in the Anbar Province of Al Fallujah, Iraq with 1st Battalion-24th Marines, Weapons Company. Also in September 2007, reservists from 4th Medical Battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Surgical Company Bravo, Al Taqqadum Surgical, Camp Fallujah and Al Taqqadum|Camp Taqaddum. These members returned in late March and demobilized while more reservists from the battalion deployed to replace those stationed at TQ and Korean Village.

As of May 2010, many of the reservists from H&S Company have volunteered for duty in Afghanistan, with Provisional MP Company and PSD. Regardless of rank and MOS, reservists at 4th medical Battalion continue to move forward and volunteer for deployment.

• Medical Battalion's official website[1]