Link was working as a congressional fellow on Capitol Hill when Berger's force design plans were announced. "Tanks have gone everywhere the Marine Corps has gone since 1941 and contributed hopefully to bringing more Marines home alive than otherwise might have happened had they not been present," he said. It hasn't been easy to see that end, but Link, who led 1st Tanks' Delta Company, said he sees the unit's deactivation as an opportunity to celebrate the battalion's contributions. Since its 1941 activation, 1st Tank Battalion saw combat in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan.
We have to go on a diet."Ībout five months later, Berger announced in a sweeping force-wide restructuring that the Marine Corps would no longer operate tanks. "We are too heavy, too cumbersome," Berger said. David Berger told reporters in 2019 that the Marine Corps would likely need to shed some military occupational specialties as the service reorganized to take on new threats. His Marines were not out of a job, but also faced professional uncertainty during a global pandemic.Ĭommandant Gen.
Benjamin Adams, 1st Tank Battalion's commanding officer, on Friday called the unit's deactivation one of the most challenging missions it has had to execute.
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