Unit History

MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 48

Unit History

Activated 10 April 1952 at Chicago IL, as 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. U.S Marine Corps Reserve. Located in Chicago near White Sox Park on 35th Street.

Redesignated 1 July 1962 as 5th Communication Battalion, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force.

Redesignated 1 May 1967 as Marine Wing Communication Squadron 4, and re assigned to 4th Marine Aircraft Wing.

Redesignated 1 July 1971 as Marine Wing Communication Squadron 48.

Their were two Squadrons - MWCS-48 and MWCTS-407. (Marine Wing Communications Training Squadron-407).  MWCTS-407 was formed by the Communication Platoons that would normally be part of the Marine Air Base Squadrons. The thinking was that the Marines would be better trained in on central location rather than being located with the MABS.

Relocated in 1974 to Naval Air Station Glenview, IL

1977 attached to MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 48.  MWCTS-407 was merged with MWCS-48.

Mobilized in support of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia FEB - JUN 1991.  Approximately ½ of the Squadron was activated while the remainder was near mobilization. Squadron Marines served in North Carolina, Norway, and in the Persian Gulf.

Relocated during September to Fort Sheridan in Highwood, IL in 1995

Relocated during November 2001 to Great lakes, IL

Mobilized in support of Operation IRAQI Freedom, IRAQ FEB 2003