SQUADRON LINEAGE
1967 – 2023
ACTIVATED 1 SEPTEMBER 1967 AT DA NANG, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, AS MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 1 AND ASSIGNED TO MARINE WING HEADQUARTERS GROUP 1, 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING
PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM, SEPTEMBER 1967 – APRIL 1971 OPERATING FROM DA NANG
RELOCATED DURING APRIL 1971 TO IWAKUNI, JAPAN
REDESIGNATED 1 JULY 1971 AS MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 18 AND REASSIGNED TO MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 18
RELOCATED DURING APRIL 1976 TO CAMP ZUKERAN, OKINAWA, JAPAN
RELOCATED DURING MARCH 1980 TO CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION SEA ANGEL, BANGLADESH, MAY - JULY 1991
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION RESTORE HOPE, SOMALIA, DECEMBER 1992 - APRIL 1993
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE, GUAM, SEPTEMBER 2001 - JUNE 2002
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS, PHILIPPINES, IN RESPONSE TO MUDSLIDES, DECEMBER 2004
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, THAILAND AND INDONESIA, JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2005
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS, INDONESIA, IN RESPONSE TO AN EARTHQUAKE, MAY 2006
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, 2001 INTO 2006
ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DAMAYAN, PHILIPPINES, NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2013