History
On November 1, 1955, 4th CAG was activated originally as 5th Staff Group at Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia. In 1973, the unit had a table of organization of 30 officers and 50 enlisted and was commanded by Colonel J. Z. Taylor. In the late 1970s, 4th CAG supported several iterations of Operation Solid Shield with NATO. In 1979, 4th CAG was relocated to Naval Support Facility Anacostia. 4th CAG activated several Marines for the first time in the unit's history to support Operation Just Cause in Panama. The entire unit was activated for the first time in December 1990 and deployed for Operation Desert Storm in 1991. During Operation Desert Storm, 4th CAG was assigned to 2nd Marine Division and helped process over 10,000 Iraqi POWs. Immediately upon return from the Middle East, a detachment from 4th CAG deployed to Northern Iraq in support of Operation Provide Comfort to provide humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees. 4th CAG sent numerous detachments to the Balkans in mid-1990s until 2003. 4th CAG participated in numerous New Horizons missions in Central/South America and the Caribbean Islands. 4th CAG deployed to Iraq three times for Operation Iraqi Freedom: (1) February to September 2003, (2) August 2004 to March 2005 and (3) September 2006 to April 2007. 4th CAG sent a detachment to support Joint Task Force Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana from September to October 2005. 4th CAG also sent a detachment to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom in May 2009 and participated in Operation Strike of the Sword.
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