Baton Rouge, Louisiana

==Military installations==
Baton Rouge is home station to the [[Louisiana Army National Guard]] 769th Engineer Battalion,<ref>{{Cite web|title=769th ENGINEER BATTALION – Lineage and Honors Information – U.S. Army Center of Military History|url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/eng/0769enbn.htm|access-date=2020-07-31|website=history.army.mil}}</ref> which had units deployed to [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The [[Armory (military)|armory]] near LSU has three company-sized units: 769th HSC (headquarters support company); 769th FSC (forward support company); and the 927th [[Sapper]] Company. Other units of the battalion are located at [[Napoleonville]] (928th Sapper Company); [[Baker, Louisiana]] (926th MAC mobility augmentation company); and [[Gonzales, Louisiana]] (922nd Horizontal Construction Company).

The 769th Engineer Battalion is part of the [[225th Engineer Brigade]], headquartered in [[Pineville, Louisiana]], at [[Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville]]. Four engineer battalions and an independent bridging company are in the 225th Engineer Brigade, making it the largest engineer group in the [[US Army Corps of Engineers]].

Baton Rouge is also home to [[3rd Battalion 23rd Marines|3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment]] (3/23),<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines (3/23) on MarineParents.com|url=https://marineparents.com/units/print.asp?id=418|access-date=2020-07-31|website=MarineParents.com}}</ref> a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout the Midwestern United States consisting of about 800 marines and sailors. The battalion was first formed in 1943 for service in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, taking part in a number of significant battles including those at Saipan and Iwo Jima before being deactivated at the end of the war. In the early 1960s, the unit was reactivated as a reserve battalion. The battalion is headquartered in [[St. Louis|Saint Louis, Missouri]], with outlying units throughout the [[Midwestern United States]]. 3/23 falls under the command of the 23rd Marine Regiment and the [[4th Marine Division (United States)|4th Marine Division]].