Headquarters and Service Battalion
           

                      Commanding Officer                        Battalion Sergeant Major 
                      Colonel Jennifer E. Shaar            Sergeant Major Dennis J. Downing
                                       

MISSION: Provide technical direction, staff cognizance, and supervision of support functions for recruit training and operational control and guidance for the Western Recruiting Region via staff primaries; provide installation management and administrative support for personnel assigned to the Battalion, Marine Corps detachments, and Depot transients; ensure good order, discipline, and readiness of all Battalion military personnel; conduct law and order operations and be prepared to control all-hazard, emergency response operations aboard the installation.