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The 3rd Recon Battalion consists of approximately 450 Marines and Fleet Marine Force sailors that falls under the command of the 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Company B was formed from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Company due to the formation of the Marine Special Operations Teams (MSOT) in 2006.
The 2D Reconnaissance Battalion Association; 3rd Recon Association; Recon & Sniper Foundation; Oliva, GySgt Mark (17 May 2006). "Marine Recon adapts to growing mission in Iraq". Marine Corps News. United States Marine Corps. Story ID#: 20065224041.. Article on changes to the Reconnaissance Battalions' mission brought on by fourth generation ...
3rd Marine Division, 2nd Raider's sign on Bougainville A young Marine waits on the beach at Da Nang in Vietnam during the Marine landing, March 8, 1965. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Kassow, a rifleman with 3d Marine Division, provides security during the 3d Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine ...
The Marine Raider battalions of the Marine Raider regiment provide the principal special operations combat capability of the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command in performing direct action, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, foreign internal defense, and unconventional warfare missions.
Marines from the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion practice JumpMaster Personnel Inspection (JMPI) during the Military Free-Fall Jumpmaster Course, conducted by the U.S. Military Free-Fall School's Mobile Training Team at Kadena Air Base, part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. Tactical Air Control Party – one per team
In November 1968, Anderson was reassigned duty with the 3rd Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam, and served initially as a rifleman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines. In January 1969, he assumed duty as a scout, and later, Assistant Fire Team Leader with Company E, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Anderson was ...
3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (3D LAR BN) is a fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance battalion of the United States Marine Corps.Their primary weapon system is the LAV-25 and they are part of the 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force.
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, abbreviated as (3/3), was an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps, based out of Kaneohe, Hawaii.Known as either "Trinity" or "America's Battalion", the unit normally fell under the command of the 3rd Marine Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division. [1]