The mission of Force Recon is to conduct amphibious reconnaissance ... Marines a light-force raid unit much like the British Royal Marine Commandos, and the "Observation Group" of the 1st ...

A South Carolina lawmaker’s bill would waive the requirement that troops receive the Medal of Honor within five years of ...

For starters, Reconnaissance Marines are the tip of the spear in the United States Marine Corps. Within their community are two distinct elements: Division Recon and Force Recon. More for You ...

Recon Marines have a history that traces back to World War II when the Marine Raiders and Observation Group were first established in the early 1940s. The Marine Corps needed a clearing force for ...

The Royal Marines, however, saw the commando concepts as a welcome ... The marines basically lost two of their four Force Recon companies (one of them a reserve unit) in order to build MARSOC.

The first ULTVs are being fielded to I Marine Expeditionary Force. For Recon, the MMX “can fill ... 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and British Royal Marines Commandos assigned to 40 Commando ...

Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 ...

Marines with 4th Recon Battalion and 3d Force Recon Company participate in a small craft on-the-water demonstration provided by the civilian boat vendors at the Marine Forces Reserve and Defense ...