Opinion: The Marine Corps must take the lead on ensuring Maj. James Capers Jr. receives the MOH while he's still alive, the ...

The mission of Force Recon is to conduct amphibious reconnaissance, deep ground reconnaissance, surveillance, battle-space shaping and limited scale raids in support of the Marine Expeditionary ...

The history of Marine Raiders and Recon Marines is intertwined; both draw their lineage to the early WWII units. Force and Division Recon units have been activated and deactivated over the years ...

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. Supreme Court ...

Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct free fall jump training from a C-130 Hercules with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton ...

US Marine Corps Photo Recon Marines see many ways MMX in helping them support the 1st Marine Division. “We’ve been using them for whatever we can, for whatever mission we can,” said Capt.

(Courtesy of Jim Capers) A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a ...

Reconnaissance Company, Headquarters Battalion, 4th Marine Division, needed three radio operators. Harris stepped forward. “I came to the conclusion that if it had to be done, why shove it off ...

Daniel Wittnam, the director of the Marine Corps Integration Division, told Defense News. Heckl acknowledged the magnitude of change the reconnaissance community would see in the coming years ...

Before Whaley began the reconnaissance course ... the base also headquarters the 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations West. Last month, Sgt.