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3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn

 

3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn

"The strength of the pack is the wolf, the strength of the wolf is the pack."

1st Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, September 6-12, 2019. The MCCRE was used to formally evaluate units in execution of core LAR Mission Essential Tasks prior to an operational deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Mason Roy)
3D LAR Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation
U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, September 6-12, 2019. The MCCRE was used to formally evaluate units in execution of core LAR Mission Essential Tasks prior to an operational deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Mason Roy)
U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, camouflage a Light Armored Vehicle during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
3rd LAR, Blackfoot Company MCCRE
U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, camouflage a Light Armored Vehicle during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Trevor Kunz, a team leader with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, scans the surrounding area during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 7, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
Blackfoot Company MCCRE
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Trevor Kunz, a team leader with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, scans the surrounding area during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 7, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Marcos Luna, an exercise evaluator with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, looks at a map during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
Blackfoot Company MCCRE
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Marcos Luna, an exercise evaluator with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, looks at a map during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Trevor Kunz, a team leader with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, attaches camouflage netting to a Light Armored Vehicle during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
Blackfoot Company MCCRE
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Trevor Kunz, a team leader with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, attaches camouflage netting to a Light Armored Vehicle during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kashan Hobson, a vehicle commander with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, swings an axe at the surrounding foliage during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
Blackfoot Company MCCRE
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kashan Hobson, a vehicle commander with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, swings an axe at the surrounding foliage during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 6, 2019. The MCCRE is used to formally evaluate Marines on their combat readiness prior to their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)

3dLAR conducts light armored reconnaissance, security and offensive operations IOT provide mission capable task organized forces in support of enduring and emerging operational commitments across the Range of Military Operations.



LtCol Zebulon C. Philpott
Battalion Commander, 3D Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
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SgtMaj Robert L. Jacobs
Sergeant Major, 3D Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
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