Story by 2nd Lt. Leah Curtright | 3d Marine Division | 04.13.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII – Since January 14, a platoon of U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division has been conducting training on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in preparation for integrating with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment and its subordinate battalions while forward in the Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 25....
Story by Lance Cpl. Timothy Valero | 1st Marine Division | 03.08.2016
The calm of the room was broken as a pair of Marines entered with rifles at the ready. One Marine spotted an insurgent hiding in the room. “Put your hands up. Put your hands up,” yelled the Marine. The startled insurgent, with little hesitation, raised his hands high in the air. A Marine moved quickly to detain and search him as a fellow Marine stood guard. “Well done, well done,” said......
Story by Cpl. William Perkins | 1st Marine Division | 01.28.2016
The smell of sea salt and the roar of engines fills the senses as three rigid-hulled inflatable boats cut through the water off the coast of California....
Story by Lance Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 12.21.2015
Marine Corps Reconnaissance units serve as the eyes and ears of the commander, providing information necessary to employ troops effectively. This large undertaking is typically carried out with a small team of specially trained Marines, but that changed during Steel Knight....
Story by Sgt. Tony Simmons | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.20.2015
As clouds covered the sky and rain fell upon the jungle canopy, two teams of reconnaissance Marines stepped out into the darkness to begin a training mission unlike most of them had ever encountered. Marines with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted jungle reconnaissance and surveillance training aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Nov.......
Story by Sgt. Tony Simmons | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.17.2015
Marines and Sailors with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, toured the USS Mississippi, a Virginia Class Block 5 submarine, and received classes in underwater insertion tactics, Nov. 17, 2015, aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii....
Story by Pfc. Devan Gowans | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.18.2015
Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company and Reconnaissance Training Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted parachute training operations aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 17, 2015....
Story by Cpl. Tony Simmons | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.09.2015
Marines with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted weapons familiarization training aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept 9, 2015....
