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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 .
On June 1, 2006, 1/3 handed over their area of operations to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment and shortly thereafter returned to Hawaii. [5] In March 2007, 1st Battalion 3d Marines deployed to Haditha, Iraq. 1/3 lost no Marines during this deployment, which was a first for the Marine Corps since the start of OIF. [6]
In April 2009 1st LAR conducted a RIP with 3d LAR and redeployed to Camp Pendleton, CA. (Note, Fox Company, 4th LAR was attached to 1st LAR for the duration of this deployment) 6 March 2009, A LAV-M with Fox Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance, Regimental Combat Team 8, fires an 81mm high explosive mortar at a range here.
In 1983, the First Light Armored Vehicle Battalion (1stLAVB), was created at Marine Corps Air and Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, California. LAR Battalions are tasked with screening for Regimental Combat Teams or Battalion Landing Teams (BLT) and are not to get decisively engaged.
Lt. Colonel "Wild Bill" Whaling [sitting on ground] overlooking map of Guadalcanal with accompanying officers. In 1941, Lieutenant Colonel William "Wild Bill" Whaling, the executive officer of 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, visualized and perceived the use for specialized missions encompassing reconnaissance at the division-level, which would be conducted above the normal infantry ...
Marines of 1st Marine Division fighting on Okinawa, 1945. The 1st Marine Division was activated aboard the USS Texas on 1 February 1941. [5] In May 1941, the 1st MARDIV relocated to Quantico, Virginia and Parris Island, South Carolina and in April 1942, the division began deploying to Samoa and Wellington, New Zealand.
The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines (1/9) reactivated on April 18, 2007, the 2nd Battalion reactivated in July 2007, [9] and the 3rd Battalion reactivated in May 2008. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Each battalion falls under existing regimental headquarters — 1/9 with the 8th Marine Regiment , 2/9 with the 6th Marine Regiment and 3/9 with the 2nd Marine ...
The battalion was reassigned March 16, 1965 to the 3d Marine Division and relocated to Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Company A was deployed to South Vietnam on 7 May 1965 and was attached to the 4th Marine Regiment at Chu Lai Base Area .