The United States Marine Corps Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions, or LAR Battalions, are fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance units that conduct reconnaissance …

1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR) once again deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to relieve 2nd LAR on September 2005. Their primary focus being...

The LAR battalion performs combined arms reconnaissance and security missions in support of the ground combat element (GCE). Its mission is to conduct reconnaissance; security and …

Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 3-14, Employment of the Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, addresses the tactical employment of the light armored recon …

The Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Marine Course provides training and education to entry-level Marines that will serve as LAR vehicle drivers within a LAR battalion. Upon …

Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Training Company provides entry-level training and instruction for Marines to operate, drive, and maintain the family of Light Armored Vehicles …

LtCol Dick enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 2005 as an Administrative Specialist—his first assignment to Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) in Quantico, …

Marines with Fox Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, execute the course of fire during The Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) on Range Alpha, Stone …

“Why we fight” Marines with Cobra Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), listen to Sergeant Major Gerard Casimir Jr., Senior Enlisted Advisor (SEA) of 3D LAR as he …

The Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Leaders Course provides training and education to Infantry Officers and Staff Non-Commissioned Officers to command and supervise the training,...