The United States Marine Corps Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions, or LAR Battalions, are fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance units that conduct reconnaissance-in-force (RIF) ahead of the battalion landing teams or division infantry forces.

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 counterinsurgency...

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...

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

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

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 economy of...

“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 addresses...

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

Reserve Marines with Cobra Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (4th LAR), execute a Tube-Launched, Optically tracked, Wire guided (TOW) missile shoot during pre-deployment...

1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Highlanders," their primary weapon system is the LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle armed with the M242 25mm Bushmaster chain gun.