III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion descend after jumping from U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawks and U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawks during Military Free Fall operations over Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Dec 11-14, 2023. The training sustains operational readiness while ensuring Marines are prepared to rapidly insert into austere environments through multiple methods. The U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk is assigned to U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan and the MH-60 Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12, Carrier Air Wing 5. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Noah Masog) The video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Four Seasons Winter Allegro non molto performed by Antonio Vivaldi, MusicRevolution/stock.adobe.com

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, conduct various training exercises during Force Design Integration Exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 12-27, 2023. Force Design Integration Exercise demonstrates the current capabilities of 3d Marine Littoral Regiment and Joint counterparts. Through the demonstration of Force Design 2030- enabled capabilities, 3d MLR show cases the implementation of technology, doctrine, and policy initiatives to allow SiF to sense and make-sense of potential adversaries, seize and hold key maritime terrain, and conduct reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Grace Gerlach)

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion execute Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line parachute operations over Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 16-18, 2023. The training sustains operational readiness while ensuring Marines are prepared to rapidly insert into austere environments through multiple methods. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Israel Sheber)

The U.S. Marine Corps' 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division is a lethal, ready force with a mission to conduct amphibious reconnaissance, ground reconnaissance, surveillance, battlespace shaping, and specialized raids in support of the Division and its subordinate elements, or a designated Marine Air-Ground Task Force. For information on how to become a Reconnaissance Marine, contact your career planner. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Noah Masog)