3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
| 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | |
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3rd LAR insignia
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| Active | May 1983–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Type | Armored reconnaissance battalion |
| Role | Screen in advance of maneuver units |
| Part of |
1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms |
| Nickname(s) | "Wolfpack" |
| Motto(s) | "The strength of the pack is the wolf, the strength of the wolf is the pack." |
| Engagements |
Operation Desert Storm |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Lt. Col. Philip C. Lang |
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Restore Hope
Operation Iraqi Freedom
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (3rd LAR) 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. The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California.
An Organic Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion consists of four line companies, a combat trains element, a field trains element, and a combat operations center (COC) organized as follows:
An organic Light Armored Reconnaissance Company consists of five platoons of light armored vehicles (LAVs) organized as follows:
An LAV-25 crew consists of a driver, usually a junior 0313 (the MOS designation for LAV Crewman), a gunner, and a vehicle commander (VC). The gunner operates the main gun, the M242 Bushmaster chaingun, and the VC makes target acquisition changes and assists the gunner in making adjustments. The remaining crew consists of up to six scouts (0311s), but in most cases there are only three or four assigned per vehicle. There is also a corpsman and a LAV mechanic (2147) per platoon. The LAV-C2 crew consists of a driver, a VC, radio operators, and depending on the situation may include the Company Commander (CO), the company First Sergeant (1stSgt), or even a forward air controller (FAC). The LAV-R is made up of a driver, VC (normally the company Maintenance Chief), and a couple of LAV mechanics. The logistics variants consist of a driver, VC, and based on their configuration, mission dependent personnel, e.g. corpsmen, mechanics, and scouts. The weapons vehicles include drivers, VCs, and mortar men (0341) or anti-tank men (0352) respectively.
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