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Recon Marines Honor Fallen

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joseph Singletary, center back, and Sgt. Zackary Petty, right, both reconnaissance Marines with 3d Reconnaissance...

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Offensive Operations

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division enter an underground tunnel in support of offensive operations during the Korean...

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Surveillance and Patrolling

A U.S. Marine with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division prepares to step off at night for bilateral surveillance and patrolling training...

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Small Boat Handling Training

U.S. Marines practice flipping over combat rubber raiding crafts during small boat handling training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, January 23,...

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KMEP 25.1

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division fire their M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles during the Korean Marine Exercise Program...

3d Reconnaissance Battalion Leaders

Commanding Officer, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion

Lieutenant Colonel Eric D. Prentice

A Southern California native, LtCol Eric Prentice graduated from the US Naval Academy and commissioned into the Marine Corps in 2009. First assigned to 3d Battalion, 9th Marines, he deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 as a Rifle Platoon Commander and then again in 2012 as a CAAT Platoon Commander. After...

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Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major Justin R. Gates

Sergeant Major Gates was born on 14 July, 1984 in Fort Worth, Texas and entered the Marine Corps on 30 July, 2002. He underwent recruit training at MCRD San Diego where he was meritoriously promoted to Private First Class upon graduation. PFC Gates reported to the School of Infantry for Marine...