3rd Marine Littoral Regiment was activated on 3 March 2022, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The 3rd MLR was redesignated from 3rd Marine Regiment and inherits the lineage of that storied regiment.The Marine Littoral Regiment, as part of the Stand-in-Force, disrupts the adversary in a contested littoral environment through reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, and sea denial operations in order to support the maritime campaign.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nikolas Ruiz, a native of New Jersey and a low altitude air defense gunner with 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3rd...
U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, fire a Multi-Purpose Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Jordan, a native of Illinois and a machine gunner with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd...
U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division rehearse clearing in a taped house layout on Marine Corps...
U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division participate in the inaugural 3d MLR Patronage Day on Marine Corps Base Hawaii,...
A U.S. Marine with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division defends a building during a force-on-force training event...
U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division pose for a group photograph on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 26, 2024. The Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rasheed Awyan spray paints a quadcon on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 12, 2024. 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion is...
U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment are recipients of the following Marine Corps Association (MCA) Information Awards: the Lt. Col. Kevin M. Shea Memorial Unit of the Year Award, the Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian “Joe” Graniero Restricted Officer Communications Award, the General Alfred M. Gray Award, and the Influence Officer of the Year Award.
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With modernization and pacing threats challenging the Marine Corps to improve in new ways, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment remains at the forefront of innovation. One such advancement in the regiment’s training methodologies and warfighting tactics is the Littoral Reconnaissance Team concept. From January 18-25, 2024, Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team spent a week at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, experimenting with the LRT concept.
3d Marine Littoral Regiment demonstrated its readiness and ability to establish a forward presence during exercise KAMANDAG 7
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- On Dec. 8, 2023, Cpl. Caleb Williams, a rifleman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his heroic actions while saving the life of a fellow Marine.
The Marine Corps Systems Command's Advanced Manufacturing Systems team is innovating to overcome the logistical challenges of the modern battlefield and ensure access to mission-critical equipment as the Marine Corps strategically shifts towards the Indo-Pacific region.
MLR-TE marked the first field training exercise featuring a MLR with all of its subordinate battalions integrated into a Marine Air-Ground Task Force operating as a Stand-in-Force. The 3rd Marine Division deployed its forward command element from Okinawa, Japan to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado where it functioned as an “intermediate headquarters” – a MAGTF headquarters providing command and control of the SiF, to include 3rd MLR and several other units, linking it to the U.S. Navy Fleet and other joint forces...
A Marine Littoral Regiment will be a self-deployable, multi-domain force optimized for the contact and blunt layers. It will persistently operate across the competition continuum to support the Joint Force’s role in assuring allies and partners, deterring adversaries, conducting and enabling Joint Force contact, blunt, and surge activities.