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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES Marines from force reconnaissance platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoot rounds from .45-caliber pistols during close quarter tactics shooting at the Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 13. Capt. Brian VanHoose, the platoon commander and a native of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, said their shooting drills are practice for […]
CRAWFORDSVILLE, AR, UNITED STATES Staff Sgt. Brian Pittaway, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit force reconnaissance platoon team one team leader and native of Annapolis, Md., places a door breach while Staff Sgt. Andreas Owens, team one assistant team leader and native of Hendersonville, N.C., provides security during an assault on a live-fire house during close quarters […]
United States Marine Corps Force Recon Training | Swift, Silent, Deadly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdYcgxFNz8 This video is a compilation of US Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance training: Combined-arms raid 00:00 Marksmanship training 02:09 Fast rope and deck clearing drills 03:47 Dive Operation 05:53 Proficiency jump training 08:10 Load and launch combat rubber raiding crafts 10:30 Night infiltration 11:32 […]
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES U.S. Reconnessaince Marines with 4th Force Reconnessaince Battalion pose with the American flag during dive operations in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Dec. 9, 2016. The mission of Marine Corps Base Hawaii is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families in order to […]
USS ESSEX, USPACOM, AT SEA A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force prepares for a reconnaissance and surveillance mission during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego March 1, 2015. MRF Marines took off from the USS Essex (LHD-2) and parachuted from an Osprey […]
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES Photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Lapi Cpl. Alan Williams, a radio operator with force reconnaissance platoon shoots an M4 carbine rifle during close quarter tactics shooting at the Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 13. Capt. Brian VanHoose, the platoon commander and a native of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, said […]
The MEU(SOC) pistol is a modified 1911 .45 ACP pistol developed for USMC special operations units such as Force Recon and MARSOC. USMC Force Recon units have been using the pistol since 1985. It is officially designated as the M45 MEU(SOC). The Marine Corps’ Precision Weapons Shop (PWS) in Quantico, Virginia made the following modifications […]
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