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The 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion (3rd Recon) conducts amphibious and ground reconnaissance in support of the 3rd Marine Division and Marine Forces Pacific (MarForPac), operating in the commander's areas of influence. The battalion is based out of Camp Schwab, a satellite base of Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler.
During the Vietnam War, one of the reconnaissance officers of Code 121, then-Major Alex Lee, brought most of his testing experience to 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company when he was assigned as the commanding officer from 1969 to 1970.
The first DRPs were formed in March 1975 after the conclusion of American involvement in the Vietnam War, when the Marine Corps was downsized; Force Recon was reduced to a single regular company. Both 1st and 3d Battalion received a 23-man Deep Reconnaissance Platoon. [ 5 ]
1 April 1965 – Activated as 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, FMF for further transfer to the Republic of Viet Nam. 5 March 1966 – Detachment (2 Platoons) of 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, FMF deployed to Viet Nam. 9 June 1966 – 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company (-) moved from Camp Lejeune, N. C. to Camp Pendleton, California.
Like most infantry battalions in the Marine Corps in the post-Vietnam era, 3rd Battalion consisted of five companies: three Rifle Companies, a Headquarters and Service Company (H&S), and a Weapons Company. [3] During the Vietnam War, infantry battalions had a fourth rifle company, which was replaced with Weapons Company in the 1980s. [nb 2] [4]
He completed The Basic School, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, in November 1967. In December 1967, he arrived in the Republic of Vietnam, where he was assigned duty as a platoon commander of "Team Box Score", 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
3rd Marine Division, 2nd Raider's sign on Bougainville A young Marine waits on the beach at Da Nang in Vietnam during the Marine landing, March 8, 1965. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Kassow, a rifleman with 3d Marine Division, provides security during the 3d Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine ...
Purple Heart Medal. Combat Action Ribbon. Alma mater. USMA, B.S. 1962. Frank Stanley Reasoner (16 September 1937 – 12 July 1965) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions above and beyond the call of duty in 1965 during the Vietnam War .