There are three active duty Recon Battalions and one Reserve. In keeping with the three Marine Divisions they support, 1st Recon Battalion is based on Camp Pendleton in California, 2nd Recon at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and 3rd on Okinawa. Elements of 4th Recon Bn are based throughout th...
New Orleans is a good midpoint for travel (methinks), will be in a reasonable state of weather, may/repeat/may have opportunity to tie in with Marine Corps reserve aviation reserve component in the vicinity, and has WW II museum that gets good reviews on a number of fronts." Responses ...
A temporary SLF was organized from 2 Oct – 8 Nov as a reserve with BLT 3/3 and HMM-163 during primary SLF maneuvers in the Philippines. BLT 1/9 relieved BLT 3/26 on the SLF at the end of the year. The line up of squadrons at the end of the year included HMM’s 164, 165,...
I attended Officer Candidate School while attending the University of Oklahoma and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the USMC Reserve after I completed my degree. In the USMC at the time the Reserve commission was more of a legal matter, I would serve on Active Duty in the Marines...