Force Recon is the Marines equivalent of Special Forces, Marines tasked with recon and other sensitive missions in small groups. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Getty Images—2003 Getty Images ...

For starters, Reconnaissance Marines are the tip of the spear in the United States Marine Corps. Within their community are two distinct elements: Division Recon and Force Recon.

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division and U.S. Airmen with the 320 Special Tactics Squadron attend a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Camp Schwab, Okinawa ...

During the recent deployment, the task force managed between 400–5,000 Marines and sailors in theater, depending on the level of personnel deployed, said Col. Kevin Shea, task force chief of staff.

The rifle, which is also used by U.S. Special Operations Command forces, includes caliber conversion options, allowing Marines to fine-tune their missions. Barrels can fire 7.62mm, .300 Norma ...

A U.S. Marine uses a squad common optic to conduct a live-fire drill during the Adversary Force Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 17, 2022.

A standard Marine Corps rifle squad will continue to be 13 Marines with at least one rifleman trained for expertise in long-range weapons like drones, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith ...

Colt Manufacturing of Hartford Conn. - longtime maker of several generations of M-16 rifles - and South Carolina-based FN Manufacturing Co. will produce the weapons for the Marine Corps.

Beginning Oct. 1, all active-duty Marines and sailors assigned to Fleet Marine Force will qualify with the demanding new Annual Rifle Qualification, or ARQ -- a course of fire designed to assess ...