US Marines Recon Engage Enemy Forces

U.S. Marines with Company B., 1st Reconnaissance Battalion engage enemy forces from a patrol base near Sangin, Afghanistan, November 19, 2010. The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is conducting counter insurgency operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force. 11.19.2010

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[USMCRECON1998]

My dad: Force Recon Sniper 1968-1972

My Brother: Force Recon Marine 1990-1993

Me: When I graduate college til when I die Commanding officer of a Recon Platoon cant wait

OORAH!!!

[MrRayGalan]

who's dumb enough to engage with RECON Marines

[ARMYmos18B]

@USMCRECON1998 go MARSOC

[dejameenpazguey]

penis shaped doors are cool.

[ARMA365]

@xxdrpapiixx until and ied blows hes balls off

[xxdrpapiixx]

@USMCRECON1998

Hey, you dont have to die ;) just show the enemy how boss you Really are ! :D

[devildogin2012]

has anybody seen a show that showed a few recon missions? i think it was on the history channel but it was so long ago i cant remember

[TheAirborne076]

@USMCRECON1998 lol think about getting through basic first kid

[sass225]

@Marine1996Us consequently 4 blackwater security contractors getting killed hung and burned caused the battle of falujah. the Al-queda in iraq expected Americans to flee after getting a blooding as we did in 1993 in somalia the found out that Bush was not bill clinton.

[sass225]

@Marine1996Us within the intelligence community that the political fallout (at the national level) is so severe, when anyone is killed, that losing Marines is tantamount to failing at the mission or undermining the war effort. Consequently, we are habitually sending 20 Marines out on tasks that only require 4, in the name of being “careful,” and we are wearing so much armor that we can hardly walk. This approach, I believe, is not helping to win the war (we are moving too slow and cautious)

[sass225]

@Marine1996Us Regarding my two conflicting, platoon leader duties: (1) succeeding in the combat mission, and (2) ensuring the safety of my Marines, I have run into a concept that is probably new to the Marine Corps. In our Officer Schools, it was emphatically taught that the “mission” takes priority over the “welfare of the Marines” – you could not win on the battlefield if the priorities were reversed. Yet now there is a perception (or understanding)