3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (3d LAR) - Official Site

07/29/2024

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05/30/2024

WOLFPACK! On Friday, 7 June 2024, LtCol Scott Stewart will relinquish command of 3D LAR to LtCol John Dick. The change of command ceremony begins at 0930 at the LCpl Gray Field, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA.

05/27/2024

This Memorial Day, we pay solemn tribute to those who laid down their lives to protect our Country. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Semper Fidelis

05/24/2024

Under the desert sun☀️

U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, both with 1st Marine Division, set up a bangalore charge during a live-fire demolition range at Range 114, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.

The purpose of the demolition range was to construct, calculate standoffs, and employ bangalores to gain a foothold in any obstacle they may face in a real-world scenario.

(U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)

03/20/2024

March 31, 1980
MajGen Al Gray, Testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee: while an amphibious or rapid deployment force needed to be light enough to be strategically deployed, it also needed to be heavy enough in firepower and tactical mobility to
win. He pointed out that the mobile protected weapon system and light armored vehicle would
provide the force multiplier to operate over great distances with significant firepower. Marine Corps demand weapons systems with greater operational range, agility, firepower, and mobility.

Semper Fidelis General

Gen. Al Gray served as commandant during the fall of the Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf War.

03/09/2024

The Marine Corps has selected General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems Corporation to design, develop, and manufacture an Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 30mm Autocannon (ARV-30) prototype vehicle. This two-year award will see the participants utilize top-level requirements to develop an innovative combat vehicle that provides mobile protected firepower for Marines.

The ARV-30 will provide greater capability than the current Light Armored Vehicle 25mm variant (LAV-25) and meet the Marine Corps' requirements for Force Design 2030. It will be equipped with advanced features such as an automatic 30mm medium-caliber cannon, anti-armor capability, modern command-and-control systems, and a full range of advanced sensors.

“The ARV-30 aims to combine the turret and weapon system found on the ACV-30,” said Steve Myers, Program Manager Light Armored Vehicles. “Ensuring commonality is crucial, especially for the Marine Corps' capacity to maintain weapon systems with limited fleets. The prototyping of the ARV-30 allows the Government to test and confirm the requirements before entering the Engineering and Manufacturing.

MCB QUANTICO, VA. – The Marine Corps has selected General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems Corporation to design, develop, and manufacture an Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 30mm Autocannon

02/24/2024

02/15/2024

Great lessons on unit preparation and synchronization.

24 Feb,1991: Then-Capt Ray led his Light Infantry Vehicle company against an oncoming Iraqi brigade.

Born in Southern Los Angeles, Ray joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1977. He earned his bachelor’s degree while serving as enlisted artilleryman, and joined t...

02/01/2024

3d LAR Marines display the unltimate off road vehicles at King of the Hammers 2024 - held at Means Dry Lake at Johnson Valley, California

01/28/2024

12/24/2023

Cobra Co, 4th LAR