Until recently Recon’s .45s were made at the Marine Corps’ Precision Weapons Center in Quantico, ... In addition to the .45 Recon uses the M4 A1 carbine instead of the standard issue M4 and M16A4.

Both Marine Recon and Marine Raiders are elite, but their missions, training, and command structures are very different. Recon teams gather intelligence deep behind enemy lines for larger Marine ...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — On a lightless beach, 28 Marines emerged from the Pacific, ready to embark on a 29.4 mile trek through hills and sweltering heat to complete several ...

A Marine fires his M4 during obstacle 9 of the 2015 Recon Challenge aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 15, 2015. This 30-mile gauntlet tests Marines' physical and mental strength during exercises ...

In total, by 2023, the Marine Corps will issue approximately 30,000 suppressors made by the Knight’s Armament Company for its M4 and M4A1 rifles and M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles, all of which ...

On April 30, Master Gunnery Sgt. Cory Paskvan, left, and Maj. Morgan Jordan, right, winners of the 12th annual Recon Challenge, traversed the 23 miles with 50 pounds packs in under nine and a half ...

An AMX-10RC in Ukrainian service. Those 40 AMX-10RC reconnaissance vehicles that France donated to the Ukrainian marine corps—they’re not tanks. As if the marines didn’t already know this ...