UPCOV, unknown platoon, company, or volunteers from 2LAR are in Romania getting some training

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania - Marines assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and Airmen with the 352nd Special Operations Group, joined forces for C-130 training at the airfield in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, Sept. 12th.

Lance Cpl. Taylor Janis, Echo Company, 4thLAR, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

 Lance Cpl. Taylor Janis, a light-armored vehicle crewman with Co. E, 4th Light-Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, is pinned by his company commander at an awards ceremony, Sept. 14, 2013. Janis was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for saving an 8-year-old boy from a crashed car accident in March. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

 Lance Cpl. Taylor Janis risked his life to pull an 8-year-old boy named Matthew from a badly damaged vehicle. 
 in a head-on collision that claimed the lives of the boy’s mother, brother and a family friend, in addition to putting his 2-year-old sister in critical condition.

For his heroic actions, Janis was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Sept. 14 at his unit’s drill center in Syracuse, N.Y.

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2LAR War Pig on Lejeune firing line

 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,  during annual gunnery qualification training Sept. 3, 2013 at training range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C photo. Pfc. Jose Mendez Jr.
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Lance Corporal Michael Cerbo, 2LAR

Lance Corporal Michael Cerbo, a mortorman with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Alpha Company, 1st platoon and Rochelle Park, NJ  executes a left hand punch during Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training aboard Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, Sept. 10th. photo Lance Cpl. Krista James

09/11/2001

http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/9-11/america-attacked-9-11.htm

 September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers took control of four commercial airliners (two Boeing 757 and two Boeing 767) en route to California (three headed to LAX in Los Angeles, and one to San Francisco) after takeoffs from Boston, Massachusetts;Newark, New Jersey; and Washington, D.C.^[4] Large planes with long flights were intentionally selected for hijacking because they would be heavily fueled.^{[5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks}

Charlie Co, 2 LAR on Raid Course

Thanks to a reader, Charlie Company,Two LAR was the phantom unit light armored reconnaissance company that completed the motorized raid course at Lejune, Aug. 22, 2013.  

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20 Unidentified War Pigs from Unknown LAR Unit complete motorized raid course

"Approximately 120 Marines in more than 20 light armored vehicles (LAVs) worked alongside Alpha Co., BLT 1/6, during the weeklong field exercise." This is Pfc. Connor Lowry, {Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU),} a light armored reconnaissance company scout from a mystery war pig unit  more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/112971/22nd-meu-lar-marines-complete-motorized-raid-course#.UiYjJxbhCow#ixzz2dr1WwXH2
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War Pigs Down Under, mate

Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, on a 379 mile push into the Australian outback  Aug. 31.photo Cpl. Dominic E. Ferguson
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Lance Cpl. Dominic E. Ferguson,. Delta 3rd LAR

Lance Cpl. Dominic E. Ferguson on  security for his fire team during a platoon-level military operations in urban terrain and counterinsurgency exercise Aug. 15 at the Combat Town.  Ferguson is a Light Armored Vehicle driver with Weapons Platoon, Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon C. Suhr

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Lance Cpl. Dominic E. Ferguson, Lance Cpl. Beck A. Blevins Delt ahree LAR

Lance Cpl. Dominic E. Ferguson assists Lance Cpl. Beck A. Blevins over a wall during a platoon-level military operations in urban terrain and counter-insurgency exercise Aug. 15 at the Combat Town. Ferguson is a Light Armored Vehicle driver and Blevins is a LAV crewman with Weapons Platoon, Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,  photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon C. Suhr

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Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman 3rd LAR

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman,Aug. 15, on platoon-level  operations in urban terrain and counterinsurgency operations training at the Combat Town.  Wurdelman is a team leader with Weapons Platoon, Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon C. Suhr

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Bravo 2LAR

Bravo Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, begin firing the 25mm M242 Chain Gun on a light armored vehicle 25A2, as part of a gunner exercise at Shooting Range 7, August 5, 2013. The exercise consists of five different courses of fire including still and moving fire. photo LCPL. Krista James

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Gregory "Mac" MacDonald Bravo, 4th LAR KIA

In remembrance of Gregory"Mac" MacDonald,   Bravo Company,  4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, at 29, the "old man" of Bravo, a scholar with a degree in philosophy, graduate training in Near East Studies, killed in action  06/25/2003 near  Hilla, Iraq, ten years ago. 

Lance Cpl. Paul Vielkind, Scout Alpha 1LAR

Lance Cpl. Paul Vielkind,  light armored vehicle scout, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, spots for his partner firing the M107 Special Application Scoped Rifle during a weeklong SASR training course here, July 10 2013. Photo:Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

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Cpl. Mark Bradley, Sgt. Michael Henderson, Sgt. Jay Hewlett,Cpl. Alex Louser, 1LAR

Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

From left to right, Cpl. Mark Bradley, Sgt. Michael Henderson, Sgt. Jay Hewlett and Cpl. Alex Louser,  1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, practice using the scope on the M107 Special Application Scoped Rifle during a weeklong SASR training course here, July 9, 2013. 

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Pixs Link: Two LAR Echo Weapons Platoon Afghanistan

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War Pigs on Dawn Blitz

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 18, 2013)A 3rd LAR war pig  (LAV-25), off loads  from a landing craft air cushioned (LCAC) during Dawn Blitz 2013. Dawn Blitz is a lets-see-whatcha-got-driven exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles)

Lance Cpl. Bryan N. Ray, LAR scout, on PMINT a three week pre-deployment exercise

“It’s been nice to put some of the stresses of garrison life behind and focus on working with my Marines, focus on getting better,” said Lance Cpl. Bryan N. Ray, a scout with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th MEU and Champaign, Ill. native. “I’ve definitely been tested a lot through the past months of training, but this is nothing new; just building on what we’ve learned.”

Fire and Maneuver-Make'em holler

2nd platoon, Company A., 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participated in a live-fire training exercise in the Black Top training area June 19. They were supported by 4th LAR and conducted fire and maneuver exercises.

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Cpl. Mark Bradley, C Co.1LAR

Cpl. Mark Bradley, team leader, Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, on using a .50 caliber sniper rifle AKA  the M107 Special Application Scoped Rifle.