1st Reconnaissance Battalion - Afghanistan

Reconnaissance Marines with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (1st Recon), engage Taliban forces during a firefight in Northern Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, August 2010.

Note the M14 DMR carried by the rightmost Marine.

Battalion Recon, sometimes called Division Recon, carry out division-level ground and amphibious reconnaissance operations in their Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Ground Combat Element commander's area of influence ie in the close /distant battle space.