Deep Reconnaissance Platoon
US DoD photo by LCPL WILLARD J. LATHROP, USMC
A member of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)'s Deep Reconnaissance Platoon (DRP) fires a MEU(SOC) .
45 pistol, 2004.
A Deep Reconnaissance Platoon, made up of Force Recon Marines, are now sub units within a parent Force Reconnaissance Company.
As the name indicates, DRPs carry out deep-level reconnaissance, often operating far from their assigned Marine Division's front line.
