Officially Licensed USMC 3rd Recon Bn Moonlight The squadron provides intermediate-level maintenance

The squadron provides intermediate-level maintenance

under the 1st MAW

2/5 was heavily engaged in Ramadi and Fallujah operations

The station hosts Training Air Wing Five and its subordinate helicopter and fixed-wing training squadrons

They train in environments from the Arctic fjords of Norway to the jungles of Brunei

Officially Licensed USMC 3rd Recon Bn Moonlight The squadron provides intermediate-level maintenanceUSMC 3rd Recon Bn Patch Embroidered Patch Forward Deployed Reconnaissance The Pacific's Eyes 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion operates from the Western Pacific as the forward deployed reconnaissance element of the 3rd Marine Division, providing the eyes and ears that III MEF needs to maintain situational awareness across the Indo Pacific theater. Based on Okinawa, Japan, 3rd Recon Battalion is the only permanently forward deployed division reconnaissance