Force Recon Platoon
US DoD photo by SGT ZACHARY A. BATHON, USMC
Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionariy Unit (MEU)'s Force Recon Platoon pictured as they travel in a convoy through Iraq, April 2003.
A Force Recon Platoon is the MEU's special operations element.
Force Recon Platoons typically operate far ahead of their parent MEU's lines, gathering intelligence and carrying out other special operations.
