1st Recon - Firing Range
OFficial DoD video by Tech. Sgt. Pedro Jimenez | released to Public Domain
Recon Marines with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (1st Recon) practise firing M79, M230 and M32 MGL grenade launchers and Mossberg M500 and M1104 12-guage shotguns. The weapons training shown here was part of Exercise Angel Thunder 2013, a large Personnel Recovery (PR) exercise. One of the tasks that Recon Marines may be assigned is to take part in tactical recovery of aircraft and. personnel (TRAP) missions.
