page_title: 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Leach radios fellow Marines during an operation in the Al Anbar province of Iraq on June 11, 2008. Leach is assigned to 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, a ground combat element attached to Task Force Mechanized, Multi National Force - West.
context_page_description: 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their primary weapon system is the 8-wheeled LAV-25 and they fall under the command of the 2nd Marine Division and II Marine Expeditionary Force. The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The current mission statement of the battalion is: To perform combined arms reconnaissance and security missions in support of the Ground Combat Element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Its mission is to conduct reconnaissance, security and economy of force operations, and, within its capabilities, limited offensive or defensive operations that exploit the unit's mobility and firepower.
  The LAR battalion may function as an independent maneuver element or as an element of a larger unit such as a regimental combat team, or its subordinate companies may support other tactical units in the GCE.
context_section_description: The LAR battalion's organization allows it to conduct the full range of command functions. The LAV's mobility is maximized when the battalion is assigned independent missions for either the GCE or any of its subelements. The LAR battalion may also be assigned missions that require placing it or its subordinate companies in support of other MAGTF formations. The LAR battalion and each of its companies have an organic maintenance and recovery capability as well as sufficient communications equipment for sustained independent battlefield operations.
  The 2d, LAR Battalion is assigned to the 2nd Marine Division  and possess 3 line companies along with a headquarters and service company.
caption: A 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Marine and LAV-25 in Iraq during June 2008
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