If you served with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion during any armed conflict, and your name does not appear in the Association Roster, please complete Membership Form, and send it to us.

Please be advised that all applications are thoroughly checked and verified. We've had a number of wannabe's try to be listed on the battalion roster. It cannot be done! The 3rd Recon Bn Association probably has the most thorough records and access to military documents of any military service association. We welcome all our brothers, but fakers are unceremoniously rejected. The Association charges no dues, we've already paid our dues. Funding is strictly voluntary and comes from voluntary donations and sales of Association items.

Membership Qualifications

Criteria

All Marine and Navy personnel assigned to the Battalion, and attached Army personnel, who served with or were attached to the 3rd Recon Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, who served with the Battalion in any combat zone, during any conflict, shall be eligible for membership in and affiliation with the Association.

Associate Membership

The Association shall provide for associate members. An associate membership may be granted to any parent, wife, child or sibling of any person set forth in paragraph one above, alive or deceased. Associate membership shall be limited so that at least 90% of the general membership remains military veterans.

Deceased Veterans

All who meet the qualifications for membership as specified above, and who died either while in combat or since, will be carried on the membership rolls as they become known.

Dues

There shall be no dues. However, all members are asked to make donations, within their financial means, to defray the cost of publication of the 3rd Recon Association Newsletter and other association activities.