The commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton was relieved of command Tuesday, the Marine Corps said in a statement. Lt. Col. Francisco X. Zavala was fired due to a ...

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -- Marines from B Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conducted recon training during Warrior Exercise (WAREX) 91 14-03 in conjunction with Army ...

Peruvian Navy Adm. Fernando Cerdan, commander in chief of the Peruvian Navy, shakes hands with Marine Corps Lt. Col. Francisco X. Zavala, commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task ...

Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion stand by the sign marking the entrance of their Vietnam headquarters. (Courtesy of Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.) On a hill near Da Nang, Vietnam, sat Camp ...

CAMP PENDLETON — Lt. Col. Francisco X. Zavala, the commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, was removed from his command on Tuesday, May 7. Zavala, who led the battalion since 2018, was ...

Lt. Col. Francisco Zavala, former commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, will face charges relating to alleged domestic violence in a preliminary hearing scheduled ...

USMC Air Assets and 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Stage Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Operation. Marine Corps units from across the United States performed an exciting demonstration of air combat ...

A Marine sergeant in the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion will go to court-martial this summer on charges he dumped several stolen grenades and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition into a California ...

Camp Pendleton welcomed home about 130 Marines and sailors from the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Tuesday from a seven-month tour in Afghanistan. Sgt. Timothy Willenborg, an Alpha Company ...

CAMP PENDLETON — Lt. Col. Francisco X. Zavala, the commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, was removed from his command on Tuesday, May 7. Zavala, who led the battalion since 2018, was ...