Marines


School of Infantry - West
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Advanced Infantry Training Battalion
Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company

MISSION

Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Training Company provides entry-level training and instruction for Marines to operate, drive, and maintain the family of Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) and familiarize them with the employment and manipulation of the weapon systems inherent to the LAV-25 Turret in order to produce a capable LAR Marine.  LAR Training Company also provides advanced instruction to the Marines of the LAR community by providing the skills required to serve as a LAV-25 Vehicle Commander at the small unit level, and providing training to the Marine Officers and Staff Non-Commissioned Officers to command and supervise the training, operations, employment, and maintenance of a LAR platoon.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 Company Commander
Captain Brian P. Mortimore (brian.mortimore@usmc.mil)
 Company Executive Officer
Captain Elias Terrazas (elias.terrazas@usmc.mil)
 Company First Sergeant
First Sergeant Joseph W. Hacker, Jr. (joseph.hacker@usmc.mil)   
 Company Operations Chief
Master Sergeant Tristan P. Adams (tristan.adams@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Marine Course OIC
Captain Elias Terrazas (elias.terrazas@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Marine Course Chief
Staff Sergeant Jonathon Cronin (jonathon.cronin@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Leaders/Vehicle Commanders Course OIC
Captain Brian P. Mortimore (brian.mortimore@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Leaders/Vehicle Commanders Course Chief        
Gunnery Sergeant Jonathan M. Busby (jonathan.m.busby@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Master Gunners Course Chief    
Staff Sergeant Robert Y. Stormsvaldez (robert.stormsvaldez@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Maintenance Officer     
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trevon L. Wilson (trevon.wilson@usmc.mil)
 LARTC Maintenance Chief     
Gunnery Sergeant Todd M. Floyd (todd.floyd@usmc.mil)
 Company Office Phone #: (760) 725-9923
 
 LARTC Training POC Email Addresses:
 LARTC - TCOM_SOIW_LARTC@usmc.mil
 LARLC/LARVC - TCOM_SOI-W_LARLC@usmc.mil
 


LARTC TRAINING MEDIA

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)
U.S. Marine Pfc. Joshua Waldhauser, a student with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, applies grease to a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. Waldhauser is a native of Baltimore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)
U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, apply grease to a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Guillermo Torrescruz, a combat instructor with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, gives his students a safety brief prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)
A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, performs a final systems check in an LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)
U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)