The 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion conducts amphibious and ground reconnaissance for the 3rd Marine Division and Marine Forces, Pacific (MarForPac), operating in the commander's areas of influence. Company B is responsible for providing deep reconnaissance and direct action assets to the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFLant). They support the only Marine Air-Ground Task Force that exists within the III MEF, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU). The 3rd Recon Battalion is based out of Camp Schwab, a satellite base of Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler. It is geographically located on the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan.