140th Marine Reconnaissance Bataillon (Ukraine)

140th Separate Marine Reconnaissance Bataillon
140-й окремий розвідувальний батальйон
Bataillon Insignia
Active2019-present
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Marine Corps
TypeBataillon
RoleReconnaissance
Part of Marine Corps Command
Garrison/HQSkadovsk
Motto(s)"Quiet vigilance, quick actions"
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian War
Decorations
  • Link=For Courage and Bravery (Ukraine)
  • Link=Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (III)
  • Link=Order for Courage (II)
  • 28× Link=Order for Courage (III)
  • 25× Link=Medal For Military Service to Ukraine
  • 23× Link=Defender of the Motherland Medal
  • Link=Medal for Lifesaving (Ukraine)
Commanders
Current
commander
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Staryna
Insignia
Alternative Insignia
Aircraft flown
ReconnaissanceASU-1 "Valkyrie"[1]

140th Separate Marine Reconnaissance Bataillon is a bataillon of the Ukrainian Marine Corps established in 2019 as an independent unit subordinated directly to the Marine Corps Command and has seen combat during both the War in Donbass and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, performing reconnaissance and combat operations throughout the entire front.

  1. ^ "Фонд Притули збирає кошти на виробництво 50 українських дронів для ЗСУ: з молотка піде 10 картин сучасних митцівo".