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Main article: United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
1st Force Reconnaissance Company
Seal of the 1st Force Reconnaissance Company
Active
19 June 1957 – 26 October 2006
Country
United States of America
Branch
United States Marine Corps
Type
Force Reconnaissance
Part of
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ
MCB Camp Pendleton, CA
Engagements
Vietnam War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm War on Terror
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Decorations
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Military unit
Force Reconnaissance Marine Sgt.Luciano Carlucci conducts High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute operations from the back of a C-130.
1st Force Reconnaissance Company conducted deep reconnaissance and direct action raids in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force requirements across the range of military operations to include crisis response, expeditionary operations and major combat operations. 1st Force Recon Company was deactivated on 26 October 2006 and the majority of the personnel were used to establish the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion.[1][2]
On deactivation, General James Mattis, the MEF Commanding General at the time, transferred two Force Recon platoons to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion to establish Delta Company.[3] In 2008 Delta Company, 1st Recon Company was redesignated the I MEF Force Reconnaissance Company and given its own Marine Command Code (MCC). It continues to provide I Marine Expeditionary Force and its subordinate MAGTFs with Corps level reconnaissance, battlespace shaping and direct action raids.
^Col. (Rtd) Bruce F. Meyers (January 2007). "1st Force Recon Company Deactivates". Leatherneck. Vol. 90, no. 1. Marine Corps Association. p. 34. ISSN 0023-981X. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018.
^"1st MSOB stand up marks evolution of 1st Force Recon". United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (Press release). 13 December 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^Capt. Byron Owen (November 2011). "Force Reconnaissance". Marine Corps Gazette. Vol. 95, no. 11. Marine Corps Association. p. 68. ISSN 0025-3170. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
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