Force recon back at Lejeune

[unhappycamper]

The Marines of 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force of Force Company conducted amphibious training off the coast of Curacao, Nov. 16 as part of the company's rigorous evolution in preparation for their official activation.


Force recon back at Lejeune
By Bryan Mitchell - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Dec 28, 2008 10:53:55 EST

Force recon is back after a nearly two-year break, giving the Corps an additional option for reconnaissance and special operations missions.

On Dec. 19, officials at Camp Lejeune, N.C., activated Force Reconnaissance Company as part of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. In 2006, many members of a similar unit — 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, then under II Marine Expeditionary Force — were absorbed into the new Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.

The activation is expected to be the first of at least three, as similar force recon units are to be activated in California and Okinawa, though it’s unclear when those will occur.

The 60-Marine unit has been training since June 1 under the title of Delta Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, and participated in November in an exercise with European allies on the Caribbean island of Curacao.

The Dec. 19 ceremony officially marked the transition from Delta Company to Force Recon Company, said Lt. Col. Lawrence M. Landon, 2nd Recon’s battalion commander.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/12/marine_recon_122708w/%2e

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. That's good

the Corps always gets shit on in SpecWar politics

[hardtravelin]

2. Rumsfeld threw the Comandant out of his office

...when the idea of MARSOC was brought up. It had to be ramrodded down their throats.

The reason the Corps got the short end of the stick for so long was because they didn't want to work with other units. They opted out of SOCOM when it was stood up.

I'm glad they're in the mix, now. They are outstanding operators.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. That is because the Marine Corps

has seen this happen time and time again. every few years some new AF General wants to take away the air wing... some idiot Admiral has a "great" idea to do away with the gator navy or some armchair Army type thinks they can out Marine Corps the Marine Corps.

I am speaking historically here, but the Marine Corps needs to remain a self-contained "pointed stick" or fail.