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Platoon deployed with the 15th MEU and conducted amphibious reconnaissance along the Somali coastline. Two teams infiltrated the Mogadishu port facility, established observation positions at the Mogadishu airport, and supported a raid company from 2nd Bn, 9th Marines with fire support.
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American citizens in the midst of a heated border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia. All total, 172 persons, including 105 Americans, were safely evacuated to Amman, Jordan, via KC-130 aerial transport. The Force Recon platoon
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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
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Platoon, Sub Unit #1, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company (-) led by Captain David Whittingham, conducted preliminary reconnaissance of the planned amphibious beach landing sites from 23-7 February 1965.
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1661:"15th MEU (SOC) Marines 'withdraw' 14 million Iraqi dinar at Nasiriyah"
1151:"Marine Corps Special Operations: A Brief History – The History Reader"
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1st Force Reconnaissance Company en route for a patrol, 1968
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Fortune Favors the Brave: The Story of First Force Recon,
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Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
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went ashore during the invasion and participated in the
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Marine Air Ground Task Force Intelligence Dissemination
1522:"U.S. Marines In Afghanistan, 2001–2002: From the sea"
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1841:Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 2-1C
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1499:Marine Force Recon By Fred J. Pushies
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993:"1st Force Recon Company Deactivates"
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723:1st Force was reactivated in 1986.
2467:Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps
1993:Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
1821:from websites or documents of the
1784:"1ST FORCE RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY"
1752:"U.S. Marines in Battle – Al-Qaim"
1056:Capt. Byron Owen (November 2011).
742:Non-combatant evacuation operation
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2341:Chaplain of the Marine Corps
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1068:Marine Corps Association
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169:United States of America
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838:battle of Nasiriyah
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