1st Force Reconnaissance Company
unit of the United States Marine Corps
1st Force Reconnaissance Company was a Marine special operations-capable unit that conducted amphibious reconnaissance, commando style raids, deep reconnaissance, irregular warfare, long-range penetration, and special reconnaissance 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 Raider Battalion (1st MRB).
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. 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.
Mission
The 1st Force Reconnaissance Company of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was a United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) unit that organized, trained, and equipped reconnaissance units to support the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Force Recon Company conducted nine Mission Essential Tasks (METs).
MET 1: Plan, coordinate and conduct amphibious / ground reconnaissance and surveillance to observe, identify and report enemy activity, and collect other information of military significance
MET 2: Conduct specialized reconnaissance. Assist in specialized engineer, NBC, radio, mobile and other unique reconnaissance missions
MET 3: Conduct Initial Terminal Guidance (ITG) for helicopters, landing craft and parachutists
MET 4: Designate and engage selected targets with Force Fires and other operations to support battlespace shaping. This includes terminal guidance of precision-guided munitions
MET 5: Conduct post-strike reconnaissance to determine and report battle damage to a specific target or area
MET 6: Conduct counter-reconnaissance
MET 7: Conduct limited scale raids
MET 8: Conduct insertion / extraction of reconnaissance forces in support of recon operations
MET 9: Conduct other operations as directed by the supported commander
Organization
1st Force Recon Company's table of organization consisted of a headquarters and service platoon and six Force Reconnaissance platoons.
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