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unusual facts about Recon



1st Force Reconnaissance Company

The remaining force recon Marines either integrated into the Deep Recon Platoons (DRP) of 1st and 3rd Division Recon Battalions, or folded into 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion (1st MSOB) of the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC).

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

On March 22, two MV-22 Osprey, containing a payload of twenty five Recon Marines as a TRAP force, and operated by the 26th MEU operating off of the USS Kearsage recovered the pilot of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle who ejected after an equipment malfunction.

4th Reconnaissance Battalion

General Thomas E. Watson, assistant division commander of 4th Marine Division, ordered both the amphib recon and scout companies to continue reconnoitering, seizing and clearing other islands in the atoll, moving south toward the islet of Japtan, or LADYSLIPPER.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Instead, players fight in real time, controlling one of four different types of units, Mech, Recon, Tank, and Artillery, at a time with the touchpad.

Battle of Makin

By July 1943 the seaplane base on Makin was completed and ready to accommodate Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat bombers, Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" hydrofighters and Aichi E13A "Jake" Recon-hydroplanes.

Campaign setting

Settings that have been explored in roleplaying games include Pendragon (Arthurian), Sengoku (Japanese warring states), Recon (Vietnam War), Tibet (historical Tibet), and Fantasy Imperium (historical Europe).

Frederick J. Gibbs

On 27 July 1917, he scored twice, driving down an Albatros D.V fighter on one patrol and sharing in the destruction of an Aviatik recon plane with Roger Neville on another.

Henry Garnet Forrest

On 9 May, he sent down a DFW recon plane out of control On 1 June 1918, he destroyed a Fokker Triplane over Chuignes.

Luc Poirier

Along with Kurrgan the Interrogator, Recon, and Tank, Poirier formed a stable known as The Truth Commission.

M1 Tank Platoon

As platoon commander, direct control is limited to the four M1 tanks, however depending on the mission, support units like recon and attack helicopters, M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, MLRS artillery systems or other older M60 Patton tanks were available and could be given orders via the tactical map.

No. 222 Squadron IAF

It conducted photo recon missions against enemy radar positions, deep inside enemy territory.

Recon Instruments

At Google I/O 2012, Recon Instruments announced the launch of their Software Development Kit (SDK) that enables software developers, for the first time, to build apps that can be downloaded to Recon's HUDs, designed to personalize the user's experience.

Recon Team

The Recon Team is the name of a group of several fictional characters from Transformers: Cybertron.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

On the Umbrella Security Service team there is: Vector (Andrew Kishino), the team's recon expert and is equipped with a cloaking ability; Beltway (Ramon Fernandez), who is proficient in the use of explosives; Bertha (Lydia Look), the medic; Spectre (David Cooley), the marksman; Four Eyes (Gwendoline Yeo), the scientist, with the ability to program the bio-organic weapons (BOWs); and Lupo (Nika Futterman), who is the team leader.

United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Training Company

In addition, Recon students learn insertion/extraction techniques in Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) and Helicopter Rope Suspension Training (HRST).

United States military divers

Army Engineer Divers- Trained in underwater construction, salvage, demolitions, hydrographic survey, hyperbaric chamber operation, beach and river recon, bridge recon, underwater cutting and welding, side scan sonar operations, mine and countermine operations, search and recovery operations and ships husbandry operations.

William A. Shomo

His unit had moved from airstrip to airstrip along the northern coast of New Guinea and then to Morotai supporting General MacArthur's drive to the Philippines performing dangerous photo recon and ground attack missions.


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