1st Force Reconnaissance Company

1st Force Reconnaissance Company
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	; Presidential Unit Citation; ; Navy Unit Commendation Streamer; ; Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer; ; National Defense Service Streamer; ; Vietnam Service Streamer; ; Southwest Asia Service Streamer; ; Vietnam Gallantry Cross Streamer; ; Vietnam Civil Actions Streamer; ; Iraq Campaign Streamer; ; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Streamer; ; Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer

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.

[1] 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.

[2] "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.

[3] 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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