2nd Force Reconnaissance Company
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The Second Force Reconnaissance Company was the deep reconnaissance/direct action that was assigned to the Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic and its subordinate elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
Mission
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The company augmented active-duty forces or were mobilized to conduct pre-assault and deep post-assault reconnaissance and surveillance in support of Expeditionary Strike Group Two and II Marine Expeditionary Force and its subordinate elements; 22nd, 24th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Units, the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
Organization
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In 1958, the 2nd FORECON contained a headquarters and service platoon, pathfinder platoon, amphib recon platoon, and a deep recon platoon.
As of 2006, before its deactivation on August 11, 2006, its company table of organization was registered at a full strength of six reconnaissance platoons; one headquarters and service platoon, two direct action platoons, two deep recon platoons, and one scout sniper platoon augmented from 2nd Marine Division's Scout Sniper company.
History
2nd Force Recon Company was formed when the executive officer of 1st Force Recon, Captain Joseph Z. Taylor, took half of the Marines from 1st FORECON and brought them to the east coast to the 2nd Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, located on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.Bruce F. Meyers, Fortune Favors the Brave: The Story of First Force Recon, (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000).
On 9 July 2002, 2nd Force Recon Company was reactivated as an individual unit separating from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion after approximately six years.{{cite web |title=Chronologies - 2002 |url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Research-Tools-Facts-and-Figures/Chronologies-of-the-Marine-Corps/2002/ |website=Marine Corps University |publisher=USMC History Division |access-date=13 January 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Sgt. Joshua S. |title=2d Force Recon re-assigned to II MEF |url=https://www.lejeune.marines.mil/News/Article/Article/511874/2d-force-recon-re-assigned-to-ii-mef/ |website=United States Marine Corps |publisher=Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune |access-date=13 January 2024 |date=27 June 2002}}
On 11 August 2006, 2nd Force Recon Company was disbanded with the majority of personnel used to establish 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion (2nd MSOB).{{cite press release |author1=Cpl. Ken Melton |title=2nd MSOB activates, Force Recon evolves |url=http://www.marines.mil/units/marsoc/Pages/2006/2nd%20MSOB%20activates%2C%20Force%20Recon%20evolves.aspx |website=United States Marine Corps |publisher=Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615173932/http://www.marines.mil/units/marsoc/Pages/2006/2nd%20MSOB%20activates,%20Force%20Recon%20evolves.aspx |archive-date=15 June 2008 |date=11 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Chronologies - 2006 |url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Research-Tools-Facts-and-Figures/Chronologies-of-the-Marine-Corps/2006/ |website=Marine Corps University |publisher=USMC History Division |access-date=21 December 2023}} Two platoons were used to establish D Company in the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion under the 2nd Marine Division to maintain a deep reconnaissance capability for the MEF.{{cite thesis|last=Hart |first=Maj. Matthew R. |title=Marine Corps Multi-Domain Reconnaissance in Great Power Competition |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1178004.pdf |access-date=21 December 2023 |degree=Masters |publisher=Marine Corps University |date=4 July 2021|page=13}}{{cite press release |author1=Cpl. Chris Lyttle |title=Force Reconnaissance Company Activates |url=https://www.2ndmardiv.marines.mil/News/Article/Article/515473/force-reconnaissance-company-activates/ |website=United States Marine Corps |publisher=2nd Marine Division |access-date=21 December 2023 |date=22 December 2008}}
Training
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Notes
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