Recondo

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Recondo is a designation of the US military and is available for Recon naissance and comman do ( German reconnaissance and command ) and is a highly specialized infantry training or graduates of Recondo School , led the heavily armed small reconnaissance teams that far behind enemy lines patrolled .

history

In 1958, the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division , Major General William Westmoreland recognized a lack of skill in the squad , squad and patrol leaders during Exercise White Cloud . General Westmoreland was a veteran of the Normandy invasion and recognized the importance of the role of the leaders of smaller combat forces, who often acted independently and separately from their companies, in order to take the initiative against superior enemy forces.

The US Army then sent many of its officers and non-commissioned officers on an eight-week training course at the Ranger School , although not every squad leader could be sent to the course and the Ranger School graduates were assigned to train their own platoons or crew members Train US Army Rangers tactics . When General Westmoreland received the recommendation that some soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who had already successfully completed the Ranger School, set up a training school for the entire division to train the tactics of the rangers, Westmoreland recommended Major Lewis L. Millett as commandant of the school. Since the school specialized in training smaller combat troops in the tactics of the reconnaissance, the Recondo badge was donated, which had a downward-pointing arrow, which stood for attacks from the sky (based on the American Indians) and the Highlights hunting and tracking skills. In addition, the badge was black and white based on the ability to operate night and day. In use, however, the badge was black and olive.

Later, a capital "V" was added under the word "Recondo". This was used to distinguish between soldiers who were trained in the USA and those who were later trained in Vietnam . The Recondo patch was worn on the breast pocket of every graduate. To avoid confusion, the graduates of the “Recondo School” were called “Recondo” rather than “Ranger” as usual, although the training took place at the Ranger School and graduates of the Ranger School are also called “Ranger”.

credentials

  1. ^ Westmoreland, William C. A Soldier Reports 1976 Doubleday
  2. ↑ Ankony, Robert C., Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri, revised ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Lanham, MD (2009), Chapter 19: Recondo.
  3. ↑ Ankony, Lurps : Recondo.

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