4th Reconnaissance Battalion

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 4th Reconnaissance Battalion


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4th Reconnaissance Battalion insignia

dates= July 1, 1962- present
country=United States
allegiance=
branch=USMC
type=
role= Reconnaissance
size=
command_structure= 4th Marine Division
Marine Forces Reserve
current_commander= Lt Col Mark Hashimoto
garrison= San Antonio, Texas
ceremonial_chief=
colonel_of_the_regiment=
nickname=
patron=
motto= "Swift, Silent, Deadly"
colors=
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mascot=|battles=World War II
* Battle of Kwajalein
* Battle of Saipan
* Battle of Tinian
* Battle of Iwo Jima
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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The 4th Reconnaissance Battalion (4th Recon Bn) is a reserve reconnaissance battalion in the United States Marine Corps. It falls under the 4th Marine Division and Marine Forces Reserve.

ubordinate units

The battalion has broken ground in Marseilles, Illinois for a new Reserve Training Center which will be ready by 2010.

History

Between 1943-1945 the unit was designated Company D (SCOUT), 4th Tank Battalion. The unit fought in the Battle of Kwajalein, Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tinian and the Battle of Iwo Jima. The unit was officially constituted in San Antonio, Texason 28 August 1948 as Company “C”, 20th Infantry Battalion. Since that time San Antonio area Marines have served variously as the 7th Rifle Company 14th Infantry Battalion, and finally as the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion designated on 1 July, 1962

In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean War the Marine Corps Reserve was activated. San Antonio Marines joined the mobilization via troop train to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California in July 1950.

On 27 November 1990 the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion activated D Company, in Albuquerque, New Mexico in support of Operation Desert Shield. In December 1990, D Company deployed to Saudi Arabia and eventually participated in the Operation Desert Storm. B Company, in Billings, Montana was activated on 22 February 1991 and deployed to MCB Camp Pendleton, California. The San Antonio area Marines of the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion were activated on 11 March 1991 and deployed to MCB Camp Pendleton, California and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Between February 1991 to March 1991 the Marines of 4th Reconnaissance Battalion volunteered for extended active duty in support of three Counter Narcotic Operations under the control of Joint Task Force Six headquarters in El Paso, Texas.

Marines from 4th Reconnaissance Battalion have served multiple combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom supporting active-duty Force Reconnaissance units and Division-level reconnaissance units. In 2006 and 2007, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion headquarters and platoons operated as an independent command in support of Regimental Combat Team 7 in Iraq's Al Anbar Province.

ee also

* List of United States Marine Corps battalions
* Organization of the United States Marine Corps

Notes

References

:Marine Corps

;Web
* [http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmardiv/4thRecon/ 4th Recon's official webpage]