1st Reconnaissance Battalion

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United States Marine Corps battalion reconnaissance unit

The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is an elite United States Marine Corps unit specializing in advanced reconnaissance and surveillance operations in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.

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Label Occurrences
1st Reconnaissance Battalion canonical 4
1st Recon Bn 1
Marine division reconnaissance battalion 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps battalion ⓘ
reconnaissance unit ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
commandStructure I Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
doctrine operates in small, highly trained teams ⓘ
equipment light infantry weapons ⓘ
optical and night-vision devices ⓘ
specialized communications gear ⓘ
garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton ⓘ
garrisonLocation Camp Pendleton, California ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
missionProfile operates forward of friendly lines ⓘ
provides timely, accurate, relevant information to commanders ⓘ
motto Swift, Silent, Deadly ⓘ
nickname 1st Reconnaissance Battalion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Recon Bn
notableMedia featured in the book "Generation Kill" ⓘ
subject of HBO miniseries "Generation Kill" ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
parentUnitType 1st Reconnaissance Battalion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marine division reconnaissance battalion
partOf 1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: 1st Marine Division
role reconnaissance ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
selection requires rigorous screening and indoctrination ⓘ
service United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific ⓘ
specialization advanced reconnaissance ⓘ
special operations capable reconnaissance ⓘ
supports Marine Air-Ground Task Forces ⓘ
surface form: Marine Air-Ground Task Force
task battlefield surveillance ⓘ
deep reconnaissance ⓘ
intelligence collection ⓘ
limited direct action ⓘ
specialized amphibious reconnaissance ⓘ
support to landing force operations ⓘ
target acquisition ⓘ
training advanced infantry skills ⓘ
insert and extract methods (air, sea, land) ⓘ
patrol and surveillance techniques ⓘ
type ground combat element support unit ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Marine Division (United States) → subunit → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ⓘ
1st Reconnaissance Battalion → nickname → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Recon Bn
1st Reconnaissance Battalion → parentUnitType → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marine division reconnaissance battalion
Swift, Silent, Deadly → usedBy → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ⓘ
Swift, Silent, Deadly → mottoOf → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ⓘ
Generation Kill (TV miniseries) → followsUnit → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ⓘ
subject surface form: Generation Kill