1st Force Reconnaissance Company - Training

Training

See also: United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance#Mission Training Plan

During its beginning formation within the 1st Marine Division, 1st Force Recon conducted sustainment training in obstacle clearing for landing zone preparation in support of early-Marine Corps helicopter-borne operations; and other mission-essential amphibious reconnaissance, parachute insertion, and pathfinder tasks. Because of the efforts made by Meyers and his other adjoining Marine and Navy parachute testers, they developed the Helicopter Rope Suspension methods, plus invented the Special Personnel Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) rigging that are widely used by Special Operations Forces services worldwide.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, 1st Force Recon Company trained in a variety of locations during their Unit Training Phase.

These locations included:

  • Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana
  • Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Mountain Warfare Training Center, California
  • Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
  • Fort Irwin Military Reservation, California
  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California
  • Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California

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