Recondo/Ranger schools photos (vietnam)

[Dennis G]

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Snake Eaters :)

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CAR-15

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My god if I ever had a monkey on my head I would get out my .45 a kill the damn thing. OMG My wife wants to buy two squirrel monkeys :cantbeli: no way!


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[crazyman]

havent seen many pics of recondo in the last cupla years. was supposed to be every bit as tough a course as ranger school

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

cool pics...they look like a tough bunch of guys :P

[FuturePara]

Makes sense...considering the last week was an actual Recon patrol conducted against a real enemy.

[11F5S]

Makes sense...considering the last week was an actual Recon patrol conducted against a real enemy.

That's true only for MACV Recondo School not for the other Recondo schools. IE: 101st Abn Division Recondo School (shown in the photos).

[SABER 2-3]

Thats right. And yes, the 101st RECONDO school was said to be tougher than the RANGER course. It was only held in the winter and was run by Col. Beckwith.

[FuturePara]

Huh, never knew such a thing existed outside of MAC-V. Thanks guys, learn something new every day.

[Javehn]

Nice pictures . Have recently watched a movie about RECONDO , very tough guys . They last training week was conducted in enemy territory.

Haev a question , someone said about CAR-15 in one of the pictures . Is that really CAR-15 , or something else ?

[Mechanical Ambush]

Is that pre-1968?

[11F5S]

Thats right. And yes, the 101st RECONDO school was said to be tougher than the RANGER course. It was only held in the winter and was run by Col. Beckwith.

When did Col Beckwith run the 101 Recondo School?

101st Recondo tougher than Ranger School! LOL 2 weeks vs 2 months.

[Groove]

GREAT PICS.

But - werent our Russian friends flamed down because the russians are doing stuff which was "completly dumb" - like Smashing things with the head ?

I found this photo interesting.

http://www.*******************/101recondo/keller/keller3.jpg

Greetings

Groove

[Uncle Sam]

My dad went to Recondo school in Vietnam and graduated under a baptism of fire, lilterally. The final mission for graduation is a real life mission, with real life people trying to kill you in real life! Welcome to Vietnam.

Great find again, DG

[haze99]

Excellant find Dennis G!! Thank you! (Where did you dig these up?)

Yep, the black & white photos appear to be from 1965-1967 time frame.

Couple of division's ran their own Recondo course in Vietnam. (1st Cav, 4th ID, 82nd Abn Div plus 101st.) *Today the 101st still runs a Recondo course @ Campbell.

(during the Vietnam War) Once a soldier completed the course they were awarded the Recondo patch, which I have seen worn on the left breast pocket flap of the fatigues.

Yes, Javehn, that would be a CAR-15. (to be technical, it is an XM-177E1) Forerunner of the current M-4!
The first manuals to come with this weapon had CAR-15 printed on them. And so the soldiers called it that!

[SABER 2-3]

Thats right. And yes, the 101st RECONDO school was said to be tougher than the RANGER course. It was only held in the winter and was run by Col. Beckwith.

When did Col Beckwith run the 101 Recondo School?

101st Recondo tougher than Ranger School! LOL 2 weeks vs 2 months.

Correction: Col. Beckwith did not command the Recondo school, in 1966 he held the orientation for the course (supposedly in nothing but his LCE). As for the Recondo school being tougher than the Ranger course this is the opinion of a MSG that served as a RI for several years and was the 1SG for Camp Darby.

[wholagun]

nice pics

I love pics from Vietnam,, place is **** hole and that is the last place on earth I wanna be put.