Troop H, 17th Cavalry was initially the ground reconnaissance element of the 198th Infantry Brigade ( Light ), arriving in Da Nang aboard Military Sea Transports on 22 October 1967 from Fort Hood, TX, where it has been formed from units of the 1st and 2d Armored Divisions.
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A Pathfinder Company of the Brigade were deployed primarily doing ground reconnaissance and composed mainly of foreign soldiers, serving a one-year contract, who had seen service in the Rhodesian Army airborne units which had since been disbanded when the government of the new state of Zimbabwe had taken office.
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Portable, and intended for tactical use, is the Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar ( MSTAR ), originally developed for British use in artillery spotting, as the The primary users of MSTAR, like its predecessor, were and are artillery observation parties, although it may be used for ground reconnaissance and surveillance.
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It also revised the mission statement of the 1st and 3rd reconnaissance Battalion to read as follows : " Conduct ground reconnaissance operation in support of the Marine Division and its subordinate elements and maintain a minimum capability of one combat ready platoon organized, trained and equipped for the conduct of deep reconnaissance operations in support of the landing force ."
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Division reconnaissance mainly do not operate in deep operations, they support the Marine ( infantry ) regiments by providing and ground reconnaissance to Marine division [ or regimental and battalion ] commanders within the MAGTF's subordinate MEU; in contrast to force recon who supports the force commanders of the Fleet Marine Force and its subordinate MEF in deep reconnaissance and direct action missions.
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Keith Trowbridge ( SarDev International ), an American Kidnap and Ransom consultant allegedly provided Colombia with ground reconnaissance and the intelligence that led to the placement of the mole within FARC . It is believed that Trowbridge spearheaded the deadly yet successful rescue of a teenage hostage from the FARC 6 kilometers south of Medellin in 2006, affording him a unique relationship with the Colombia Judiciary.
