Association Purpose

  Reuniting all eras of Marine Corps' 1st Recon Battalion, including members of the 1st Force Recon Company, Deep Reconaissance Platoon and the Amphibious Recon Company. Membership into this association of special warriors is free. The association's "Patrol Report" is published twice yearly with reunion information and other Recon news. Join by clicking on the Aplication link on the left.

2008 Reunion

08 Reunion Information

1st Marine Div. Activities

Recon Book

As an ongoing project a history of the Bn. is to be written as seen
through the eyes of the men who served the unit so well. All eras are asked to submit a story of a happening during your time. Everyone has a story.

For details contact Cayenne6@peoplepc.com
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Sample Stories

David Snider         John Bowcock         Manuel Garcia

Gary Husar            Chuck Fenwick        Michael Harder

Bob Bruno              Michael Holmes      Doug Wolfe     


Paul Young            Will Aalbertsberg    Leonel Perez       

Robert Farmer      Randy Kendall         Lennie Miller

Bill Davison            Robert Luster          Clint Howard

Bill Hatten

War Never Stops

"War Never Stops: Poetic Memories of Somalia Conflict and Beyond"
By Jason Barbosa   Delta/Recon Co. 91/94

A collection of 34 poems written by a combat veteran of modern warfare. The author served in the Marine Corps's infantry and recon units during conflicts in Panama, Kuwait, and Somalia. The poems serve as his individual reflection during duty as well as reflection of current events involving combat. Jason's book can be purchased on his site www.barbopress.com or on Ebay

Member Sites

Will Thiery          Glen Holthaus        Brian Riley         Gary Husar     

Ray Hildreth       Steve Andrews      Jim Batts     Curtis Gruetzmacher

Harry Hayes       Mark Desanto        Ray Bael            Robert Tracy     

Tom Davin         Arthur Lipper         R.E. Sullivan       Terry Novak    

Andrew Buffalo   Chuck Fenwick      Michael Clark       Bill Woodier

Doug Springer     Larry Keen           Joe Welock         John Holton

Jason Swarr        Bill Parsons          Jim Tartanto       Matthew Monroe

Nate Fick            Larry Chavez       David Snider       David Wilson

Frank Rego          Frank Eddy          Gordon Ryan       Paul Porter

Dwight Griffin       Eric Sims             Joseph Taussig    Jason Brooks

John Dalton         Maurice Nay (Al)

Contact The 6 to have your site listed.

Memorial Fund Bracelets

    1st Recon Battalion Association Memorial Fund Bracelets with the names of all our fallen comrades are available for sale. Memorial Bracelets may be purchased for $20.00 each and by name requests are $25.00 each. All monies from the sale of these bracelets go to the Memorial Fund.
     Orders and by name requests, with a mailing address, may be sent to
Pat Grady
13514 N. 93rd Pl.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260.

Send a self addressed stamped envelope and make checks/money orders payable to: 1st Recon Bn Association.

Generation Kill



Generation Kill: A 7 part HBO mini-series about 1st Recon during Iraqi Freedom airs July 13. Check your local listing for times.

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Camp Talega

Submitted by Barry Page Alpha 84/87

Horno 73

Submitted by Raymond Rowell Alpha Co./Force 73/76