Marine Force Reconnaissance vest choice

[JoKeR1147]

Hey I was just wondering if the force recon marines are still using the EI CIRAS in coyte. I was planning on getting a maritime one in coyte but just wanted to see if they are even still using it.

[Night_Stocker]

http://airsoftpacific.com/viewtopic.php?p=631081#631081

Please look first.

[Unconventional]

Yay for the CIRAS...CIRAS, CIRAS...did I say CIRAS..lol.

Me likes the CIRAS still.


(one of mine is an FSBE MARSOC issue but it's in the older coyote color...still happy with the collection though)

[Night_Stocker]

oh. I thought they were MARSOC... egg on my face.

[JoKeR1147]

Yea they went Socom several years ago.

[mossy]

That ^ and FR is using the FSBE II kit in CB with the addition of CB MBAVs and RBAVs.

[Snowman]

Yep, you're gonna be looking at a bunch of *khaki* RBAVs and CB MBAVs. There was a pretty big photo series of a group of MFR wearing khaki RBAVs and pouches on some Humvees, can't find em now.

[mossy]

No, FR is using CB, MARSOC is using MJK. Thanks.

[Catch22]

There is no FR anymore. Battalion Recon and MEU do their missions now. FR got folded into MARSOC.

[Catch22]

A couplel years ago.

[Snowman]

According to Wiki, they're still active as "Force Reconnaissance", not MARSOC.

[mossy]

Actually IIRC, they are their own unit.

Here is some info:


"The Force Reconnaissance Companies (abbreviated as either 'Force Recon' or FORECON), are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations "capable" forces (S.O.C.) that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF); supporting the landing or joint task force commanders, and their subordinate operating units of the Fleet Marine Force (FMF), either the expeditionary/amphibious forces of the Pacific (FMFPac), or Atlantic (FMFLant).[1]
Historically, the Force Recon companies, detachments and platoons performed both deep reconnaissance and direct action (DA) operations. Recently the DA missions are now primarily conducted by the new Marine Special Operations Teams (MSOT), due to the recent establishment of the U.S. Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in 2006. MARSOC was formed from Force Recon's direct action platoons, taking the DA side of Force Recon's missions. This now allows the FORECON companies to primarily focus on intelligence-gathering for force commanders without training for and maintaining expertise in the two very disparate mission types. The remaining deep reconnaissance platoons, which now comprise the whole entity of Force Recon, are capable of conducting such DA missions—and other supportive arms—if the MSOTs are unavailable.
FORECON is fully capable of operating independently behind enemy lines performing unconventional special operations, in support of conventional warfare. Their combined methods of airborne, heliborne and waterborne insertions and extractions are similar to those of the United States special operations forces of USSOCOM (e.g. Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, United States Army Rangers, or Air Force Combat Controllers), although Force Recon's missions and tasks do differ slightly with a focus on supporting expeditionary and amphibious operations.[2]"

[mossy]

I'm not sure on that, the thing only says that they are special operations capable. And their main job is direct support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). It never says that they are under MARSOCs command, only that they support MARSOC.

But it also says MARSOC took some of FR's DA platoons and put them into MARSOC.


IDK I'm sorta confused as well. My Marine buddy says they are their own unit and not part of MARSOC so I'm going with that.