The major personnel in the Headquarters Platoon included the Commanding Officer, the Executive Officer, the Company Chief, the S1 Administration Chief, the S2 Intelligence Officer, the S3 Operations Officer, and the S3 Operations Chief. The commanding officer and his staff were contained within the Headquarters Platoon, which commanded the Reconnaissance Platoons generally from a secure operating area behind friendly lines, though in certain circumstances, the Headquarters Platoon could be forward-deployed in the Forward Edge of the Battle Area if it provided the Force Reconnaissance commander better tactical visibility of the situation.

Lieutenant Commander responsible for the command and control of the platoon, and who was typically answerable to the Division G-2 Operations Officer, a The standard Order of Battle for a Marine Force Reconnaissance Company contained: one Headquarters Platoon, one Service Support Platoon, and three Reconnaissance Platoons. In the battle doctrine of the Systems Alliance Special Operations Command, Marine Force Reconnaissance Companies provided contributions to both the special reconnaissance and direct action missions fulfilled by the Systems Alliance Special Forces. Furthermore, during the formation of Joint Special Operations Task Forces, one or more Marine Force Reconnaissance Companies were reassigned to the Joint Task Force. During the embarkation of Marine Expeditionary Brigades, the Expeditionary Force's Force Reconnaissance Company was usually re-allocated to the Corsair Regiment (Airborne) of the Expeditionary Brigade. However, operationally, while Force Reconnaissance Companies were answerable to the G2 (Operations Officer) of the Ground Division, they were ultimately under the command of the Systems Alliance Special Operations Command, which supervised the attachment of Force Reconnaissance assets. This provided each Ground Division and Expeditionary Force with a deep reconnaissance and direct action capability.

Though principally tasked with deep reconnaissance, they were also capable of direct action, joint fire observation, combat search and rescue, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism.įorce Reconnaissance assets on the tactical level were organized into Marine Force Reconnaissance Companies, of which one Force Reconnaissance Company was nominally subordinated to each Marine Ground Division (and to its higher Marine Expeditionary Force). Systems Alliance Marine Corps that conducted special reconnaissance in the deep battlespace to provide operational and strategic intelligence to Marine Expeditionary Brigades and Marine Expeditionary Forces. Systems Alliance Marine Force Reconnaissance assets were elite Special Forces light infantry units of the

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