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1 Reconnaissance Commando 1st Selection Course for 2 Reconnaissance Commando
(VK21 Selection Course) 1974.08.12 until 1974.08.30![]()
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Colonel Breytenbach not only founded the South African Special Forces (the Reconnaissance Commandos, or “Recces”) and 44 Parachute Brigade, but 32 Battalion as well
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Colonel Frans Fourie speaks to us about his 18 years in South African Special Forces. He passed Selection in 1978 and by 1995 was the commander of 1 Reconnaissance Regiment and before that, acting 2IC of 4 Recce. During his career, he went on many operations, mostly with the seaborne specialists, 4 Recce. Some were…Read More
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A gripping first-hand account of the combat operations and life of a member of the secretive and elite South African Special Forces, known as ‘Recces’.
South African Special Forces, known as the ‘Recces’, are an elite group of soldiers that few can aspire to join. Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of thei…Read More
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5/ 1 Recce base Fort Rev at AFB Ondangwa taken from a gunship. This is one of the late photos of the Fort, as it is bigger and had taken over some of Koevoet ground
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