February 1991—March 1991, the Marines of 4th Reconnaissance Battalion volunteered for extended active duty in support of three counter-narcotic operations under the control of Joint Task Force Six headquarters in El Paso, TX.
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The unit was officially constituted in San Antonio, TX on 28 August 1948, as Company "C" of 20th Infantry Battalion.
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General Thomas E. Watson, assistant division commander of 4th Marine Division, ordered both the amphib recon and scout companies to continue reconnoitering, seizing and clearing other islands in the atoll, moving south toward the islet of Japtan, or LADYSLIPPER.
Battalion | reconnaissance | battalion | 4th United States Congress | 4th | Reconnaissance | John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich | California's 4th State Assembly district | 1st Battalion 8th Marines | Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk | Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond | Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore | 1st Battalion 9th Marines | Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | National Reconnaissance Office | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey | 3rd Battalion | Mormon Battalion | Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon | 1st Battalion | Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet | Services Reconnaissance Department | Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough | Michigan's 4th congressional district | John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto | Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol | Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland | 3rd Battalion 9th Marines |