The African War Stories Archive | 1 Recce | Activity https://africanwars.org/groups/1-recce-group/ Activity feed for the group, 1 Recce. Fri, 01 May 2026 20:45:47 +0200 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a1cb215e3abc156aadb8af341bee69a5 maddogmcewan posted an update in the group 1 Reconnaissance Commando https://africanwars.org/activity/p/1304/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 01:14:59 +0200

South African 1 Recce operator L CPL Ribeiro, missing and listed as dead during casualty transport in Angola, August 1976. He served as an Angolan paratrooper before joining the SADF. Ribeiro was one of the founding members of 32 Battalion. Here he is wearing “Recce 1st camo pattern” which was the inspiration behind 32Bn camo

]]> 0 934f403df7e7da88d8c5fb53eb7850ac maddogmcewan posted an update in the group 1 Reconnaissance Commando https://africanwars.org/activity/p/1134/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:53:38 +0200

1 Reconnaissance Commando 1st Selection Course for 2 Reconnaissance Commando
(VK21 Selection Course) 1974.08.12 until 1974.08.30

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Early picture of SADF 1 Recce Regiment (Special Forces), Ca. 1970’s

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SADF Recce special forces operators from 1RR, Angola 1980’s
L to R: S Sgt. Almerindo Mourao da Costa, Hannes Venter and Lieb Liebenberg. Photo by Alexander Strachan

]]> 0 365b389b6e6c9e62ea292aa4340c9574 XO C360 posted an update in the group 1 Reconnaissance Commando https://africanwars.org/activity/p/670/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:13:34 +0200 0 24e72f8aeb12561834ba8a9788365c94 XO C360 posted an update in the group 1 Reconnaissance Commando https://africanwars.org/activity/p/669/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:11:12 +0200

1 Reconnaissance Regiment base at the Bluff

]]> 0 11bfdcee7ac3a987ee4519bd0863bed1 XO C360 posted an update in the group 1 Reconnaissance Commando https://africanwars.org/activity/p/463/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:56:41 +0200

picture is from Alexander Strachan’s Book “1 Recce”. Taken in the #Mozambique‘s “Russian Front” in the late 70’s. #Recce

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Where it all started. Many of the founding members of South Africa’s Special Forces unit 1 Reconnaissance Commando, known as Recces. October, 1972. #Recce

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