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

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

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

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

1 Reconnaissance Regiment base at the Bluff

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

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