combat writing badge

a Sampling of
Reconnaissance and Surveillance Insignia



101st Airborne Division Recondo School pocket patch (ca1958)
82nd Airborne Division Recondo School pocket patch
Military Assistance Command Vietnam Recondo School pocket patch (ca1966)
Vietnamese Ranger (ARVN Biet Dong Quan) Recondo pocket patch
XVIIIth Airborne Corps Recondo School pocket patch
United States Military Academy Recondo School pocket patch


Vietnam-era recon team pocket patch


Vietnam-era Long-Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) badge
Vietnamese Ranger (ARVN Biet Dong Quan) badge
Vietnamese Ranger (ARVN Biet Dong Quan) shoulder tab



Vietnamese Special Forces (Luc Luong Dac Biet) shoulder patch (ARVN LLDB)
shoulder patch of Mike Force Command (5SFGA)
Provincial Reconnaissance Unit of Phoenix
Vietnamese Special Commando Unit (SCU) of the Liaison Office (LO), nicknamed Thunder Tiger
Vietnamese Strategic Technical Directorate (ARVN STD)
Vietnam Mike Force shoulder patch


Marine Raider shoulder patch of WWII-era
unofficial Marine element pocket patch for Naval Advisory Detachment (NAD)


RVN Marine Corps emblem
Vietnamese Marine Corps insignia



variant 11th Cav patch with LRRP tab
74th Infantry Long Range Surveillance Detachment scroll
novelty Tony the Tiger pocket patch for Vietnamese Special Forces (ARVN Luc Luong Dac Biet)
173rd Airborne Brigade Long Range Surveillance scroll
Vietnam Mike Force (Montagnard) shoulder patch
74th Infantry Long Range Surveillance scroll


74th Infantry Long Range Patrol scroll


2nd Battalion, 75th Airborne Ranger Regiment scroll
75th Ranger Regiment scroll


75th Ranger Special Tactics Battalion scroll


















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