As commanding general of the 101st Abn Div and as commandant
of West Point, Westmoreland setup RECONDO training for each
institution before authorizing the new RECONDO School in
NhaTrang; each with a downward arrow bearing either 101-numerals
or USMA-letters, when the term "recon-do" was originally claimed
to be a contraction of RECONnaissance commanDO, but was later
changed to mean "recon+doughboy" in Vietnam, although most staff
and students associated the term with the Japanese "do" for
'way', as in judo, aikido, kendo, or bushido. Protocol restricts
wear of Recondo pocket patches to the issuing command, although
completion is noted in the servicemember's permanent record.
101st Airborne Division Recondo School pocket-patch
United States Military Academy Recondo School pocket-patch
Military Assistance Command Vietnam Recondo School pocket-patch
9th Infantry Division MACV Recondo School pocket-patch
25th Infantry Division MACV Recondo School
pocket-patch
- Infantry Division MACV Recondo School pocket-patch
- Infantry Division MACV Recondo School pocket-patch
Mike Force (5SFGA) Recondo School pocket-patch
Vietnamese Ranger (BDQ) Recondo School pocket-patch
82nd Airborne Division Recondo School pocket-patch
XVIIIth Airborne Corps Recondo School pocket-patch
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula
(Kirkuk Iraq) Recondo School pocket-patch