Editing Commando (section)

=== US ===
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The United States continues to have no designated "commando" units; however, the closest equivalents remain the U.S. Army's [[75th Ranger Regiment]] and [[United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions]], which specialize in most of the same tasks and missions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Plaster|first=John|title=SOG: The Secret War of America's Commandos in Vietnam|date=Sep 7, 2010|publisher=NAL Trade|location=New York}}</ref> 

During the Vietnam War the U.S. Army's [[5th Special Forces Group]] (Airborne) instituted, "Special Operations Augmentation Recondo School," an acronym for Reconnaissance Commando. The school was at Nha Trang Air Base, north of the massive U.S. Navy and Air Force Base at Cam Ranh Bay. Recondo School trained small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams the art of patrolling deep in enemy-held territory. All students were combat veterans and came from the ranks of the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Battalions, and the Army of the Republic of South Korea. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam had their own school. The modern U.S. Army's [[Long-range surveillance]] (LRS), [[Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition]] (RSTA), and [[United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance]] all derive some portion of their legacies from the Recondo program and utilize the name "Recondos" informally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Recondo School – MACV-SOG |url=https://sogsite.com/recondo-school/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=11th MEU on X |url=https://twitter.com/11thmeu/status/1451669749201506305 |website=X.com |quote=Just doing Recondo things with my friends. Recon #Marines with the All Domain Reconnaissance Detachment, @11thMEU, conduct free-fall jumps while training at Camp Buehring, #Kuwait, Oct. 4.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-13 |title=Long Range Reconnaissance veterans make Fort Benning their home |url=https://www.army.mil/article/174951/long_range_reconnaissance_veterans_make_fort_benning_their_home |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Operation ENDURING FREEDOM RECONDO School {{!}} Small Wars Journal |url=https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/operation-enduring-freedom-recondo-school |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=smallwarsjournal.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Major James F. Gebhardt, US Army (Retired) |title=Eyes Behind the Lines: US Army Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance Units |url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/gebhardt_LRRP.pdf |website=Small Wars Journal}}</ref>