Reconnaissance Battalion (Ready Reserve)

The Reconnaissance Battalion (Ready Reserve), Philippine Army, is lead unit Army Reserve Command's 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve) specializing in Combat Reconnaissance, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRP), and Surveillance/ Counter-surveillance Operations.

The unit specializes in combat tracking and reconnaissance perfected by the members of the Scout Ranger Regiment.

Mission

• Provide security to the 15th Infantry Division and its units.
• Perform surveillance operations in support of ongoing tasks of its parent unit.
• To incorporate techniques that will engage, put on the defensive, weakened or delay ongoing enemy operations.

Operations

• Various Civil-Military Operations
• Various Internal Security Intelligence and Counterintelligence Operations
• Various National-level Disaster Field Demonstrations and Exercises
• Various Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
• Rescue and Relief Operations TS Ondoy & Peping (September - October 2010)
• Rescue and Relief Operations TS Sendong (October 2011)
• Rescue and Relief Operations West Monsoon HABAGAT (August 2012)
• Intelligence Support for Counter Narcotics Operations in various cities of Metro Manila
• Rescue and Relief Operations Super Typhoon Yolanda (November 2013)

Awards and Decorations

Campaign Streamers

Badges

See also

• Army Reserve Command
• 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve)
• Search and Rescue Unit (Ready Reserve)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• The Public Affairs Office, Philippine Army: The first 100 years, 1998, Philippine Army.
• HARESCOM GO Nr 233 dtd 20 July 2006.
• The Training Committee, Basic Citizens Military Training Manual, 2009, HARESCOM.