MAC V Recondo Badge. Colour

Recondo qualification patch colour version which is black and white.

Worn on the left pocket of the tropical combat jacket.

This is the colour version of the Vietnam period Mac-V "Recondo Qualified" pocket patch.

Recondo stands for Reconnaissance and Commando, which was a school set up to teach soldiers to lead reconnaissance patrols deep into enemy held territory. These units where heavily armed and highly trained. 

The training schools where set up similar to the Ranger schools.    

The Mac V (Military Assistance Command- Vietnam) Recondo badge was designed in the shape of an arrowhead to signify the hunting and tracking skills of an American Indian, the arrowhead was placed facing downward to signify an assault from the sky. The standard badge was black and white for night and day operations.