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July 2010

Has this unit served in Afghanistan? If it has it would be nice to have a section stating this and summing up how the battalion's tour(s) of duty progressed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.156.124 (talk) 19:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/msc/1mardiv/1reconbn/index.html
- In 1st Reconnaissance Battalion on 2011-05-25 06:53:39, 404 Not Found
- In 1st Reconnaissance Battalion on 2011-06-10 04:13:38, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 04:14, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Entry of James Solis

I'm removing the entire entry on James Solis as a notable Marine. Here are my reasons;

The Solis entry lists an improperly linked source in the Military Times Hall of Valor.
The Hall of Valor at Military Times the entry lists shows no valor awards for anyone named James Solis or any variation of that name. There are no valor awards listed for anyone with the name Solis for Panama. The Hall of Valor is not a definitive source, but the entry references a non-existent source.
The US DoD keeps detailed records of such awards, and notes that only two men (both US Navy SEALs) received Navy Crosses for actions in the Invasion of Panama. https://valor.defense.gov/Portals/24/Documents/ServiceCross/NavyCross-Panama.pdf
The entry on Solis notes that "through meritorious mast he was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Purple Heart, and Navy Cross for gallantry under fire." This is specious because,
- Awards such as the Silver Star and Navy Cross are not awarded through a meritorious mast. As high level valor awards, they are approved by flag officers.
- Policies in place well before this time would preclude a man from receiving multiple valor awards for the same action.
- Only a single US Marine is listed as having received a Silver Star for Panama. His name is not Solis.
The 1st Recon Bn is not listed in the order of battle for Panama (though an individual might have been seconded to JSOC or a unit that was). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbarland (talk • contribs) 01:17, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't need a justification to remove if it wasn't sourced in the first place. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 03:28, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]