Force Recon or Force Reconnaissance is the United States Marine Corp's version of Special Forces.
Pete the Cop said that he was with the United States Marine Corp ( 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regimental Battalion Landing Team) during peace-keeping operations in Beirut under President Ronald Reagan's direction. On October 23, 1983 the Marine Corp barracks near the Beirut Airport was attacked by truck containing 2000 pounds of explosives. There were 1800 Marines stationed in-country, and 241 US service personnel died as a result. The terrorist organization Hezbollah (back by the Iranian Government) was believed to be behind the attack, and lax security measures were said to be primary cause for the extensive damage, namely, it was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport..