1st Recon Battalion Gear
1st Recon Battalion items are available for purchase. These items can be found on the "1st Recon Gear" page. All items have been authorized and approved by the 1st Recon Battalion Association. A portion of the sale for each item will be donated to the Association. Please contact us with suggestions for additional items that you may wish to purchase.
Check out this Special Forces style action adventure novel "The R Complex" by author Tom Davis. To learn more about the book and to order, visit his website at http://www.oldmp.com/r-complex and tell him Dalton Sportswear sent you.

About the AuthorThomas (Tom) Hoyt Davis, III (AKA The Squid), holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Tom entered the Army as a private and retired as a full colonel. He spent 20 of his 30+
years in the Army serving with Special Forces (Green Berets) on four continents and in ten foreign countries. He has worn a Green Beret at every rank from 2LT to Colonel and commanded at every level from A Teams to a Joint Special Operations Task Force. The various A Teams he commanded specialized in Mountaineering, Underwater Operations, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute techniques, and Small Atomic Demolitions Munitions (SADM). In addition to the Army’s Command and General Staff College and Army War College, he has attended Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces, Underwater Operations (UWO), Danish Combat Swimmer, Special Forces Surface Swimmer Infiltration Technique Course, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute school, Small Atomic Demolitions Munitions (SADM) and many others.
View photographs of Special Forces Advanced Skills training/operations the Author has conducted.
His short stories, articles, and poetry have been published in Poets Forum, The Carolina Runner, Triathlon Today, ByLine, Georgia Athlete, The Saturday Extra (magazine section of the Fayetteville Observer), A Loving Voice Vol. I and II (anthologies of read aloud stories), and Special Warfare (a professional military journal published by the Special Warfare Center). Many of his short stories have received honors in writing contests sponsored by ByLine magazine. Other books by Tom include The Life and Times of Rip Jackson and The Patrol Order.

While we all try to do our part to support our men and women serving in harms way, this is an opportunity to provide direct support to one of our Heros. The satisfaction of sending a package directly to a servicemember or unit and recieving a note of thanks directly from those who can respond is a great feeling. Help Ryan Rust in his devoted effort to show our troops that they are not forgotten.
http://www.ryanrust.com