[Beef]

The Force Recon Companies' lineage come from the FMF PAC Amphibious Reconnaisance Bn. of WW II. Their job was to do pre-invasion beach reconnaissance. They were and are meant to be used my corps (small c) level commanders. The Recon Bns. of today are descended from the Division Reconaissance companies of WWII and are obviously division level assets.

The Raider and Parachute Bns. of WW II have no descendant units. Over the years, many units have associated themselves loosely with these WW II units by virtue of some similar tasking or training. But there is no real connection or continuity between any existing unit and the WW II.

It's a lot like our Regiment's original shared lineage with the WW II Ranger BNs and the 1st Special Service Force. Our true lineage should be to the OSS, but since that morphed into a non-military organization, the others were chosen.

I do think the patch idea is good, though. It's a cool patch with a great history. It had been worn for several years by MARSOC Marines in original and variant forms. I think that just official use of the patch and retention of the name MARSOC would have been the best scenario.