History
Major General Loots and the then Chief of the Army, Lt. General Willem Louw realised the need for a South African Defence Force to have a special operations capability but the Chief of the South African Defence Force, General Rudolph Hiemstra resisted. It was not until that Admiral Hugo Biermann became Chief of the South African Defence Force in 1972 that the go-ahead was granted.
The unit was originally based at Oudtshoorn in the Cape Province, but was to Durban in 1974, where it was formally named 1 Reconnaissance Commando. It was renamed 1 Reconnaissance Regiment in 1996, but was disbanded and integrated into 4 Reconnaissance Regiment and 5 Reconnaissance Regiment in 1997.
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