5:68 csc recon

The 5th Battalion, 68th Armor, Combat Support Company (CSC) Recon, was an element of the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), United States Army, primarily stationed in Baumholder, West Germany, during the Cold War era. Formed as part of the Army’s organizational reforms in the late 1960s, the CSC Recon Platoon was tasked with reconnaissance, surveillance, and security missions to support battalion operations. The unit trained extensively in armored reconnaissance tactics, often participating in major NATO exercises such as REFORGER to deter Warsaw Pact aggression. The 5/68 CSC Recon remained an integral part of U.S. forward-deployed forces in Europe until its inactivation during Army downsizing and reorganization in the early 1980s.