Special Reconnaissance Service

The Special Reconnaisance Service (SRS) is an elite team of highly trained UNSC Marines who provide forward intelligence on enemy forces. They are considered a Special Forces unit, and are on comparable footing with the prestigious Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, sometimes working as Pathfinders for the shock troopers.

Formation
The gorundwork for the Special Reconnaisance Service was laid down in 2553, after the Human-Covenant War had ended. UNSC High Command realized the need for a special operations force that had no known public precense, one that could keep an quiet eye on the growing threat of the Insurrection as well as serve as a forward pathfinder unit for ODSTs. Originally called Detatchment Zeta, a "training and recruiment" program that was launched by ONI, this early SRS was the testing ground of new experimental reconnaissance tactics as well as cutting-edge technology. After a successful history of operations that proved the value of such a unit, Detatchment Zeta was disbanded in 2554, its members kept on file for a later date. That date came in 2555, when a joint task force was created between the Office of Naval Intelligence and the UNSC Marine Corps, recruiting its members from the old Detatchment Zeta as well as apt agents and marines. This task force, kept far away from the public eye, eventually became the Special Reconnaissance Service.