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MOTTO A motto common to ANGLICO units is "Lightning from the Sky, Thunder from the Sea". TRAINING ANGLICO units require Marines who are proficient in a wide variety of specialized military skills. In addition to their primary MOS training necessary to coordinate fire support, such as artillery fire support, field radio operations, tactical air control party, and naval gunfire spotting; all ANGLICO Marines receive airborne training and jump qualification at the Army's Airborne School at Fort Benning , making ANGLICO one of the few Marine Corps units in which all Marines are jump-qualified. ANGLICO Marines regularly receive further advanced training in other insertion methods, fieldcraft, SERE, and other specialized and demanding activities. This, combined with the fact that ANGLICO Marines routinely serve with and must cross-train with a wide variety of US and Allied units around the world, including Recon and Special Operations units and foreign services, makes ANGLICO units among the toughest and most highly regarded in the Marine Corps. ANGLICO units can deploy as an entire company of 150 to support the large-scale operations of an entire Marine Expeditionary Force, or, more commonly, deploy in 4 to 7 man teams to support the activities of non-Marine units. HISTORY The History of ANGLICO dates back to the formation of JASCO (Joint Assault Signals Company) units who fought in the Pacific theatre of World War II . At the time, the JASCO units were used to coordinate air, artillery and naval gunfire support between the Marines, Army and US Navy during the Pacific "island hopping" campaign. Following the reorganization of the US Armed Forces under the Department Of Defense in 1947, the JASCO units were disbanded and their responsibility transferred to the US Navy. In 1949, the Marine Corps began the process of recreating the JASCO capability under the new ANGLICO designation, and 1st ANGLICO was activated on 2 March 1951 at Pearl Harbor . In 1999, 1st and 2nd ANGLICO were deactivated, their responsibilities transferred to Marine Expeditionary Force Liaison elements, and the two reserve units, 3rd and 4th ANGLICO were the only ANGLICO units left in the Corps. Though not explicitly given as a reason, this followed a public relations incident in which videotapes surfaced in the US media of new joins to ANGLICO units having their jump wings "blood pinned" directly to their chests (a form of hazing). In 2003, amidst the US War In Iraq and Global War On Terror and a high operational tempo being demanded of the reserve ANGLICO units, 1st and 2nd ANGLICO were reactivated, followed by the new 5th ANGLICO in 2004. CURRENT UNITS At present, five ANGLICO companies currently exist in the United States Marine Corps:
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