It was a regimental special troops (RST) element attached to the Republic Special Operations Brigade, exclusively participating in special task operations and providing classified activities for the Special Operations Brigade. Special Task Reconnaissance detachment was originally detailed exclusively to provide specialized intelligence for the Special Forces Regiment, operating through deep reconnaissance (DR) and special reconnaissance (SR) to provide military intelligence (MI), geographical intelligence, signals intelligence (SIGINT), and technical intelligence in support of the theater Republic objective and to support local Republic special forces, and its operators were trained in orbital insertion, airborne insertion (HALO/HAHO), maritime and littoral insertion, and heliborne inserti