Plan, coordinate, and conduct amphibious-ground reconnaissance and surveillance to observe, identify, and report enemy activity, and collect other information of military significance.Working in a 6-man task organised team capable of conducting specific missions behind enemy lines, the role of the USMC reconnaissance community is to provide Marine commanders with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information, and as such their role includes:
“You’ve got high attrition in BRC, coupled with casualties in combat and just the high turnover rate in our MOS of losing guys to MARSOC, losing corpsmen to MARSOC, and guys just naturally getting out after a couple of deployments…” Reconnaissance is also viewed as a poor relation of MARSOC, the Marine’s Special Operations Command, as noted by Captain Quinn (Executive Officer of the Recon Training Company) (Fuentes, 2015): However, despite both assets operating in the reconnaissance role, they have distinctive responsibilities (Section 1.4). These two amphibious/ground reconnaissance assets of the USMC, Division and Force Reconnaissance, are generally trained in the same aspect and environment of intelligence collection for a Navy/Marine Fleet Marine Force Commander, regardless of their difference in tactical area of responsibility (AOR). This article provides an overview of the recruitment, selection and training process for the US Marine Corps’ Reconnaissance community, which includes the two amphibious/ground reconnaissance assets of the USMC known as Division Reconnaissance and Force Reconnaissance.
Part 02: Entry Standards and Applications.Part 01: Background to the US Marine Corps’ Reconnaissance community.
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