The new Ground Reconnaissance Course is one of two programs replacing the service’s Basic Reconnaissance Course.

The long-running Basic Reconnaissance Course is being replaced by two new programs meant to train Recon Marines.

Under the new curriculum, candidates will complete the ground reconnaissance course before advancing to its amphibious counterpart. “Marine reconnaissance training will have the same rigor it’s long ...

Freshly minted recon Marines were showing up to their first units less prepared than expected, service leaders said. The ...

The Marine Corps has replaced its 12-week Basic Reconnaissance Course with two sequential programs: the Ground Reconnaissance Course and the Amphibious Reconnaissance Course. The change supports Force ...

The Corps removed an officer from command and ordered a revamp of preliminary reconnaissance training after a Marine drowned earlier this year during a Camp Pendleton swim test, the Marine Corps ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Part of the Marine Corps' special operations force is attempting a better way to support combatant commanders by eliminating burdensome layers in the chain of command.

The purpose of a reconnaissance and security (R&S) brigade combat team (BCT) is to fight for information on behalf of a corps or division in order to protect formations from unexpected enemy attack.

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -- Marines from B Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conducted recon training during Warrior Exercise (WAREX) 91 14-03 in conjunction with Army ...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Soldiers of Missouri National Guard's 1137th Military Police Company in Kennett, Doniphan and Jackson recently conducted route reconnaissance and improvised explosive devices, or ...