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

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

The Marine Corps is restructuring its reconnaissance training after leaders found that new Marines often lacked strong infantry foundations. The overhaul replaces the Basic Reconnaissance Course with ...

CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — Camp Pendleton’s Reconnaissance Training Company Marines got an aerial view of the base during Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction training April 17 at San Mateo Landing ...

Infantry Scouts do not have their own primary career track, like those for mortarmen or machine gunners. But that could ...

CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa — Leaders with the Camp Schwab-based 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion said this week that recently announced changes to the recon community will make Marine reconnaissance stronger. A ...

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.