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Description

The Reconnaissance Marine is a Marine skilled in multi-domain reconnaissance & surveillance. In addition to basic rifleman skills, Reconnaissance Marines possess enhanced physical and psychological attributes required to gain access to the operational environment and are required to maintain advanced capabilities in combat swimming, small boat operations, highly-refined scouting and long range patrolling, close combat skills, demolitions, forward observer procedures for supporting arms, ITG operations for heliborne, airborne, and waterborne forces; long-range communications, multi-domain collections, threat weapons and equipment identification. All Reconnaissance Marines receive advanced training in survival escape resistance evasion (SERE), low level static line (LLSL) parachuting, military freefall parachuting, and combatant diving. They are also trained as a subject matter expert in advanced communications, special weapons, joint terminal attack control, helicopter rope insertion/extraction techniques, assault climbing, intelligence collection, mountain warfare, methods of entry, sniper operations, advanced combat life support, close quarter tactics, and may serve as jumpmasters and dive supervisors depending on their billet in the reconnaissance unit. Reconnaissance Marines contribute to the multi-domain collection of intelligence at the tactical, operational, and strategic echelons of command. They are highly capable of conducting low visibility missions in environments ranging from cooperation to conflict. Supporting the fleet Marine Force, fleet, or joint task force, Reconnaissance Marines provide timely intelligence to the supported commander to shape and influence the operational environment. The varying types of missions a Reconnaissance Marine conducts are multi-domain reconnaissance and surveillance, battle space shaping, and other special reconnaissance missions.