U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct aerial sniper training in the U.S.

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

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marine Corps is scrapping its scout sniper program and will soon house its snipers under reconnaissance, rather than infantry, ...

The Marine Corps has replaced its long-standing Basic Reconnaissance Course with two specialized programs — the Ground Reconnaissance Course and the Amphibious Reconnaissance Course — to better align ...

One of the Marine Corps’ most grueling entry-level combat training pipelines has been overhauled, with two new specialized programs replacing the decades-old basic reconnaissance course. The previous ...