Why Only 0.5% of the Marine Corps Become Recon Marines
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The Recon Marines are a group of soldiers that are so elite, only 0.5% of Marines actually meet the standards to join.
Reconnaissance Marines are the special forces of the Marine Corps. Every Marine is eligible to join them regardless of their previous Military Occupational Specialty. But to even begin to be eligible, they must first pass all their prerequisite schools and training for their original MOS, then successfully pass a grueling 48-hour screener at the division level.
This screener often takes multiple attempts to pass, and candidates then go on to the 25-day Reconnaissance Training and Assessment Program. This additional 25-day screener further weeds out those who would not make it to Basic Reconnaissance Course. At BRC, this 12-week process typically sees a 50% attrition rate.
However, even after passing this milestone, Marines are still not done with training. Eventually, they must become airborne, combatant diver qualified, and any follow-on schools with their team, such as scout sniper school.
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I knew this video was going to be inaccurate when they said “recon marines are a group of _soldiers_ “
I KNOW IT IS SO ANNOYING BECAUSE MY BROTHER IS A MARINE AND GETS MAD!! WHEN PEOPLE CALL THEM SOLDIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What? They're mercenaries?
@@bayerbear6770 that’s what I don’t get, why are recons mad when they’re called soldiers. They are not mercenaries, they are part of US military so they are pretty much soldiers
@@pacmenue8739 Not accurate. Soldier simply refers to a member of the Army. Army has soldiers, Navy has sailors, Air Force has airmen, and the Marine Corps has Marines.
It's a pride thing, each branch has its own training, culture, and history, and calling them the wrong title takes away from it all.
@@budgetghostbusters2567 if to generalize, soldiers (any branch) are the one who perform what the government says, right?
So instead of calling Air Force unit an "airman" the "air born soldier\trooper" will just sufice as for me, correct me if i'm wrong
This video is as accurate as saying: "The Lamborghini Gallardo is one of the best Ferraris to have been built in the Tesla Factory".
😂😂
So true😂
Bruh💀
@@realmoistcriticaltotally1043 ?
😅
Recon Marines are not special force they are not even SOF the us marine corps has only one SOF element MARSOC.
True, however they are special operations capable and trained the same as SOF units. But it is annoying how everyone just calls anyone with expanded capabilities 'Special Forces' when that specifically refers to Green Berets though.
@pootis Dude that's what I said
That is correct Marsoc is the one and only SOF in marines
Marines have a marsoc it's a tier 2 operational unit. And they don't go by marsoc anymore they are called raiders now the indoc process is about 6 months now.
Ok kids, let’s clarify a couple of misconceptions.. ALL RECONS, MEU, MARSOC 0372 go to ITC! All of them! So there’s that! We are all “qualified”.. stop this crap unless you’ve been there..
As a Recon Marine, I appreciate the stroke, but this ain’t right.
Yeah don't you just love it when people who have never served talk about the service?
@@slappy8941 Many of them on RUclips.
ps: I'm not a Marine Raider, just disgusted at those "warriors"
@@slappy8941 I'm not in the Marines yet but i plan on going through and getting my bachelor's and going to ocs and being a officer in the Marines but I hate it when they said that Marines are "soldiers"
@@wallybag6006 ok
@@wallybag6006 nice
"How inaccurate should we make the video?"
"Yes."
Well it's called the military channel. Maybe it's the illiterate military channel.
@@chris2162003 if it has a name like that then definitely inaccurate
I mean, it's US military made by a British dude
What's inaccurate about it?
This isn’t true. Recon marines are not the special forces. They don’t need to finish any prior mos training if they sign on as a recon marine in their contract. And they aren’t soldiers
@@danb7067, bah. I see troll like a fool. Good luck with that.
For real though. It's an irresponsible recruiter who signs someone fresh off the street for Recon or any SOCOM program. With more than 70% dropping out, most will be recycled into jobs they didn't want in the first place. Look at the little shit that burned down LHD6.
Recon are not "special forces"(they are SOF), but Force Recon is. It's the only one that belongs solely to the Marine Corps and most of the MARSOC guys originally came from it
Nice PFP
@@giovannisola0821 😌
They are soldiers. Sure, they’re called Marines, but that’s like you saying “hey, a dog” and some random dude comes up and says “that’s actually a German Shepherd”.
My grandfather was in the first marine reconnaissance. He served during Vietnam. 31 confirmed kills. 👌
My ol man was 26th, co. C, 68-69
he learned his real training on the line, I know!
Did he call in his tactical nuke?
there is so much wrong in this video it’s just funny to see how inaccurate it is
It's because it's not the original guy that narrates the videos or idk (the infographics show guy)
@@Coolgamer2242-EA
How does changing the narrator affect who’s doing the research? Infographics are full of inaccuracies anyway
Recon Marines are what the SEALS aspire to be.
Semper Fi.
Bro what about MARSOC
IKR NOT EVEN people who commend marines even mention them, but then navy seals get all the attention then when special forces for the marines gets mentions it’s not even THERE SPECIAL FORCES, Recon just reminds me of scouts
I'd imagine recon would be like the 75th ranger Regiment.
And marsoc would be the "GB pipeline" but I'd imagine a more DA mission set
@@turbocharged213 Raiders are marsoc bRuH
@@Big_Hogger oh ok thanks
@@turbocharged213 raiders stopped existing post WW2.... 1stMarDiv has homage posters for them.
One of my best friends went straight to the Marine corps out of high school. He became an admin, he never did anything beyond sitting at a desk. I will never forget when he told me he was attached to a marine recon unit, we all thought that was amazingly cool. Then one night he told me that it's actually the worst assignment he's ever had. He went on to say that these guys drill and train constantly, they are the best the Marine corps has to offer, now as Marine of course you always think the Marines are the best so that's him pretty much saying they're the absolute best soldiers in the world. But then he told me something that made me laugh, he said they spend more time at the shooting range than anyone he's ever seen, and they shoot more rounds down range that I could ever imagine. And that is assignment as they're attached admin was to account for every single round. He would spend hours every day picking up and reboxing every piece of spent brass.
He did tell me though that much like you'd expect from every Marine those guys always offered to help him out with anything, and when they were doing standing drills you know right on the firing lines and not moving, he would be able to go to where every single one stood and find piles a brass, every single one of those Marines would take a moment to push all the brass together with their feet into a small pile just to make his day a little bit easier.
"The Recon Marines are a group of soldiers..." Alright I'm out 🤣
They are soldiers, mr armchair general.
@@EdgyDabs47 they are not soilders they are marines silly.
@@EdgyDabs47 Soldiers refer to a person serving in the Army. Sailor refers to the Navy. Airman refers to the Air Force. And Marine is what you use to refer to a Marine.
@@MasterCheif-rw7vi It's only Americans (and particularly those who haven't even served) who start foaming at the mouth over a job title.
Anybody actively serving in a military can be described as a soldier. It doesn't matter what their job is.
@@EdgyDabs47 The Australians do it as well. It's to remove confusion as to what branch you are referring to. Though it seems to cause even more confusion among civilians. The same goes for people's lack of understanding surrounding Army Special Forces and Special Operations Forces...
yeah bro recon are the special forces of the marines. definitely not MARSOC
Recon is special operations capable and trained on par with SOF units. MarSOC is special operations, not Special Forces. Special Forces specifically refers to the Army Green Berets.
@Andrew Onymous ?
@Andrew Onymous look at their training. Recon is just MARSOC following slightly lower standards and missing Direct Action capability. FORECON is essentially the same as the raiders, they’re just separate so the MEF can keep them as their personal operators. It’s more accurate to say FORECON are the specops of the marines, as MARSOC obeys SOCOM, which is essentially its own branch these days
@Andrew Onymous ?
@@budgetghostbusters2567 Dude you know your stuff well. Did you serve in the military?
Yup… proud to have been a Recon Marine from 73 through 75 …when I left to enter the Naval Academy (class of ‘79).
But I’m always proud of my scuba and wings… identifying me as one of the fewer one of the prouder….
A RECON MARINE 🇺🇸❤️
The salute had me laughing at this guy
Recon are something else. Straight up. They're built different from other men I've met
I was gonna say something but I see the comments already had it covered😂😂
Tell me you never served without telling me you never served ...
I got one- I LOVE the desert. 🤭🥲
Yall MARSOC was originally comprised of Force Recon. Its got its own thing now, but its roots are still in Force Recon. Force Recon is also Special Operations Capable, though its not their primary function.
Tell em McGee, your right on.
People don’t even know about Det One…without that pilot program MARSOC would have never made it through the experimental phase of its inception.
They these kids on here complaining don't know shit about Recon. They just know Marsoc from fucking video games or some shit. Guess they never heard of MEU(SOC). FORCE FUCKING RECON TILL THE DAY I DIE BABY.
Force recon and recon are 2 different elements.
Yes some members of force recon were pulled to start MARSOC.
but recon and force recon are not and never have been sf.
The whole reason MARSOC was created was to become part of SOCOM. So the corps could join the SF community.
@@emersonwilson21 yes I know dude, battalion recon and FORCE RECONNAISSANCE COMPANIES. I'm showing my allegiance to the Marine Recon community by saying Forecon til the day I die. 2nd Force to be specific. Now the only remnants of force are the Deep Recon Platoons in Battalion.
I am glad to hear a comment that they are called marines not soldiers. They are my heroes. What rigorous training. I am so proud knowing they are my marines too. I am a 72 yr old retired nurse grandmother. I have earned my stripes in life n can say i love you guys. I am not being fresh. Tk you marines.
Wow. I had an older friend that was a proud Marine. He served in…Laos. Supposedly we weren’t in Laos.
When the Seals became big news he kind of grinned and said Marine Recon doesn’t want the publicity.
Don’t want don’t need
Marines were never in Laos. It was Cambodia.
@@vicO1323 that’s what they want you to think. 😉
My convo with him was 20 yrs ago.
sPeCiAl fOrCeS oF tHe mAriN crOPs
Marsoc: Am I a joke to you?
"You don't know me son
Who's gonna carry the boats"
AND THE LAWGGS!!
That’s a SEAL🤦♂️
LMAO
I went through BRC as a corpsman. Didn’t make it, but some of my Marine buddies finished, good shit mang 🤙🏻
Marsoc just sitting there getting overlooked by everybody
Yeah, most people still have never heard of them. Maybe they need to start writing more books like Seals.
@@Ryan-wx1bi book deals and movies keep the heat off real operators getting dirty in dark places
Why fight your enemy when your enemy kills off their own soldiers in training?
Elaborate if you will then?
@@momkeybmalls8551 Who needs soldiers when there are engineers.
@@geoemg7140 who needs engineers when there are doctors
@@smokeymcpot69 Without engineering medicine would still be on the same level as it was in medival ages.
@@geoemg7140 Without Medicine many engineers wouldn't even be alive.
Oh?
So just become David Mason the Black ops 2
protagonist?
Seems easy enough
@Jason Lenzi I know, but with the way they describe it, that legit the skill of David but his skill is probably 2x better
You're wrong about having to complete the original MOS, I was in MCT and had an instructor ask the class if anyone was interested in trying out the cheviot was
"If you do this your original MOS is no longer available to you and if you fail you get thrown into a random MOS that's chosen for you"
“Soldier” let me stop you right there.
The best way to get through this type of training; have the build of a bodybuilder and also to make sure to let everyone know early on that you are the toughest and that you could probably do it all on your own without their help. The instructors really like helping tough guys the most because it's important to have tough looking people to help in their recruiting
As soon as I saw the salute in the introduction, I knew this video was going to be inaccurate.
My son made it through the 25days and said actual Recon training was getting hit by a truck the first day.
Everything you said insults the entire Marine Corps.
Chill out, it’s not like the us marines are an elite force ;)
No it doesn't..
Damn that's badass, I'd be so grateful and honored to make it to such a highly responsible position.
" The Recon Marines are a group of soldiers"
Me: "Ight, ima head out"
The first of two definitions of soldiers is anyone who serves in the army. Are they mercenaries? Are they pmc’s? No? Then great they’re a soldier.
@@ein_blinde_NashornThey don’t serve in the Army. They serve in the Marine Corps, a branch of the US Armed Forces.
👍🇺🇸🇺🇦 I'm glad there's a screening, standards of being fit to join. This show's quality in their selections of men and women
So I guess they switched places with MARSOC lol
What I like to know: why are Marines often so muscular? They seem to mostly eat and workout. Other branches seem to have slimmer soldiers
Cause we’re monsters
Marine Corps Recon is more similar to what the Army Rangers do however they are quite a bit more badass and tough they however are not Special Ops the Marine Corps special operations are the Marine Raiders or as they were know a few years ago MarSOC (Marine Special Operations Command)
They aren't similar to army rangers at all, completely different mission, and they aren't "more badass and tough" or "better" each unit r the best at their own mission, and recon aren't SOF like the army rangers r so y compare a non SOF unit to a SOF unit
@@DLI002 He is allowed to compare because Recon is on par with SOF units when it comes to training and capability, just not funding lol. The pipeline is longer and has higher attrition than the Ranger's pipeline, however I am not saying one is more badass or anything, I disagree with him saying that. Everything else you said is 100% though.
@@budgetghostbusters2567 I’m comparing not because of their mission but more because of their training they are not trained to the same level as SOF. They are trained to higher level than standard infantry I see Recon and Rangers as advanced infantry units Recon’s mission is to provide gain and provide intelligence of enemy units and their positions and to observe and asses a landing zone, while the Rangers I meant to be more of a light infantry force that is flexible and scouts ahead of a larger force or on the flanks of a larger force. And as to being more badass and tougher that is a personal bias due to me having been in the Marines and I will always hate on the Army
@@The_Dr_Anarchy Your understanding of the Ranger Battlions is woefully incorrect... What ever you just described sounds alot closer to the US Army LRS Companies that have been long disbanded. The Ranger Battlions are one of three primary Surgical Strike elements of JSOC operating alongside Delta Force and the Naval Special Warfare Development Group.
One of the main reasons this video missed, on top of all the other inaccuracies, is that recon contracts have a wait time of nearly a year or more and most people joining the military aren't trying to wait to leave their old lives.
Recon aint SOF, but considering how their selection stacks up against other pipelines, its fair to say recon marines are held to a special operations level standard.
If they succeed they will be given full access to the legendary 64-pack of crayons
Marines arent soldiers... they're marines... soldiers are army
What is the difference…😂😂 😂 ?
@GregorySmith-xq8yt Different branches. Just to remove confusion and unnecessary chattering, a soldier would be a part of the army. A marine would be a part of the marine corp.
Also, marine is a french word for "sea". Implies the reliance of the navy for sea transportation and/or operations if I'm not wrong.
"Every soldier in the marines is eligible. To even begin to be eligible they must..."
"a group of soldiers" wtf
Hate it they call marines as soldiers like they ain't the fucking army. THEY'RE MARINES !!!
My limited experience with Recon was flying an Osprey into a zone and them not securing their UAV’s. The unsecured UAV got caught in our downwash and obliterated one of their dudes. ELITE.
I've watched Generation kill and met a few recon Marines in my lifetime. They are not an SF unit let alone a SoF
Powerful endurance wow respectfully Taffy H 💫🇺🇲🙏🏼
Recon isn't special forces, and marines aren't soldiers , their Marines. You should probably do research before releasing a video next time.
I wasn’t an 0321 Recon Marine, I was an 8541 STA Marine, I served form 1987 to 1995 and today the secondary MOS for scout snipers is 0317 and no longer 8541. Despite never having attended the BRC, even I know there’s multiple inaccuracies in this video.
"Dont recommend this channel"
Did you animate that salute yourself? Cuz boy it was rough.
Yet they can't win a single war smh
what war lol
The US wins plenty of battles:
Point Salines
La Comandancia
Battle of Rio Hato Airfield
Khafji
Kuwait Airport
The Ice Cube
73 Easting
Medina Ridge
Objective Norfolk
Rumania Oil Fields
Mogadishu
Battle of Shah-i-Kot Valley
Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif
Siege of Kunduz
Fall of Kabul (2001)
2001 uprising in Herat
Battle of Tarin Kowt
Fall of Kandahar
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
Battle of Tora Bora
Battle of Panjwaii
Battle of Musa Qala
Battle of Chora
Battle of Shewan
Battle of Shok Valley
Battle of Arghandab
(That’s up to 2008 in Afghanistan)
Too many to list.
Battle of Nasiriyah
Battle of al Samawah
Battle of Haditha Dam
Battle of Karbala
Battle of Al Nasria
Battle of Baghdad
Battle of Al-Kut
Battle of Sadar City
Second Battle of Karbala
Second Battle of An-Najif
Battle of Fallujah
Battle of Tal Afar
Second Battle of Tal Afar
Battle of Ramadi
Second Battle of Ramadi
Just a few battles in Iraq
It would literally take me hours of research to post the hundreds of successful combat operations. So it’s not an armed forces problem.
List of successful Wars and small conflicts:
Grenada
Panama
Tanker War
Gulf War
Somalia
Haiti
Bosnia
Kosovo
Iraq War
Libya
ISIS War
Syria
Lebanon was peace keeping operation that went bad.
Afghanistan was more to do with political incompetence of Joe Biden. He snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
@@davidcraft4636 thats a lot of words for someone who got defeated by rice farmers in asia and some tribal talibanis in south east asia
@@binodsarkarIN
Your uneducated I see. Probably a Chinese Bot or troll. The NVA was a professional Army armed by the Soviet Union and China. They were not rice farmers. They defeated the South Vietnamese Army after aid was cut 2 years after the US left.
Afghanistan was a Cluster after Biden fumbled the ball. The Taliban are park of the Pakistani Army. That was isn’t over. The US is arming insurgents as we speak.
Stopped the NK and PLA and gave rise to a powerful South Korean nation while the NK starve to death.
Win the Kosovo Campaign
Won the Gulf War
Won the Iraq War
Won the ISIS War in Iraq and Syria.
Hows that for you. What country are you from by the way? Probably some 3rd world dump.
That is not accurate. Also a singular unit in a single branch of a military does not win a war. You trippin?
"The recon Marines are a group of soldiers"
The amount of headveins popping out in just the first 8 words.
Ahhhhh.... Another person that can't explain how the military works.
Recon are hard as fuck.
I watched the toughest, fittest dude I'ev ever known, fail out twice. Then fail out of MARSOC. He always completed the training, but never passed selection. The reason they gave was his personality was not a good fit. Whatever that meant.
I got the pleasure of watching the soul of a few recon contract guys evaporate. For those unaware, usmc has recruit training at only two places. One for each side of the mississippi. But only one Recon training, and it's on Camp Pendleton.
So they east coast guys with recon contracts get sent to combat training with the west coast guys.
Most of them had never seen hills, let alone mountainous terrain. They died on the rucks.
Then we all got to watch the recon guys training in the same areas while we waited around for orders, multiple times.
I once watched them for four hours straight do the obstacle course over and over, dudes were literally falling off the rope at the end.
Immediately after finishing that slay fest, they grabbed a giant log with the words MFER or something along those lines written on it, it was about 3 or 4 feet in diameter and just a massive log. Four dudes loaded it onto their backs, and ran off to the mountains. The rest of them grabbed sandbags, 150lb dummies, and a bunch of other heavy crap and also ran with them.
The recon guys in my platoon had already given up by that point. They'd washed out before they even started lol.
That's a lie
@YeetusDeleteus 6969 America couldn't win the war in Afghanistan against native tribesmen Ukraine does a hell of a job slaughtering Russians and vice versa so if your standard Ukrainian rifleman is effective at tackling Russian mechanized units yet a US Recon Ranger can't win a firefight against rock throwing Afghans they seem pretty useless on paper..............
@YeetusDeleteus 6969 so x value=?
(2x)2+4=98
4x+4=98
4x=94
x=94/4
x=23.5
so thats the answer i even proved it
@YeetusDeleteus 6969 well he explained
@YeetusDeleteus 6969 If you can't take a defeat then don't try being smart.
He proved it through maths and you asked for a explanation neither of you are obligated to answer or ask in the same way as other does.
And his solution was very good if you can't understand then it's not our fault.
You're right. This video is totally inaccurate and misleading. It's a bummer the misinformation is being tossed around like this.
My buddy is a Recon Marine. He can't even talk about where he is, if I get a call
I plan on joining the Marines soon.
I’ve been searching things and watching videos for a while now
First inaccurate thing I heard was “ Reconnaissance Marines are the special forces of the Marine Corps “
If I’m not mistaken The Special forces are the Raiders. Reconnaissance Marines fall under MAGTF… right?
Damn. Would have loved to have done something like this.
God bless you guys 🇺🇲💪💪🏿💪🏽🇺🇲
My uncle was a recon marine, 2 tours in Iraq. Much respect for him
What people don’t realize is even through someone makes it through training that’s not when training stops. Once you make it through those schools your journey begins. Training is everyday and everyday you learn something new. Just because someone graduates boot doesn’t mean they know shit
I’m curious as a non military: What does, if any, a soldier truly expect in return for the sacrifice of their mind, body and spirit in enlisting?
@@danb7067 I understand. Thank you for an insight 🙂
Incorrect, the marines special operations group is called MARSOC or also known as marine raiders. Recon marines are not “special forces” nor special operations. The only group in the military known as the special forces is the green berets, all the other groups are just infantry or special operations.
MARSOC is in a way harder to get into than the SEAL’s, because anyone can try for the SEALS right after school, while MARSOC is a selected course
Guys, Marines are soldiers by definition. No matter how much respect or exclusivity you want to put on it, it doesn’t change the definition of a word. Not all bases are alkalis, not all wine is champagne, and not all soldiers are Marines.
Almost bro. Almost.
Force Recon and MARSOC is the marine SOF units, although MARSOC is tier 2 but considering their training and how vigorous it is I believe that they deserve to be tier 1 not sure if that’s changed or not but MARSOC are tier 2 along the lines of Green Berets, 75th rangers, PJs, CCTs, Navy SEALS, etc.
A Marine I served with was discharged worked as a Fish and Wildlife enforcement officer joined the reserves. He got his Recon jump wings, became part of an air wing as a helicopter pilot and then became a Warrant Officer in Desert Storm and Desert Shield earning a Bronze star. He was a normal Marine wanted to do his time and get out as an enlisted but I guess he finally found his calling in the reserves.
They don't need to finish mos training. When I was in infantry school everyone who met minimum recon standards was offered to join. Most don't take the offer because you are most likely not going to make it and you will be re-classed after since you have not been to MOS school. If you go in open contract i would recommend you consider it since you don't have much on the line.
Had a buddy that was a recon marine! He was a tank 5 foot four but and absolutely tank
I’m confused as to why no one talks about marsoc or raiders as if they’re not the main spec ops of the marines.
Because raiders dont exist and MARSOC really wrecked themselves when they dared to let WMs in
@@cpK054L raiders do exist. What r u talking about? People just dont hear about them a lot for some reason.
@@rxgue7159 Didn't exist when I was in.
2007-2011.
So unless Wikipedia is a liar, it states it was active starting in 2014.
And even then, it states that "Raiders" is MARSOC.
MARSOC lost it's "edge" in 2010.
@@cpK054L well that’s because it is just now coming back
@@cpK054L marsoc is still a special operations unit for the marine corps and the raiders is basically an mos for marsoc.
Combat diver school is no joke
Get real.. pre dive is worse than freaking dive school.
I doubt the young lady who wrote this most informative article has even been in a room with a group of Marines. If you ever encounter a group of Marines, maybe in an airport, walk up and call them soldiers and I think they will gently explain to you that No, not soldiers, but MARINES!
They're special operations capable but completely under Marine Corps direction. They go MART Marines Awaiting Recon Training, 4 week Preliminary Recon Training (cant remember name) which is the weedout session in the pool. Then 12 week BRC before conferred Recon Marine. Source had an 0321 contract from enlistment, washed out to infantry.
"When I joined the Marine corps, we didn't have any fancy shmancy tanks, we only had two sticks and a rock...and we had to share the rock "
-A certain Marine after kicking alien asses throughout the galaxy
Sailors and marines can join. But the only sailors who are eligible are corpsman. The sailors who join, they become SARCs, SOIDCs or Recon IDCs (many names for the same medic position). And b4 BRC most go to RTAP now watch general discharge for more accurate info
Gentlemen, read your doctrine. If you are assigned to a unit that has a METL of special operations, then surprise, you are in special operations; whatever that spectrum may be. MARSOC isn't the only unit with a special operations METL. You will find there are different types of special operations units, depending on the missions they are expected to perform.
It is not for the faint of heart. It takes guts to become a Marine
You know you're good when you make it into the special forces of the special forces of the special forces of the special forces of the most elite fighting force on the planet.
Recon isn't their special forces, the marine Corp special forces is MARSOC, they both are hard to get into tho
Kinda becoming obsolete when
a 6 year old can operate a drone
I knew marines colonel, he served for 24 years.
"Naught point 5" bri ish moment
Bros be chewing ultra premium crayons
Marine corps special forces is called MARSOC-Marine Raiders, under SOCOM.
Imagine being named "Military Show" and being inaccurate
My Senior Drill instructor was a sniper.
Another was Recon.
Another was Infantry.
Only one was a mechanic.
Good times, 3109
That must've been a crazy cycl3 😂
@@zohlore
PLT 3109, K CO.
July, 2002.
fun fact: Recon marines are not labeled as Special Forces. Not because they arent every bit as BA as special forces units its because special forces fall under SOC (special operations command) and General Lemuel Shepherd, the founder of recon, wanted the recon marines to fall under Marine command and not SOC. Think about it like the Marines have a very capable asset they can use in their own operations.
I’d have to say the .5% is off. When I enlisted I was reserves and my battalion I was going to out of Boot Camp was 4/4. 4th marines 4th Light armored reconnaissance. It was the forward recon company for the 4th marines
Recon marines are literally the best of the best.
It's actually not as difficult as it sounds to pass the course...it actually has a significant lower attrition rate then the Armies Expert Field Medical Badge course...Navy Seals, Army Special Forces, and Airforce Para-rescue are also significantly harder to pass than the Marines Recon course...
0372 here. Don't call me a soldier random British dude
The accent tells you how accurate it will be.
You have to be more specific when talking about recon. Theres special forces and special operations. There are plenty of both forces that are easy to pass depending on how much mental pain you can handle.
I couldn't stop thinking about the danish Frømandskorps. They have 500 applicants every year and only 4-10 gets in and no female has ever completed the training and gotten in.
One of my best friends was marine recon. He was trained in rock climbing. He also was chosen to be their Italian interpreter. You will hardly ever find a Marine who only speaks English.
My oldest brother was marine force recon. We had no clue what he did until after his service. He said he didn’t want to worry our mom. 😂
Every kid wanting to be a marine them finds out breathing in water isn’t even basic training
It should be the "Recon Marines are the special operation forces of the Marine Corps". The term "special forces" is not the general term for the cool kids in the U.S. military among the different branches. The U.S. Army has a specific unit called Special Forces and using "special forces" as the general term would be confusing. Additionally, while there are similarities, given the different mission sets I wouldn't really use Special Forces as a comparative reference between the two units to try to explain what Recon Marines are either.
Only bad part about being airborne, is waiting before you get on the airplane/helicopter