The U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Course, better known as the Basic Recon Course, is where young Marines earn their place in the Marine Corps’ recon units. The course puts candidates through ...

Being a Marine requires a level of fitness the average military member does not have. The fitness tests are more difficult and the training is challenging, requiring Marines to stay in above-average ...

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division and U.S. Airmen with the 320 Special Tactics Squadron attend a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan ...

A Marine Corps scout sniper candidate with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, adjusts his sights during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat ...

A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of ...