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The United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance detachments, or FORECON, operate in deep reconnaissance, direct action, and the control of supporting arms; to convey military intelligence beyond the means of a commander's area of influence on the battlefield. They are capable of operating independently in combined methods of amphibious and ...
The School of Infantry (SOI) is the second stage of initial military training for enlisted United States Marines after recruit training. The ITB (Infantry Training Battalion) now called IMC (Infantry Marine Course) went from a 59 day course to 14 week course. Since the initial training pipeline is divided between coasts, Marines from areas east ...
1945-1946. Ie Shima Auxiliary Airfield (伊江島補助飛行場, Iejima Hojo Hikōjō) is a training facility, managed by the United States Marine Corps and a former World War II airfield complex on Ie Shima, an island located off the northwest coast of Okinawa Island in the East China Sea. The airfield as such was inactivated after 1946 but ...
Recon Training Company, SOI (West) The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Training Company trains Marines in the amphibious environment as a Reconnaissance Marine, MOS 0321. It is under the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion (AITB) of the School of Infantry (West), Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Individual augmentee. An individual augmentee is a United States military member attached to a unit (battalion or company) as a temporary duty assignment (TAD/TDY). Individual augmentees can be used to fill shortages or can be used when an individual with specialized knowledge or skill sets is required. As a result, individual augmentees can ...
The Marine Corps shares a sphere of operation with units of the United States Coast Guard, including operation of the Joint Maritime Training Center (JMTC) (previously known as the Special Missions Training Center (SMTC)), a joint Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps training facility located on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Camp Lejeune ...
Prerequisites for screening: General Technical (GT) score of 105 or higher. Have 20/200 near visual acuity or visual acuity not to exceed 20/400 with a completed PRK eye surgery. Normal color vision is recommended, but not required provided the Marine can complete a vivid red and vivid green recognition test.
The Education Command governs the training plans and policies that are instituted Corps-wide; This is the responsibility of the Policy & Standards Division (PSD) within TECOM HQ. This includes the Marine Corps Institute (MCI) courses and the Command and Staff College. Some of the major units within Education Command are: Marine Corps University.