U.S. Reconnaissance Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Force Reconnaissance Platoon, conduct dive and live-fire ...

Force Recon Marines represent some of the most elite warriors in the United States Marine Corps. Trained for deep reconnaissance and direct action missions, they operate far ahead of conventional ...

A U.S. Marine assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, starts his MMX motorcycle in preparation for a raid during the ground interoperability exercise at Marine Corps Base ...

The Marine Corps is getting rid of its Scout Sniper Platoons as part of massive force structure changes, but Marine reconnaissance and special operations units will continue to have their own ...

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Marine scout snipers conduct long-range live-fire training at Camp Fuji, Japan, in March 2022. (Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is scrapping its scout sniper program and will ...

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps has phased out its elite scout sniper platoons as part of a large-scale redesign of the service’s infantry battalions to adapt to future warfare, service officials said ...

The Marine Corps is getting rid of one of its most elite and storied jobs -- the scout sniper. Official message traffic leaked to social media last week described a switch from scout sniper platoons ...