Basic Combat Hunter skills are taught at the School of Infantry (SOI) and are expanded upon during fleet unit training exercises throughout the Marine Corps. Reviewed by CH A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment observes a mock Afghan village and role-players through his binoculars fro...
infantry school where they teach the basics of being part of the Queen of Battle. When all is said and done, the vast majority of us who’ve served in Special Operations units look back on the time in basic training as a piece of cake. But it comes with challenges, mainly, this is ...
in the valley of death where the sun dont shine. the roughest toughest fighter ever known was made. from a M-16 and a Live Grenade. he was a mean green lean fightin machine. who proudly bore the title of RECON MARINE Infantry --- I left the sky in the middle of the night...
His first assignment as a Marine officer was attending The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, where all Marine officers learn the basic infantry tactics, prior to attending flight school. Every Marine Officer is an infantry officer before becoming an aviator. Joe was selected to attend Undergraduat...
infantry officer in Vietnam. After he got out, he went to work for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He had also been illustrating the “Sally Forth” comic strip for 20+ years as well. If you haven’t read any of his outstanding special ops and military history novels, I highly recommend ...
While not a requirement, Marines are also highly encouraged to take a few courses through the Marine Corps Institute in order to be competitive. These include Land Navigation (MCI 0381), Infantry Patrolling (MCI 0335), Forward Observer Procedures (MCI 0861) and Reconnaissance Marine (MCI 0332)....
Marines seeking promotion to the rank of warrant officer are thoroughly vetted by a selection board that assesses applicants' skills and leadership potential. Eligibility criteria is closely related to their MOS. For example, those seeking to become infantry weapons warrant officers, also called "Mari...
The MEU (SOC) is comprised of a Ground Combat Element (GCE), an Aviation Combat Element (ACE), a MEU Combat Service Support Group, and a Command Element (CE). The GCE is the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), an infantry battalion reinforced with artillery, Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV's...
in June 1966, for "The Basic School". Almost all of us were newly graduated and commissioned; we knew it would be an interesting and possibly difficult 21-week experience before our "real" active duty assignments. Our class was designated Bravo ("B") Company. Almost all of us became ...