The US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (USMCWL) is putting forward a radical proposal to train marine infantry squad leaders to act as forward air controllers (FACs), giving them the ability to undertake Type 2 and Type 3 terminal attack controls by close air support (CAS) aircraft. ...
Recon training begins even before the Basic Reconnaissance Course. In previous years, each Recon Bn had its own Training Platoon, and its own Pre-BRC course, ranging from 2 to 4 weeks. Pre-BRC was essentially a very abbreviated rundown of what would be covered in BRC, with some of the ...