The training pipeline for Air Force Special Recon is designed to create operators who can survive, observe, and report from some of the world’s most hostile environments. This story follows selection, ...

CENTRAL IRAQ - APRIL 12: Marines of the Force Recon attachment to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit interrogate an Iraqi prisoner April 12, 2003 in central Iraq north of Nasiriyah. The prisoner and ...

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct aerial sniper training in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

The Reconnaissance selection and training course is intensely rigorous. Thanks to the Marines’ amphibious nature, much of selection involves swimming and underwater training in addition to timed ...