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Advanced Infantry Training Battalion
Reconnaissance Training Company

WELCOME

The Reconnaissance Training Company (RTC) has the honor of hosting some of the militaries most demanding training as it strives to produce Reconnaissance Marines and Scout Snipers.  The training that students undergo while attending any of our courses is mentally and physically challenging by design.  To be successful as a Reconnaissance Marine on the battlefield, it requires intellect, strenght, endurance, skill, and team work.  As such, we're looking for individuals who possess the drive, discipline, maturity, and courage to rise to the challenge and fill the ranks of these storied warrior communities.  If successful, your remaining journey will increase in difficulty, but the sacrifices you will make and the hard-work you will put forth will result in immeasurable reward.  If you think that you have what it takes to become a member of our team, please review the pre-requisites below and then see contact info to answer any questions you may have.  


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 
MGySgt J. L. Franks
Senior Enlisted Leader          
Reconnaissance Training Company
Email:  jacob.franks@usmc.mil

POINTS OF CONTACT:
CO:  760-725-6828
XO: 760-247-2096
SEL:  760-725-6830
1stSgt:  760-763-7186
Operations Chief: 760-725-6876
BRC:  760-725-6866
RTAP:  760-725-6866
RLC:  760-725-7184
Recon Recruiter: 760-725-4000
Navy Senior Enlisted Leader: 760-763-7294

EMAIL ADDRESS:  recon_recruiting@usmc.mil

Reconnaissance Training Company
P.O Box 555081
AITB RTC
Camp Pendleton, CA 92055



COURSES

 Recon Training and Assessment  Program

 Basic Reconnaissance Course

 Reconnaissance Leaders Course
 Multi Mission Parachute Course

 Scout Sniper Course

 Marine Free Fall Jump Master

RTC TRAINING MEDIA

RTC BRC Training
U.S. Marines with Basic Reconnaissance Course wait with a combat rubber raiding craft to be picked up by a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to conduct a helocasting training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, Oct. 29, 2019. BRC is one of the many courses taught by the staff at Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West. The course provides students with the basic knowledge of reconnaissance doctrine, concepts, and techniques with emphasis on amphibious entry and extraction, beach reconnaissance and reconnaissance patrolling skills. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
RTC BRC Training
U.S. Marines with the Basic Reconnaissance Course carry a combat rubber raiding craft to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to conduct helocasting training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, Oct. 29, 2019. BRC is one of the many courses taught by the staff at Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West. The course provides students with the basic knowledge of reconnaissance doctrine, concepts, and techniques with emphasis on amphibious entry and extraction, beach reconnaissance and reconnaissance patrolling skills. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
RTC BRC Training
U.S. Marines with Basic Reconnaissance Course provide security on the beach during the clandestine landing and withdraw training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, Oct. 30, 2019. BRC is one of the many courses taught by the staff at Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West. The course provides students with the basic knowledge of reconnaissance doctrine, concepts, and techniques with emphasis on amphibious entry and extraction, beach reconnaissance and reconnaissance patrolling skills. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
RTC BRC Training
U.S. Marines with Basic Reconnaissance Course run into the ocean during clandestine landing and withdraw training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, Oct. 30, 2019. BRC is one of the many courses taught by the staff at Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West. The course provides students with the basic knowledge of reconnaissance doctrine, concepts, and techniques with emphasis on amphibious entry and extraction, beach reconnaissance and reconnaissance patrolling skills. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)
B-roll: Marines engage targets during Scout Sniper Course
U.S. Marines with the Scout Snipers Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The range was an unknown distance of fire range, designed to test the skills and strengthen the communication between the marksmen and their observers. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)
Marines Engage Targets During Scout Sniper Course
U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
Marines Engage Targets During Scout Sniper Course
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Norman Ballard, a student with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, observes his targets before a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
Marines Engage Targets During Scout Sniper Course
U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)
Warfighter Episode: Scout Sniper Course
U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry-West, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, Scout Sniper Course participate in their culminating event on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 21, 2016. Part of the "How We Support the Warfighter" web series. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl Cameron Fina)
Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 Conducts Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test
U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 students with Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, supervise classmates who are conducting a bobbing exercise in which students exhale all the air in their lungs, sink to the bottom of the pool, and then return to the surface as a part of the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and keeping their hands behind their backs. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)
Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 Conducts Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Foster, Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 student, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, emerges to the surface of the water after retrieving his goggles from the pool floor during the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and their hands placed behind their back. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)
Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 Conducts Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test
U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 students with Recon Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, conduct the restricted lap swim portion of the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and their hands placed behind their back. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)
Marines and Veterans Take on 14th Annual Recon Challenge
Participants exit the ocean during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)
Marines and Veterans Take on 14th Annual Recon Challenge
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Victor Rangel, a safety swimmer with the Reconnaissance Leader Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, School of Infantry West, evaluates a weapon disassembly/assembly event during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)
Marines and Veterans Take on 14th Annual Recon Challenge
A team of participants hikes during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

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