{"id":37735,"date":"2021-03-19T19:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/19\/marine-corps-launches-shortened-recon-sniper-course\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:31:59","slug":"marine-corps-launches-shortened-recon-sniper-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2021\/03\/19\/marine-corps-launches-shortened-recon-sniper-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps launches shortened recon sniper course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reconnaissance Marines now have a quicker path to becoming snipers than in the past, thanks to a new course meant to cut out redundant training while teaching new skills tailored for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/marine-corps-times\/2021\/01\/21\/how-the-air-force-is-making-marine-recon-better\/\" target=_blank>reconnaissance units.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Reconnaissance Training Company, stationed out of Camp Pendleton, California, has created a nine-week reconnaissance sniper course that was launched on Jan. 19, <a href=\"https:\/\/coffeeordie.com\/recon-sniper-course\/\" target=_blank>Coffee or Die<\/a>, run by veteran-owned Black Rifle Coffee Company, first reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new course cuts out three weeks from the regular scout sniper course. The cut training \u201coverlaps\u201d with training recon Marines already receive while going through the intense<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/10\/08\/recon-shortage-why-these-elite-marines-are-facing-a-manpower-crisis\/\" target=_blank> Basic Reconnaissance Course<\/a> to earn the 0321 recon military occupational specialty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Reconnaissance Sniper Course (RSC) is designed to provide the skills from SSC not already covered in BRC for Reconnaissance Marines to bring 0317 capabilities back to a Reconnaissance Battalion,\u201d Capt. Sam Stephenson, a spokesman for Marine Corps Training and Education Command, told Marine Corps Times on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/11\/21\/first-female-marine-earns-recon-mos\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Camp-Schwab.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">First female Marine earns recon military occupational specialty<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lance Cpl. Alexa Barth graduated from the grueling 12-week course Nov. 7.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recon Marines also will learn some \u201cadvanced marksmanship skills\u201d not taught in the normal scout sniper course, Stephenson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the recon Marines will not earn the coveted 0317 scout sniper secondary MOS, the Marines should come away from the reconnaissance sniper course with skills tailored specifically for the reconnaissance mission while increasing the scout sniper course slots available for regular Marine infantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past the Corps has had a shortage of Marine snipers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016 the Marine course\u2019s graduation rate was only 44 percent, well short of the 56 percent graduation rate of 2012, <a 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