The Marine Corps is testing out upgrades to a propulsion device that helps Marine recon divers travel farther and faster. The diver propulsion device, or DPD, is getting a new brushless motor and ...

Marine Combatant Dive School pushes Recon Marines through eight weeks of intense dive training focused on survival, gas laws, and underwater skills. Students use the Mark 25 rebreather ...

the teams also qualified on the windward side of the island at Kaneohe Bay on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. “We spent the week confirming and expanding the dive capabilities that BLT Recon and Force ...

After going through the rigorous 12-week Basic Reconnaissance Course, Recon Marines then receive advanced training from several schools including the United States Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course.

an avid diver whose father was a decorated Army officer, was accompanied by Rudy Reyes, a former Recon Marine, whose dive experience had been limited to destroying military targets. Diving to ...

“If you swim into a harbor, a Recon Marine would need to free-dive to avoid a ship coming toward him,” Croff said. “A 35-foot platform jump is similar to the ramp of a helicopter where a ...

Brian R.Yarolem[cqgf] visits an infantry unit to talk about Marine Corps reconnaissance, his audience Marines sees with the jump wings and dive bubble ... service's fabled recon community, both ...

In the photos shared online, the Marines could be seen operating out of the Georgia's modular, detachable dry deck shelter for divers. They could also be seen swimming around the sub in the open ...

The U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Course, better known as the Basic Recon Course, is where young Marines earn their place in the Marine Corps’ recon units. The course puts candidates ...

His confirmation by the Senate will make this next commandant a “dual cool” one — it’s a term used by the recon community to describe Marines who have graduated from both dive and jump school.