Marine Recon and Marine Raiders are two elite communities within the U.S. Marine Corps, often confused for one another—but their missions, command structures, and training are fundamentally different.

Being a Marine requires a level of fitness the average military member does not have. The fitness tests are more difficult and the training is challenging, requiring Marines to stay in above-average ...

The U.S. Marine Corps tasked Recon Marines with setting up the Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in the late aughts, making them the first modern-day Marine Raiders. That’s not to be ...

Marines from the 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, spot simulated personnel for retrieval operations on a multi-mission reconnaissance craft–alpha variant, ...