The Need for a Reconnaissance Officer MOS

Abstract

Colonel Smith sighed to himself as he sat down in his Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) briefing room for the capabilities briefings on which he had been waiting all day. He already knew what information was going to be presented; he was more interested in the presenters. The one to whom he was most looking forward was the MEU recon platoon commander as it was always a crap-shoot on how the young officer did. 2D Reconnaissance Battalion had sent him a brand-new second lieutenant only seven months out of Ground Intelligence Officers Course (GIOC) this time. He would have preferred the officer have had time as an infantry platoon commander but was just happy to have a recon platoon. "Aww hell," he thought, "I wish someone would just tell me what makes a Reconnaissance Officer so that I know what they should know."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 20, 2009
Accession Number
ADA513742

Entities

People

  • B. J. Hodgins

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Guidance
  • Land Navigation
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Military Science
  • Navigation
  • Radio Communications
  • Reconnaissance
  • Students
  • Surveillance
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.