[MaxPlus305]

Just out of curiousity, but can someone (preferably someone who was in it) quanitfy in words how hard it is to get into Recon? One of my best friends is going into the Marines and he thought about joining up with them. He was a rower for an east coast school...to put that in perspective, one of his teammates made it into SEALs and said it was "easy".

[Fyscat]

Easy or hard is a mind set. If he wants it, he'll do it, if he's weak of heart, he'll fail. As we used to say: suck it up, it just a thing.

[BushCountry]

The SEALS are sissies. Force Recon is takes over two years just to train.

The Two Year Individual Training Phase is where the Marines go to their specialized reconnaissance schools. Prior to deployment, each Marine in the platoon will go to the Basic Reconnaissance Course, Airborne School, the Marine Combatant Diver School (SEALS), and SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) School.

Upon completion of their first float Marines can be selected to go to the advanced reconnaissance schools to include but not limited to: Ranger, Pathfinder, EMT, Military Freefall, Jumpmaster, Applied Explosives, and the Mountain Leaders Course (Winter and Summer).