Make sure to chekout the new MERCH. Link in the description.

the scariest part of going in taking a 0321 contract is that if you fail or drop out the marine corps has every right to put you in any mos that the marine corps need.. aka you can end up as a cook!

My son is a Recon Marine, very proud of him serving our country for over 20 years!

Being from the state of Hawaii, when I enlisted and got to Georgia I first thought people were lying when they claimed not to know how to swim. It just seemed impossible to me that people wouldn't know how. Back home your parents chuck you into a shallow part of the shore as a toddler so you start treading water at least.

My boy followed me into the Marines as a 0351 he did 2 tours in the sangin valley with the 2/5. He is now in force recon, right after graduation his platoon was sent to syria.

Sweet video. I Remember Basic Reconnaissance Course and it's was brutal but selection to Marsoc was even pure Hell!

YESSSSS what i’ve been waiting for !!!!!!!!!

For USMC swim qual, you don't even necessarily have to tread water, just float lol.

Great video. Thanks for the videos. Very educational for my son.

hey man good stuff. i ship in less than 2 weeks now and been with your channel since day one pretty much. tons of useful info from you bro. going down on the 03 contract hopefully becoming an 0331 machine gunner. June 8th 2020 starts a new journey. thanks for all the help if i don’t see another video when i leave. until then, peace out and see you on the other side

Join for the hikes guys. Hikes are so much fun, such beautiful scenery and a relaxing walk……. So fun dude…..

Thanks this really helped me out alot im talking to a recruiter and im going to meps next week this helped me make my decision can’t wait to ship out!

I have a friend of mine who's 71 years old 35 year marine recon vet 4 tours in Vietnam the stories he tells are absolutely astonishing

Hi Trell. Lovely video. 🙌

The documentary is from the West Coast. Recon before MARSOC real difficult to make it, but not impossible. Semper Fi! SSgt Gamba 0369

Great video!

40 minutes of treading water?!!! Damn, man. Nope, RECON is not as easy as I thought. This one would definitely push my boundaries. Amazing review, Trell 👌

Man I love the honesty in your videos bro...I'm a former Army Civil Affairs guy and I tell people our Army and Marine Infantry guys are some of the most squared away killers in the military...Special Operations has become so sensationalized and romanticised in TV and movies that people forget that conventional Infantrymen still get it done...and I tell people everybody doesn't have to be Captain America...dope videos my guy.

Trell ur subscribers are going up fast from 2k to 6k 👏👏👏👏

This is a very interesting and thought provoking video. I hope people in the future can use it to get an insider view on Marine infantry and Recon life. Just my .02 cents: It's peacetime now. If it was wartime, everyone in the conventional Marine Corps (Force Recon included) would be getting some. As such, you gotta pick and choose the road ahead of you. If you sign up with a recon contract, its the quickest way into Recon with no time wasted, but also the riskiest if you fail. If you just go straight leg 03, you can be at your unit for a Year and a Half testing out the water and seeing if you like the infantry and you want to go Recon. You can also try out for Scout/ Sniper or wait another year or so and put in a MARSOC package. That's the slowest and least sexiest but maybe the smartest option if you bare minimum want to be an 03XX. If you go straight leg infantry, your chances of getting a shitty chain of command and peers are obviously higher than if you went Scout/ Sniper or Recon, as well as not getting as cool training as they do. Recon Battalions have more Scout/ Sniper qualified Marines than infantry battalions do in their Scout/ Sniper Platoons. You'd get to the fleet quicker and get out of the Marine Corps faster if you went straight infantry. 7th Marines is probably the most squared away and tough Marine Infantry unit right now, seeing as they never quite stopped deploying to the middle east, but you will have to put up with being in 29 Palms. Security Forces can be cool, and I recommend 1st FAST Company out of all the choices. Presidential Security is a unique opportunity, but you won't deploy, and it is very stressful. PRP is typically regarded as the worst assignment in USMC Security Forces because they don't deploy anywhere, but you will have more time to do college. If you go PRP, make sure you get on the RTT. FAST is probably the most exciting and promising option, and I mention 1st FAST because with 2nd FAST, Marines are going to Japan anyway on MEUs and UDPs from both east coast, Hawaii, and west coast units. With 3rd FAST, you're going to be sweating your ass off in Bahrain. Tie the heat in with the fact that ALL THREE FAST companies don't get a lot of action because they're defensive and reactionary (as opposed to offensive and proactive), and you might feel you wasted your two years. Different strokes for different folks, but I'd want to be in Spain for 6 months vice the hot ass desert. 1st FAST all the way, and hopefully you get to go to CQB school and Cuba as well. Scout/ Snipers seem to get the shortest end of the stick when it comes to the "elite" Marine communities. They are really where the rubber meets the road, as they had to come up in a straight leg infantry unit (imagine being in 29 Palms- fuck your life) their whole time. They don't get cool training and relaxed standards until they pass SSBC. Even then, the unit isn't a Scout/ Sniper Battalion, it's a infantry battalion. Cool training and common sense often takes a back seat to the daily infantry grind. This is why I mention that being a Scout/ Sniper qualified Marine in a Recon Battalion is probably a more rewarding opportunity (rewarding for your efforts) vice being a Scout/ Sniper qualified Marine in a Infantry battalion. I mean, even if you were a Scout/ Sniper in an Infantry Battalion, you'd still have to go through BRC to get to Recon. Scout/ Sniper qualified Recon Marines have no such hurdle, should they somehow or someway go to an infantry battalion. Scout/ Snipers outside of Recon don't get jump or dive schools, and so on and so on. Just something to consider. Many people seem to consider going Recon a poor choice when MARSOC exists. I think that they would be wise to take a serious look at Recon again though. Unlike MARSOC, Recon has a part time component in 4th Recon Battalion and 4th Force Recon Company. If you want to be a Raider but part time while you got out after your first contract to go to school, well, it isn't possible. MARSOC has no reserve component. Recon also has a much shorter training process, being about 4 months with RTAP and BRC, vice 8 months with A&S and ITC. I'm not too sure about BRC, but with ITC, another big thing you have to consider is that you can pass all the training and make it through to the end just to not get selected at the selection board. Imagine passing the hardest training the USMC has to offer, and you didn't make it through and now you're going back to the MOS you tried to leave. Recon also has a location in Okinawa (active) and a location in Hawaii (reserve) if that appeals to you. MARSOC does not, and if MARSOC actually does move to Lejeune, then Recon will have the nice sunny beaches and beautiful women of San Clemente, CA all to themselves. If being on the east coast is a deal breaker for you, you may not want to go MARSOC. Apart from the Raiders, Recon is really and truly the next best unit to be in in the USMC. You have a much higher chance of doing things like Scout/ Sniper School, Airborne School, Ranger School, even the Exchange Program with Royal Marines where you can complete things like their Commando Course, Mountain Leader Course, and Sniper Course. They're the next best place to be under MARSOC, regardless of if Recon/ Force Recon is in SOCOM or not. Whether it's peacetime or wartime, a Recon Marine is going to have more opportunities than straight leg infantry. If you don't like how MARSOC limits you in terms of training time, the selection board, lack of duty stations, and lack of a part time option, and you want to stay Marine, go Recon. Recon was holding it down before MARSOC came around, and they're still a solid unit to be in with a on average higher quality of Marine and better treatment. You don't have to leave the Marine Corps after your first enlistment for the Army if you don't want to.

Could you try and get a recon marine in the Chanel one day dude. That would be dope hearing their own personal experiences.

Definitely look forward to breaking my limits

I have to compliment you on your humility. Most grunts try to sell themselves as superheroes. And like you said, infantry first, then decide if you really want that 0321 mos.

Def continue the recon series

I told my son who’s an aviator to be calm as you can underwater watch your bubbles. Of course easy 4 me I spend most of life in dark hot places ff/ medic & cold ,dark ,wet environments-rescue diver. The only thing I can say is never quit me we go as a team ‘ push it if you say you can’t ,you mentally quit without trying ! 30 years later I still work to get better ! I did 12 wks of Fire academy @ 43 yo most of my class wasn’t even out of grade school. Recon is a level up ! But you earned the title marine !! So never forget what you got !🇺🇸 Semper fi 🇺🇸 Proud of all our military !

great vid bro and thank u for your service

Former 8654 ( I realize that some MOS’s have changed) here, 1st Force Recon, jump and dive qual. If I could do it then you can too. All you have to do is “do it” don’t “think about it”.

continue watching the series ‼️

dont count yourself out just yet hoss. Im doing infantry first then recon, hope to see you there

I'm headed out to ITB next week. How difficult is it to transfer to recon once you hit the fleet? I've heard they usually take volunteers during ITB, but as you said gaining some experience first would be nice

A couple infantry platoons beat the shit out of a recon company in Japan 2013.

I really hope that if you get a recon contract for your first enlistment, that you can put in that contract a secondary MOS just in case you fail or quit somewhere in the Recon pipeline.

Got my 0321 contract. I leave next month.

40 MINUTES OF TREADING?? God damn dude, I was a LIFEGUARD and we had to tread for like 4 minutes. I love to push myself but I dont see that shit ever happening, lol

Great Job.... Semper Fi

Just swore in at MEPS. Awaiting my 0321 contract. Getting as hyped up on recon as I can

Marine recon sounds awesome. I have done a lot of reading and have found that the recon marines seem to not go out on a lot of “missions” and are severely under-used. I am still deciding wether or not to join

Real eye opener

So do you pick recon at recruiting or is that an opportunity presented while you're enlisted? If so are there certain jobs that do and don't get the offer and what determins it?

I've been interested in this but I'm not sure if i should shoot for it,,but i ship out next june for Infantry💪💪

Yo homie you should do this for similar ones in the series like scout sniper and army rangers !

Can you do more videos on recon training?

Ship out to Parris Island July 20 going 03 want to be a 31 can’t wait!!! Might see trell in the fleet

Holy shit since I’ve returned you’ve grown, I shipped out January 27th golf company graduated April 24th

I’m already Air Force invested but I’m just curious, if you go recon from infantry and fail out do you re-class back into infantry?

When’s the next time you’ll do a live Q&A

Fun fact rudy reyes( force recon and was on generation kill) once said that we have sometimes black class which no one graduates.

I’m a Force Recon Marine I went through ARS in 2000 and I’ve never been prouder to serve as a Force Recon Marine started with echo 4th Recon then after 9-11 joined 1st recon alpha I appreciate you Devil showing the world about US cause nobody really knows about US but SEMPER FI FROM ONE OF THE FEW AND THE PROUDER A FORCE RECON MARINE

What is the difference between recon marines and marine raiders

As a former US Army Long Range Surveillance Team Scout, I had the opportunity to cross train with some Recon Marines. Great group of guys. We both benefited from the training. I admit, they swam a lot more than we did. Our vectors of approach were a bit reversed. We concentrated more on air, land and sea. The Recon Marines concentrated more on sea, air and land. Great training! They are my brothers forever. Semper fi Devil Dogs. Rangers Lead The Way! Airborne All The Way!

How do you get into RTT? And should I do security forces or will I hate my life? I’m also thinking about going motor t. Thx for the vids man

Funny enough as a POG the swimming looks fine to me. I never understand how people struggle so much with the pool. It’s the 10+ mile ruck runs with 50 pound packs that I would absolutely die on

And if you fail recon do you have to go infantry

I can say in 89 the selection test for 1st Force was not fun. Each evolution was back to back no breaks. If you made the physical portion you still had to pass the interview. Unless it changed to get to Force you had to have at least completed a deployment with your unit (Grunts)

Always faithful Always forward

i fw your vids bro

Link to full video you reacted to?

I heard that everyone on a base is on lockdown because of COVID. do you know when lockdown ends? because i have a cousin in a base in california and i really want to see him but don’t know when they are able to leave.

You should do scout sniper or Marsoc next

Can you volunteer at any point during your infantry contract?

How does someone join the recon marines

How do you join the marine recon ? Do you need a score high on ASVAB ?

I was baby Recon as I went SOI direct to RIP. It was when they went from ARS and BRC to just BRC. I was in the second class.

Becoming a Reconnaissance Marine is the greatest achievement of my life. I went into boot camp as contract recon. I Got dropped for failing a written test. Still graduated and served 4 years at 2nd Recon Battalion Camp Lejeune, NC. Met some of the finest men to ever walk this planet. Semper Fidelis.

Do you know how many meals and how much sleep you get in marine recon?

Honestly I wanna really join recon once I’m old enough to serve. Its my dream even though the training is harsh I still wanna do it. But once I serve I’m not sure about the requirements or how I join it.

What’s your rank and MOS?🙌

Should've had a 0321 guest to speak on what they do. Hands down what the Marine Corps GCE ought to be centered around...

like the longer video

Like how you did the video

I wish i had went recon or Raider. Life as a regular 03 kinda sucked most of the time.

I just like the name, marine force recon, it sounds cool as hell!

I see things have changed since the 80's. Treading water for basic swim qual in boot camp was a lot longer than four minutes. Anyway for recon there was no recruitment contract for a tryout then. You got invited to try by your Bn command and only an infantry MOS could go to Indoc. So you had to be one squared away and capable Marine to be invited. ARC on the east coast was no joke and that video is awesome about BRC which is on the west coast. As for the attrition rate, I didn't see that high of a percentage but then again everyone there was a well accomplished infantry marine of at least an E3 in rank and one deployment. But that was in peace time so in war time the pipeline adapts. Back then everyone wanted to be there and trained for it. 2nd Force Recon Indoc included a 26.2 mile run. Minimum 5 years in and they drew from BN recon. Oh and they reached out to you personally. Great video!

Wow. it is a scary try out. I thought they would take more times to get used to inside water before they are ready but it doesn't happen. My cousin was an infantryman in the Marine Corps.

Can you join if your color blind

Nice video. The only thing I would add is Recon is not apart of Marsoc. The only thing that’s in marsoc (Marine special operations command) is the Raiders, and we fall under SOCOM which is the Army (we are still apart of the marine corps just take orders from both the Marine Corps and the army basically). In fact. An 0321 isn’t even special operations, they are “special operations capable” They are just a glorified grunts. So that also means you probably won’t go to jump school and free fall school and combat diver school while being in the pipeline. Because then you’re considered an 0326. And those are the guys who jump out of planes and do the shit everyone thinks recon does. So you probably won’t become an 0326 until after you check into your unit.

Dude, I was 03/11. Fast roping, swimming Onslow beach all the time. In Zodiacs. All this in my first year. What the hell do you do in infantry?

If you’re interested in the infantry you should consider us army 75th ranger regiment. You can get it contracted as a boot. You get airborne qualified and be part of the SOF community. They are the infantry standard. You get the best of both worlds, infantry and special operations combined.

How do you become a scout sniper

wow...i went thru recon and pass as a 0311...and received a recon badge for passing the training. this was in the early 1970 i thought all marines had to pass recon training...i guess they must have stopped somewhere along the time line? P.S my foto to the left is my car with marine corps lic-plates

I didn't go to indoc or recon school. I was at the right place at the right time. I was a Infantrymen and was designated marksmen, and there was a 3rd Battalion 3rd regiment Recon Platoon, specifically a direct action battalion, I was over watch for my platoon and one of their senior hogs noticed my skillset and asked me if I wanted to join in on a op, I said yes sir, I wanna bring the rain. Before I know it, I was 0317 In Afghanistan with elite operators

Bro I’m so ready. I leave June 22nd

Is there a college in your base so you can go to school while on active duty?

What are the benefits of recon retirement in the United States Marine

Ok so this is a completely irrelevant question, but does the barracks have WiFi? Or is that something you have to buy?

So is this the 0321 mos? Or ?

Do one on Scout snipers please

Would you recommend going in as a electrician mos 1141?

And then there is the o341 that gets a o845 spot. Good luck getting blessed like that. It is a spot you can get your jump wings though, if you go in with field craft and able to climb the rope in ten seconds.

Can you compare infantry with marine raiders?

You didnt do any fast roping?

I knew Crawford back when he was a Cpl. BRC 3-96

What happens if you don’t qualify for your MOS but you still want to be in the Marines

However being regular Marine infantry you can do some stuff similar to recon like become a scout swimmer or certified coxswain, I got certified in both. But yes Recon is next level no doubt!

Have you ever did real combat? Or think you will soon? I think that’s why I’m nervous in joining. Or get shipped to Afghan or Iraq?

Do a video on the one where the marine falls out of the ruck March and quits in sapper school and the female soldier graduates 😂 I’m assuming he had to compete against his peers in some way to get a slot and that is what they sent? The boats called a zodiac btw

Question. I want to join cuz I’m at a wall and need guidance my x left me for another man and got nothing else better to do with my life. I’m 24 and I had my left shoulder dislocated 4 times it been 7 years sense then . Will my current problem show up In boot camp should I go my grandpa was a marine for 23 years and a Sargent and Aviation . He wants to go with me and sit with the recruiter idk if thire a perk to having him with me

How long should someone be in infantry before trying out for recon?

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Do one for counter intelligence