FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 84278403 FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Who are we? And what do we do? A SARC Provides medical and operational services for Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations personnel engaged in direct action and reconnaissance operations. He performs paramedical skills, basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, minor surgical procedures, routine and emergency medical health care procedures as required. Instructs and advises operational personnel in measures for prevention of illness and treatment of injuries associated with swimming, open and closed circuit SCUBA diving, military free-fall and amphibious operations. He performs duties using SCUBA and UBA in direct support of Special Operation units. Conduct underwater searches, to include detailed ship-bottom searches. Inspect and maintain SCUBA and UBA equipment. Knows the laws of diving and gas physics and understands theory and practice of decompression and the use of decompression tables. Performs duties as a hyperbaric chamber operator. Recognizes all types of illnesses associated with diving to include oxygen and carbon dioxide toxicity, nitrogen narcosis, type I and II decompression sickness and air gas embolism. Enters the chamber as the inside tender to care for patients suffering from decompression sickness as well as other conditions requiring hyperbaric treatment. Earns the Do. D certification of Advanced Tactical Practitioner, and deploys world wide with various Special Operation Forces units.

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Screening and Evaluation Criteria Candidate Requirements: - Must be a volunteer - US Citizen - Active duty - Secret security clearance eligible - HM/DT - Male (No waivers) - 30 years of age (case by case waiver) - E-5 or below - ASVAB AR/WK = 100 - Meet Dive/NSW Medical requirements - Pass a Hyperbaric Pressure Test - Observe 36 months after receiving 8427 NEC - Eval trait marks 3. 0 or greater in last 3 evals - No NJPs within 18 months - Pass a PST - Pass a SARC Interview - Recommended by CO Screening

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test ENTRANCE PHYSICAL FITNESS SCREENING: • • 500 yd swim utilizing breast/side or combo in 12: 30 or less 10 Minute Rest period Max effort push-ups in 2: 00 - 50 minimum Two minute rest period • Max effort sit-ups in 2: 00 - 50 minimum • Two minute rest period • Max effort pull-ups in 2: 00 - 10 minimum • 10 Minute rest period • 1. 5 mile timed run in running shoes, t-shirt and shorts in 10: 30 or less *MILPERSMAN 1220 -410

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Package APPLICATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS • Any Command Fitness Coordinator may proctor the Physical Screening in the absence of a Recon/Spec. War/Dive representative. • Any Command Career Counselor may screen candidates for suitability. • The letter of recommendation must be completed by a SARC and documenting the results of the Physical Screening Test.

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Package APPLICATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS(Cont. ) • Pages 3/4/5 of the Service Record • Dive Physical • PRT Folder • Last 3 evals (if applicable) • Secret security clearance • 1306 signed by the Commanding Officer

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Medical Candidates must have: -Diving medical exam completed (as per MANMED P-117) within 6 months of application for training. -Color Vision PIP of Falant test pass (waiver able for red, green and yellow identification) -Vision correctable to 20/25 -Uncorrected visual acuity worse than 20/200 ou

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 ROLE Team member responsibilities 1) Land Navigation 7) Basic Airborne / Free-fall operations 2) Nautical Navigation 8) Open/Closed Circuit diving 2) Communications 9) Beach insertion 3) Supporting Arms 10) Ship bottom searches 4) Patrolling 11) Precision placement of explosive devices 5) Amphibious Skills 12) Direct Action Missions 6) Demolitions 13) Intelligence Representative

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Medical Duties 1) Sick Call Medicine 2) Preventive Medicine 3) Minor Surgical procedures 4) Paramedic Skills 5) Operate Recompression Chambers 6) Assess/Treat diving disorders * Often work independent of a Medical Officer ROLE (cont. )

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Pipeline Schools Course Length Location Branch Field Medical Service Tech 8 weeks Camp Lejeune, NC USN Camp Pendleton, CA Basic Reconnaissance Course 13 weeks Camp Pendleton, CA USMC Basic Airborne School 3 weeks Ft. Benning, GA USA Combatant Divers Course 8 weeks Panama City, FL USMC

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Pipeline Schools Course Length Location Branch Diving Medicine for Medical Personnel 6 weeks Panama City, FL USN Special Operations Combat Medics Course 8 months Ft. Bragg, NC USA Special Operations IDC 4 months Ft. Bragg, NC USA

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 FMSS Field Medical Training Battalion Designed to teach the Corpsman the basic skills necessary to function in a Marine Corps unit. GENERAL SUBJECT AREAS -Organization and Mission of the Fleet Marine Force -Planning and Logistics -Field/Combat Survival Skills -Weapons/Ordnance Familiarization -Field Uniforms -Individual Combat Equipment -Field Medical Skills -Casualty Management -Preventative Medicine and Field Sanitation

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 BRC Basic Reconnaissance Course Designed to teach the Corpsman the basic skills necessary to operate as a reconnaissance team member. Here you will learn clandestine entry and extraction, beach reconnaissance, and surveillance tactics, techniques and procedures. GENERAL SUBJECT AREAS - Land Navigation - Communications - Supporting Arms - Patrolling - Reconnaissance & Surveillance Skills - Amphibious Skills - Demolition - Physical/Mental Strengths

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Basic Airborne This school teaches the basic skills necessary for airborne operations: -Proper landing/PLF -Proper rigging of combat load -Maneuvering during descent/right of way -Conduct aboard the aircraft -Proper exiting techniques -Emergency drills Airborne

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 MCD Marine Combatant Divers Course This course is designed to teach students to effectively operate as reconnaissance dive team member during underwater infiltration swims. -Open / Closed SCUBA Diving. -The theory, practice, and use of decompression tables. -Diving physics, laws, and medicine -Underwater searches (including detailed ship-bottom searches). -Recompression chamber orientation

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 DMMP Dive Medicine for Medical Personnel This course focuses on medicine and underwater physiology to enable the hospital corpsman to understand the effects of pressure on the human body. -How to recognize and treat diving disorders and related injuries. -Operation of a recompression chamber. -Duties of the inside tender.

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 SOCM Special Operations Combat Medics Course Duties and Responsibilities: The SOCM 18 D provides U. S. forces, allied and indigenous personnel preventive medical, dental and medical care within the limits of his training and subject to the remote or proximate supervision of a physician. Consists of four phases; 1) Anatomy and Physiology 2) ACLS / ATP 3) Clinical Rotations: - 2 weeks in hospital - 2 weeks attending ACLS Ambulance 4) Military Medicine

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 PAYS SPECIAL PAYS -Basic Airborne -Military Free Fall -Combatant Diver $150. 00 $225. 00 $215. 00 -DEMO $150. 00 -HM 8427/03 SDAP $75 - 450

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 SRB Selective Reenlistment Bonus 8427 Max $60, 000 8403 Max $60, 000

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Duty Stations Sea Duty -1 ST MARDIV / 1 ST MEF / 1 st MSOB Camp Pendleton, CA -2 ND MARDIV / 2 ND MEF / 2 nd & 3 rd MSOB Camp Lejuene, NC -3 RD MARDIV Okinawa, Japan -MARSOC Camp Lejuene, NC

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Duty Stations

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Shore Duty -Albuquerque, NM -Smyrna, GA -Joliet, IL -Kaneohe Bay, HI -Mobile, AL -Alameda, CA -San Antonio, TX Duty Stations Instructor Duty -Hospital Corps School, IL -Field Medical Service School, CA -Field Medical Service School, NC -Basic Reconnaissance Course, CA -Combatant Dive School, FL -SOCM/18 D SOMTB, NC -Marine Mountain Warfare Center, CA -SERE, CA

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test PHYSICAL SCREENING TEST/DMMP* • Must be completed upon arrival of DMMP • Each exercise is graded SAT or UNSAT • Student must receive a SAT in each exercise to PASS • UNSAT in any exercise will result in a failure of the entire test *NDSTC Job Sheet 1 -1 -5 • Students who receive an UNSAT will be remediated and given a retest • Upon failure of initial physical screening test, a retest will be conducted one week later • Upon failure of the retest, student will be counseled and recommended for Non Academic Review Board

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test Physical Fitness Test COMPLETE MARINE CORPS PFT PER MCO 6100. 3 WITH A MINIMUM SCORE OF 250 (Pull-ups, curl-ups, 3 mile run) TEN MINUTE REST PERIOD 5 OO METER SWIM / TIME NOT TO EXCEED 14: : 00 NO REST PERIOD TREAD WATER / TIME NOT TO EXCEED 30: : 00

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test Physical Fitness Test (Cont. ) TEN MINUTE REST PERIOD PERFORM 42 PUSH – UPS / 2: : 00 TIME LIMIT TWO MINUTE REST PERIOD PERFORM 50 SIT UPS / 2: : 00 TIME LIMIT TWO MINUTE REST PERIOD PERFORM 20 FLUTTER - KICKS / 2: : 00 TIME LIMIT TWO MINUTE REST PERIOD PERFORM 20 HELLO DOLLIES / 2: : 00 TIME LIMIT PERFORM 20 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS / 2: : 00 TIME LIMIT PERFORM 15, 8 COUNT BODY BUILDERS / 2: : 00 TIME LIMIT

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test Physical Fitness Test (Cont. ) NO REST PERIOD *PERFORM A 4 MILE MARCH / 50: : 00 TIME LIMIT * with a 50 lb. ALICE Pack

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test Points of Contact 2 ND Recon Bn. (W) 910 -440 -7372 (C) 302 -723 -2537 MARSOC 2 MSOB, MARSOC (W) 910 -440 -7704 or 7709 “C” School Detailer Jeff Ramsey 910 -874 -3322 FMTB-E (W) 910 -450 -0929

FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403