FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403

Who are we? And what do we do? 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 the 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 DoD certification of Advanced Tactical Practitioner, and deploys world wide with various Special Operation Forces units.

Screening and Evaluation Criteria FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Screening 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

ENTRANCE PHYSICAL FITNESS SCREENING: FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test ENTRANCE PHYSICAL FITNESS SCREENING: 500yd 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 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

APPLICATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 APPLICATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS Any Command Fitness Coordinator may proctor the Physical Screening in the absence of a Recon/SpecWar/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.

APPLICATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS(Cont.) FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 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

Medical Medical Candidates must have: FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Medical 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 

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

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

Course Length Location Branch 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

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

FMSS GENERAL SUBJECT AREAS 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

Airborne -Proper landing/PLF -Proper rigging of combat load FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Airborne 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

MCD -Open / Closed SCUBA Diving. 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

DMMP FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 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.

SOCM FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Special Operations Combat Medics Course Duties and Responsibilities: The SOCM 18D 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; Anatomy and Physiology ACLS / ATP Clinical Rotations: - 2 weeks in hospital - 2 weeks attending ACLS Ambulance 4) Military Medicine

PAYS SPECIAL PAYS SPECIAL PAYS FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 PAYS SPECIAL PAYS SPECIAL PAYS -Basic Airborne $150.00 -Military Free Fall $225.00 -Combatant Diver $215.00 -DEMO $150.00 -HM 8427/03 SDAP $75 - 450

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

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

Duty Stations FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403

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

PHYSICAL SCREENING TEST/DMMP* FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test PHYSICAL SCREENING TEST/DMMP* 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 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

Fitness Test Physical Fitness Test 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 5OO METER SWIM / TIME NOT TO EXCEED 14::00 NO REST PERIOD TREAD WATER / TIME NOT TO EXCEED 30::00

Physical Fitness Test (Cont.) 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

Physical Fitness Test (Cont.) 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

Fitness Test Points of Contact FMTB-E (W) 910-450-0929 FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403 Fitness Test Points of Contact 2ND Recon Bn. (W) 910-440-7372 (C) 302-723-2537 MARSOC 2MSOB, 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