1. FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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: minimum
Two minute rest period
Max effort sit-ups in 2: minimum
Max effort pull-ups in 2: minimum
10 Minute rest period
1.5 mile timed run in running shoes, t-shirt and shorts in 10:30 or less
*MILPERSMAN

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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 

8. 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

9. * 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

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

11. 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 months Ft. Bragg, NC USA
IDC months Ft. Bragg, NC USA

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

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

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

20. 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

21. Duty Stations
FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403

22. -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

23. 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

24. Fitness Test Physical Fitness Test
FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403
Fitness Test
Physical Fitness Test
COMPLETE MARINE CORPS PFT PER MCO 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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)
(C)
MARSOC
2MSOB, MARSOC
(W) or 7709
“C” School Detailer
Jeff Ramsey
FMTB-E
(W)

28. FMF Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman 8427/8403