
ALT A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, takes notes during Ground Reconnaissance Surveillance Course hosted by Expeditionary Operation Training Group, Special Training Branch, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 27, 2026. The Ground Reconnaissance and Surveillance Course is designed to train designated reconnaissance Marines in target analysis, communications, techniques of observation and raid force characteristics to enhance the lethality and combat proficiency of the force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anthony C. Ramsey Jr.)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Gregsonsmith, a rifleman with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts observation and surveillance during a mission at the Ground Reconnaissance Surveillance Course hosted by Expeditionary Operation Training Group, Special Training Branch, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 27, 2026. The Ground Reconnaissance and Surveillance Course is designed to train designated reconnaissance Marines in target analysis, communications, techniques of observation and raid force characteristics to enhance the lethality and combat proficiency of the force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anthony C. Ramsey Jr.)






























