Bryan Moulton

About the author

is a 11 1/2 year veteran of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion who was medically separated from the United States Marine Corps in December of 2014 as a Gunnery Sergeant. During his tour in the Marines, he was fortunate enough to participate in three deployments to Iraq, and spend three years guarding Embassies around the world. His last billet was as the Training Chief/Assistant Operations Chief of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion. He currently lives in Colorado, where he is attending college.

Is MARSOC Taking the Old Force Recon Mission?

Force Reconnaissance has long been at the tip of the Marine Corps’ spear. Performing what is considered “deep reconnaissance,” these Marines were traditionally the best-trained, most mature individuals from the reconnaissance community, and were entrusted with missions commensurate with those attributes. Today, the Force Reconnaissance Companies have been integrated into the Reconnaissance Battalions’ fourth company. What […]