Primary Responsibilities
Provide advanced medical support to reconnaissance and amphibious small teams.
Navy Medicine / Marine Corps MOS Profile
Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman
Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsmen are highly trained Navy corpsmen assigned to Marine reconnaissance units who provide advanced trauma care and operational medical support while integrated with recon teams.
Code / PipelineNAVMED-SARC
MOS NameSpecial Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman
CategoryNavy Medicine
Unit AssociationNavy Medicine / 2nd Recon / Force Recon
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Responsibilities and Pipeline
Training Pipeline
Complete Navy Hospital Corpsman accession training and Field Medical Training Battalion when assigned to Marine units.
Billet Progression
This Navy Medicine track supports Marine units through field medical readiness and casualty-care integration.
Current Member Tracking
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USMC Responsibilities
Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman is described here by practical Marine Corps duties, billet expectations, and training progression. This section avoids game-language so the page reads like a professional MOS reference.
- Provide advanced medical support to reconnaissance and amphibious small teams.
- Integrate trauma care, prolonged field care, evacuation planning, preventive medicine, and medical readiness into team operations.
- Maintain amphibious, dive, airborne, field medical, and independent small-team medical skills required by assignment.
- Train Marines and sailors in casualty response, medical equipment use, and combat lifesaver-level tasks.
Training Pipeline
The pathway is shown at a broad public level. Exact prerequisites, screening, quotas, course names, and assignments can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, command screening, and schoolhouse policy.
- Complete Navy Hospital Corpsman accession training and Field Medical Training Battalion when assigned to Marine units.
- Screen for the reconnaissance corpsman pipeline and complete required medical and amphibious preparatory training.
- Complete SARC/SOIDC-related advanced medical training and insertion qualifications such as dive, airborne, or other assigned courses.
- Serve with reconnaissance/force reconnaissance units and maintain clinical, field, and special operations medical currency.
Billets And Skill Growth
- Entry-level Marines focus on core tasks, equipment, field discipline, and reliable execution.
- NCOs supervise small teams, enforce standards, plan rehearsals, and train junior Marines.
- SNCOs and officers manage readiness, risk, training plans, inspections, reporting, and integration with adjacent staff sections.
- Instructor and staff billets preserve standards, document lessons learned, and build repeatable training for the next rotation.
Chain of Command Matching Logic
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Rank / Grade Requirements
Grade LaneNavy enlisted advanced qualification path
Entry / Award Basis
Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman is a Navy Hospital Corpsman path for selected Corpsmen trained for reconnaissance and amphibious/special operations medical support.
Typical Rank Use
Normally petty officer through chief petty officer grades depending on team, platoon, instructor, and senior medical billet requirements.
Schoolhouse & Qualification Requirements
SchoolhouseNavy Hospital Corpsman / Field Medical Training Battalion / Naval Special Operations medical pipeline as assigned
Navy medical training covers corpsman fundamentals, field medical support, Marine-force integration, trauma care, evacuation procedures, and independent-duty skills by rating or NEC.
Entry QualificationsScreening / Prerequisites
Requires Navy medical rating eligibility, medical readiness, swim or special-amphibious screening where assigned, security eligibility where required, and completion of formal medical schools.
Associated SchoolsFollow-On Training
- Field Medical Training Battalion for green-side corpsmen
- Fleet Marine Force qualification process
- Reconnaissance / special amphibious corpsman screening when assigned
- Dive, airborne, SERE, trauma, and independent-duty medical training by billet
Course titles, quotas, prerequisites, and sequence can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, and current schoolhouse policy.
Current Members in this MOS
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MOS Association
Navy Medicine / 2nd Recon / Force Recon
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