Army Reconnaissance Course
Not to be confused with United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course.The Army Reconnaissance Course (ARC) is a twenty-seven-day course offered by the United States Army Armor School. Instruction centers around mounted and dismounted reconnaissance for small- to mid-level units, as well as advanced technological techniques such as UAV deployment, air-ground integration, and advance navigation. The course is taught predominantly around practical exercises, with four days of classroom instruction, four days of simulator training, six days of squad-level exercises, and eleven days of platoon-level exercises.
Originally known as the Scout Platoon Leaders Course, it was created in 1986 to instruct junior officers in reconnaissance techniques. The outcomes of the course were successfully noticed in Operation Desert Storm, and the course was opened to other MOSs in 1995. It was renamed the Scout Leaders Course in 2002 after being opened to both officers and non-commissioned officers, and then again to its present name. It has been modified to handle up to 1,200 students per year beginning in 2011.
The course is instructed by officers and non-commissioned officers from the 3rd Squadron, 16th Cavalry Regiment of the 316th Cavalry Brigade.
To be eligible to attend, a student meet the following criteria:
- Be a member of the United States Army or United States Marine Corps.
- Be of the appropriate rank:
- For officers, between the rank of Second Lieutenant and Captain.
- For non-commissioned officers, above the grade of E-5 (Sergeant).
- Have a military occupational specialty code in one of the following areas: Armor, Infantry, Engineer, Aviation, Military Intelligence, or Field Artillery, or be servicemembers attached to reconnaissance organizations in the Signal Corps, Military Police Corps, or Chemical Corps.
- Have graduated either the Basic Officer Leaders Course (officers) or Basic NCO course (non-commissioned officers).
The top twenty percent of the class are added as members of the Commandant's List, and one student selected by their peers receives the J.W. Thurman Award.
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