United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course

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United States Army Reconnaissance and
Surveillance Leaders Course
See also: Army Reconnaissance Course
United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (formerly Long Range Surveillance
Leaders Course, or LRSLC) is an elite five week school offered by the 4th Ranger Training Battalion to soldiers,
Marines, sailors and airmen to train them to expert levels in reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, battle
damage assessment, foreign vehicle identification, and other skills. The school was originally created to serve
leaders from Long Range Surveillance units (LRSU's), but is commonly attended by soldiers from U.S. Army
Special Forces, 75th Ranger Regiment's Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Navy SEALs, Marine Recon,US
Army LRS Companies, RSTA, Infantry Units
Need
Given the increased demand for trained, skilled, and proven reconnaissance professionals in the U.S. military, the
RSLC has significantly enhanced its program of instruction, class capacity, and class frequency to meet the needs of
an Army at war. Course curriculum is primarily designed to train leaders in Long Range Surveillance Units, Infantry
BCT Reconnaissance Battalions, Infantry Battalion Reconnaissance Platoons, Stryker BCT RSTA Battalions, and
SOF personnel. The course will continue to adapt its POI to accommodate the needs of the Army and individual
reconnaissance units.
Priority
RSLC MTT priority will be given to those units requesting training for deployments in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Units standing up IBCT Reconnaissance Battalion and SBCT RSTAs
will fall second in priority.
Course intent
To produce reconnaissance and surveillance leaders by instructing them in reconnaissance and surveillance technical
and operational skills; Enable and empower all leaders to train their subordinates, lead them in conflict, and
contribute to the overall success of US forces in theaters worldwide.
Course mission
Conduct the 26 day Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) to further develop the combat arms
related functional skills of officer and non-commissioned officer volunteers eligible for assignments to those units
whose primary mission is to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition and combat assessment
operations.
Course history
The Long Range Surveillance Leaders Course was developed in 1986 to fill a void that existed in Ranger training
when Long-Range Surveillance Units (LRSUs) were reactivated that same year. To fulfill this requirement, the
course was initially designed to emphasize the mission essential tasks drawn from lessons learned from previous
long range reconnaissance patrol operations in the jungles of Southeast Asia conducted by Long Range
Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) units that the LRSUs find their lineage. The course layout also used some of the
successful Recondo School formats taught by the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam created by General William
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Westmoreland.
In July 2002, the Long Range Surveillance Leaders Course was renamed the Reconnaissance and Surveillance
Leader Course. Today, its mission is to further develop the combat arms related functional skills of officer and
non-commissioned officer volunteers eligible for assignments to those units whose primary mission is to conduct
reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition and combat assessment operations.
The cadre is currently playing a very important role in the development of the future Airborne, Air Assault, Light,
and Special Reconnaissance Force. The course continues to evolve in order to meet the Forces ever-changing
reconnaissance and collection requirements.
This is accomplished by focusing on basic skills that include: reporting procedures, high frequency radio
communications, acquiring a target, discrimination of vehicle, weapons, and equipment identification features, and
small unit infiltration and exfiltration. The course also teaches operational techniques, tactics and procedures that
enhance team battle drills, hide and surveillance site selection and construction, urban reconnaissance, tactical
survival, evasion & recovery, detailed mission planning, airborne operations, and FRIES and SPIES methods of
insertion and extraction.
The Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course produces leaders who are skilled, adaptive, and competent.
They are able to train and lead their units, enhancing their unit capabilities and ultimately developing a force
multiplier on the battlefield. Upon successful completion of the RSLC course, graduates are authorized the SIX
BRAVO (6B) additional skill identifier.
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References
[1] Official website of the US Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (https:/ / www. infantry. army. mil/ rtb/ new_lrsc/ default.
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