page_title: Ground Intelligence Officer
section_title: Mission
hierarchical_section_title: Ground Intelligence Officer / Mission
caption_attribution_description: English: FALLUJAH, Iraq – Second Lieutenant Joseph Davis, 3rd Platoon commander, Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, talks on the radio while his radio operator, Lance Cpl. Brandon Sunderlin, provides security along a city street July 16 during Operation Hard Knock. Company C personnel worked alongside other battalion infantrymen and Iraqi Security Forces to search through a wired-off sector of Fallujah for weapons and insurgent activity, as well as gather census information on the populace
context_page_description: Ground Intelligence Officer is a primary military occupation code of a U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer. Ground intelligence officers serve as staff officers and commanders in the operating forces and are responsible for analyzing intelligence and planning, deployment and tactical employment of ground surveillance and reconnaissance units. The Ground Intelligence Officer can be a Recon Marine after their training is done.
context_section_description: Ground intelligence officers are trained as the primary platoon commanders in division reconnaissance companies, infantry battalion scout/sniper platoons, and other ground intelligence assignments: Battalion, Regiment, and Division Staffs; Force Service Support Groups; and Intelligence Battalions. Ground intelligence officers serve as commanders of the reconnaissance companies within the reconnaissance battalions. They plan, direct, and assist in the deployment and tactical employment of ground reconnaissance units. Ground intelligence officers are responsible for the discipline and welfare of their unit's Marines.
   To fulfill these responsibilities they analyze and evaluate intelligence; estimate the operational situation; and formulate, coordinate, and execute appropriate plans for offensive/defensive maneuver, reconnaissance, fire support nuclear biological, and chemical defense, directed energy warfare, communications and operational logistics and maintenance.
  Normally, the Recon Platoon Commander works in the Landing Force Operations Center (LFOC) or Combat Operations Center (COC). Here he receives reports from his teams, transmits direction to them & coordinates any support they need in the field. Recon Team Leaders are normally Sergeants or Staff Sergeants (some Force Recon Teams). The Team Leader is the senior man to go to the field on missions. Some missions require the full platoon to act as a unit, and in that case the Platoon Commander may also go to the field.
caption: Ground Intelligence Officer gathering information
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