The Radio Reconnaissance Platoon is a specially trained Marine Corps Intelligence element of a United States Marine Corps Radio Battalion. A Radio Reconnaissance Team (RRT) was assigned as the tactical signals intelligence collection element for the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, Detachment One. Regular RRTs also participate in SOC operations during Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), or MEU(SOC), deployments. The RRP is not considered to be a Special Missions Unit (SMU) or a true special operations unit, as it does not fall under the banner MARSOC or USSOCOM. Mission The mission of the Radio Reconnaissance Platoon is to conduct tactical yet static signals intelligence and electronic warfare operations in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) commander during advance force, pre-assault, and deep post-assault operations, as well as maritime special purpose operations. The RRT is used when the use of conventionally trained Radio Battalion elements is inappropriate or not feasible. While deployed with a MEU (SOC), the Radio Reconnaissance Team is also a part of the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF) as a unit of the Reconnaissance & Surveillance Element (MSPF). The MSPF is a sub-element of the MEU(SOC), as a whole, and is responsible for performing specialized maritime missions. These missions include, but are not limited to: Direct Action Missions Maritime interdiction Operations (MIO) Deep reconnaissance Capabilities Indications and warnings Limited electronic warfare Communications support Reconnaissance and surveillance via NATO format Insertion/Extraction Techniques Patrolling Helicopter Touchdown Helocast Small Boat (Hard Duck, Soft Duck, Rolled Duck) Rappel Fast Rope Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) Wet Dry Static Line Over-the-Horizon Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) SIGINT Foreign languages Arabic Russian Korean Turkish Spanish Persian Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian Morse Code intercept (>20 GPM) Analysis and reporting Training RRP begins with completion of Army Airborne School, which is followed by the Basic Reconnaissance Course, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), and the Radio Reconnaissance Indoctrination Program. Radio Reconnaissance Instruction Program The Radio Reconnaissance Instruction Program (RRIP) is the in-house technical training tool used by the RRP to ensure that its Marines are not only tactically proficient in basic reconnaissance skills but technically adept in their respective areas of expertise. The RRIP has a duration of several days that can be dynamically determined to suit the needs of the platoon and its deployment tempo. During the RRIP, an RRP candidate can expect very long and strenuous days. The RRIP culminates in a series of field