This is a 12-week program designed to develop the strength and stamina to successfully complete every physical aspect of Marine Special Operations Command Assessment and Selection. While having the overall stamina to be physically superior while attending Assessment and Selection. We have scientifically broken down the A&S requirements in order for you to optimize your potential without over-training or causing injury.
Understand, you are embarking on a journey where no one is going to help you, look out for you, or give you the solution to the problem. You are now a CANDIDATE and you need to act accordingly. Everything you do in A&S is just that- it is to assess and potentially select you. Look at it as, the hardest job interview of your life. You are going to have obstacles put in front of you with little to no direction on how to complete the task. That is what being a Marine Raider is all about! Accomplishing goals that you have no support, direction or information on. Our country is depending on Marine Raiders all over the world to figure out the problems at hand and execute a plan that solves that problem for the betterment of this world. Make no mistake about it, THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME! There is no respawn and there are no take backs.
Marine Raiders at this very moment are spread across the globe conducting Special Operations. If you are going to be one of these Marines then you need to understand upfront that this is a very dangerous job, however, extremely rewarding! Now that you understand that you need to train like your life depends on it because it does! Make every rep, exercise, swim, run, sprint, ruck, and training session count! You’ll get out what you put in.
In the famous words of SSgt Christopher Antonik “All it takes, is all you got!”