Global Initiative for Joint Operations and

Enforcement (GIJOE) Composite Unit Primer

Operations Directorate
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Washington, DC
June 2011
Not approved for public distribution, for internal use only
(Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.)
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“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.”

- Sun Tzu (544 BC–496 BC), The Art Of War

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Table of Contents

[This Section Pending]

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

The Global Initiative for Joint Operations and Enforcement (GIJOE) Composite Unit is a joint service activity administered by the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), a component of the United States Department of Defense. Military and excepted civil service
agents assigned to the GIJOE Composite Unit are tasked with providing, in short order, contingency tactical recovery/recapture, anti-
terrorism/force protection (AT/FP), and intelligence/investigative support to DSCA-authorized Security Cooperation (SC) and Security
Assistance (SA) operations in politically sensitive or particularly high-risk environments, to include disaster areas and areas subject to
ongoing local or transnational military conflicts. GIJOE combat elements perform contingency tactical operations to recover, recapture, or
destroy stolen and diverted Security Assistance Program-sourced defense materiel and United States-origin military equipment in the
possession of designated enemy combatants. Specially trained Composite Unit personnel detect and prevent acts of espionage,
sabotage, kidnapping, theft, and terrorism directed against the DSCA and allied organizations and agencies. GIJOE agents are authorized
to obtain and execute warrants for the arrest of suspects involved in the illicit international trade in weapons, munitions, and military
information and technology. In cooperation with Combatant Command assets, federal law enforcement agencies, and foreign and
multinational military and police organizations, the GIJOE Composite Unit enforces US, NATO, and UN regulations governing conventional
arms control in assigned areas of operations.

1-1. Mission.
• The GIJOE Composite Unit's primary mission is the planning and conduct of contingency tactical operations of limited scope
and duration in support of overseas DSCA Security Cooperation and Security Assistance activities in politically sensitive
and/or high-risk environments.
• Designated GIJOE combat elements perform direct combat operations to recover, recapture, or destroy stolen and diverted
Security Assistance Program-sourced defense materiel and United States-origin military equipment in the possession of
persons or organizations engaged in hostilities against the United States and its Security Cooperation and Security
Assistance partner-states. Additionally, GIJOE agents can conduct limited military manhunt operations targeting leaders of
armed non-state groups involved in the trade and sale of stolen and diverted Security Assistance Program-sourced defense
materiel and United States-origin military equipment. GIJOE units are trained, equipped, and organized to perform these
functions either as part of a unilateral or multilateral combined arms contingent, or as a stand-alone rapid response force with
the full administrative, logistical, and operational backing of the DSCA apparatus.
• Select GIJOE elements are organized, trained, and equipped to openly or clandestinely observe and report on allegations of
mis-use of Security Assistance Program-sourced defense material, United States-origin military equipment, and Security
Cooperation Program-sourced military training by foreign governments, belligerent organizations, and designated terrorist
groups. These information gathering activities include, but are not limited to, special reconnaissance missions, surveillance of
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named areas of interest (NAIs) and high-value targets (HVTs), and counterintelligence, criminal intelligence, and weapons
intelligence investigations.
• GIJOE agents provide general and tailored anti-terrorism/force protection support—to include convoy escort, installation
defense, and counterintelligence force protection source operations—to the DSCA and organizations and agencies allied
with its Security Cooperation and Security Assistance partner-states as necessary.

1-2. Capabilities and Limitations.

The GIJOE Composite Unit is capable of the following:
• Deploying quickly to conduct operations on all types of terrain and in all kinds of weather; infiltrating and exfiltrating an area
of operations by land, sea, or air.
• Conducting strikes, raids, patrols, and other limited duration small unit combat maneuvers and operations.
• Performing limited manhunt operations.
• Overseeing and conducting the destruction of unrecoverable defense materiel and other military equipment.
• Performing tactical information gathering activities including, but not limited to, surveillance of named areas of interest (NAIs)
and high-value targets (HVTs), special reconnaissance missions, and counterintelligence and intelligence investigations.
• Providing general and tailored anti-terrorism/force protection support—to include convoy escort, installation defense, and
counterintelligence force protection source operations—as necessary.
The GIJOE Composite Unit has the following limitations:
• Limited sustained operation capability due to the logistical restrictions of organic supply assets.
• Mobility in the area of operations is restricted to movement by foot and organic light/medium wheeled tactical vehicles, and in
the case of certain specially trained and equipped elements, combat swimming/diving.
• Limited capability to engage armor and aviation-equipped military and paramilitary units of platoon or larger size in open
terrain.
• Organic casualty treatment capability is limited to combat lifesaver tasks at the squad/section/team-level and combat medic
tasks at the platoon-level.
• Lengthy training periods are necessary in order to replace agents lost in operations.
• Requires support from the DSCA Operations Directorate and/or the supported higher headquarters for the following:
◦ Maintenance, supply, mess, administration, finance, legal, personnel, and advanced medical treatment services.
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◦ Area communication integration and access to a common-user telephone system.

◦ Frequency management for HF radio and UHF SATCOM access.
◦ Packing, rigging, and loading supplies and equipment for aerial resupply operations, helicopter/air assault insertion
operations, and parachute insertion operations.
◦ Preparation and maintenance of SCUBA, CCUBA, and other associated combat swimming and diving equipment.
◦ Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps air transportation to move GIJOE personnel, organic equipment, and organic
vehicles to the area of operations.
◦ Army, Coast Guard, or Navy (including designated civilian auxiliary Merchant Marine) maritime transportation to move
GIJOE personnel, organic equipment, and organic vehicles to the area of operations.

1-3. Employment Considerations.

• GIJOE operations in jurisdictions and territories held by DSCA Security Cooperation and Security Assistance partner-states
and cooperative neighbor states must always be conducted with their prior and explicit approval.
• In cases where partner-state and/or cooperative neighbor state approval is unreasonably delayed or denied, the GIJOE
Composite Unit may still be deployed in contravention of state sovereignty pursuant to international and/or coalition
authorization.
• The GIJOE Composite Unit may be deployed without state approval or international authorization in failed states and
disputed territories where quickly evolving and confirmed threats to vital national security or humanitarian interests
necessitate a rapid and decisive tactical response unique to the unit's capabilities is required, as deemed by the National
Command Authority (NCA).
• The GIJOE Composite Unit can be used to reinforce and supplement United States or coalition military forces in various
operational roles and settings suited to its capabilities, but it is not equipped nor is it intended to perform full-spectrum military
operations in place of standard conventional and special operations-capable formations.
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CHAPTER 2

Organization

The GIJOE Composite Unit is a company-sized rapid reaction organization consisting of 142 military personnel (six officers, five warrant
officers, and 131 enlisted servicemen) from various military field and career backgrounds and three excepted civil service agents. It is
composed of a unit headquarters, a Tactical Recovery and Recapture Platoon, a Mobile Scout-Raider Platoon, an Intelligence and
Surveillance Platoon, and a Force Protection Platoon (Figure 2-1).

Figure 2-1. Global Initiative for Joint Operations and Enforcement (GIJOE) Composite Unit Organization
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2-1. Headquarters.
The GIJOE Composite Unit Headquarters provides command, control, and supervision of all organic and attached elements. It consists of
the commanding officer (CO), the executive officer (XO), the senior enlisted adviser (SEA), the staff NCO for tactical communications
(SNCO-COMMS), the staff NCO for supply and logistics (SNCO-LOG), two combat net radio operators (CNRO), and two anti-terrorism
evasive driving-trained staff drivers (STF-DRV). During tactical operations, the headquarters co-locates with one of the four subordinate
platoons as dictated by the factors of mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civil considerations, in the optimal position where
the CO, XO, and SEA can observe, analyze, and influence the critical points and actions in the area of operations, communicate orders,
and participate directly in platoon-level tasks as necessary.
• The headquarters' personnel and vehicles are organized as follows:
◦ Two VAMP (Variable Application Mobility Platform) light tactical vehicles under the control of the CO and the XO, configured for
command and control (C2) functionality.
◦ One HAVOC (Hauling Applications Vehicle, Off-road Capable) combat logistics support vehicle under the control of the senior
enlisted adviser. The HAVOC is driven by the supply and logistics staff NCO and its expanded communications suite is operated
by the staff NCO for tactical communications.

≥ O-4 ≥ E-4 ≥ E-4 C2 Vehicle ≥ O-3 ≥ E-4 ≥ E-4 C2 Vehicle

CO CNRO STF-DRV VAMP XO CNRO STF-DRV VAMP

E-9 ≥ E-7 ≥ E-6 Combat Logistics Support Vehicle

SEA SNCO- SNCO- HAVOC
COMMS LOG

Figure 2-2. GIJOE Composite Unit Headquarters

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2-2. Tactical Recovery and Recapture Platoon.

The GIJOE Composite Unit's Tactical Recovery and Recapture Platoon (TRRP) is capable of rapidly deploying by land, sea, and air to
conduct contingency tactical operations to recover, recapture, or destroy stolen and diverted Security Assistance Program-sourced
defense materiel and United States-origin military equipment in the possession of persons engaged in hostilities against the United States
and its Security Cooperation and Security Assistance partner-states. The TRRP maintains a high degree of readiness in order to conduct
these limited-duration contingency combat operations. The platoon can also be tasked with conducting limited military manhunt operations
in pursuit of armed non-state group leaders involved in the trade of Security Assistance Program-sourced defense materiel and United
States-origin military equipment. All platoon personnel are trained in static-line parachuting, helicopter rope suspension techniques, and
basic small boat operations. The platoon's organic vehicles are certified for helicopter sling load, Low-Velocity Airdrop (LVAD), and Low
Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) aerial delivery and can fit inside Army and Navy utility landing craft (LCUs) for transport
directly onto beachheads or piers.
• The platoon is subdivided into a platoon headquarters, a HAVOC section, and three tactical recovery and recapture squads (Figure
2-3).

Figure 2-3. Tactical Recovery and Recapture Platoon Organization

◦ The platoon's headquarters (Figure 2-4) is composed of the command and control team and a sniper team.
The command and control team consists of the platoon officer-in-charge (PLT OIC), the platoon NCO-in-charge (PLT NCOIC), a
combat net radio operator (CNRO), and the platoon combat medic (PLT MED). The platoon OIC is responsible for the
employment of the platoon and all the platoon's weapons, equipment, and vehicles. The platoon NCOIC is the most senior NCO
in the platoon. He is second in succession of command, assists and advises the platoon leader, and he leads the platoon in the
platoon OIC's absence. The platoon NCOIC serves as a HAVOC truck commander during mounted operations and exercises
overall control over the platoon's HAVOC section (see Figure 2-5) when the platoon OIC performs dismounted operations with
the recovery and recapture squads. He also conducts and leads dismounted operations as necessary, based on the factors of
mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civil considerations.
The headquarters' three-man sniper team serves as the platoon OIC's surveillance, close reconnaissance, and target acquisition
asset. The senior man in the team is the spotter/relief sniper (SPT-SNP), the next most senior man is the primary sniper (SNP),
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and the lowest ranked member of the team serves as the team security man (SEC-SNP). The team is capable of providing the
platoon with a full range of sniper support out to 800 meters and beyond. The sniper team is employed to support maneuver,
conduct surveillance of designated targets, neutralize essential enemy leadership or command personnel, enhance force
protection by performing counter-sniper activities, and provide lethal and accurate long-range fires in urban operations.
Command and Control Team Sniper Team

≥ O-3 ≥ E-8 ≥ E-4 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4

PLT OIC PLT CNRO PLT MED SPT-SNP SNP SEC-SNP
NCOIC

Figure 2-4. Tactical Recovery and Recapture Platoon Headquarters

◦ The tactical recovery and recapture platoon is equipped with four HAVOC combat logistics support vehicles organized into a
section (Figure 2-5) that provides rapid tactical and operational mobility of platoon personnel to critical locations in the area of
operations as well as mobile resupply capability.
Each HAVOC is assigned a two-man crew consisting of a truck commander (TR-TC) and a driver (TR-DRV). These mounted
crews provide critical support to the platoon by operating and maintaining the HAVOCs and employing them to ensure delivery
of platoon personnel to their dismount point.
The truck commander is responsible for the overall employment of the HAVOC and operates the HAVOC's defensive armament
and communications equipment. The vehicle driver operates the vehicle during all conditions, day or night. At the truck
commander's direction, the driver negotiates the vehicle through all terrain and obstacles to deliver platoon personnel, supplies,
and equipment safely to the point of employment in the area of operations.
The platoon's HAVOC crews and recovery and recapture squads provide mutual protection for each other while performing their
assigned missions. Recovery and recapture squad members help operate the HAVOC's defensive armaments and use their
personal weapons for vehicle defense while mounted and they provide security for the vehicles while halted. The HAVOC crews
provide rapid tactical mobility and an augmenting base of fire for the dismounted squads.
Once the platoon personnel have dismounted the HAVOCs, the vehicle crew may employ the vehicle's defensive armament to
defeat unarmored or lightly armored enemy vehicles and dismounted enemy combatants as necessary, although the HAVOC is
not intended to be used as an infantry fighting vehicle. The HAVOC Section is led by the platoon NCOIC in standard taskings,
and he also serves as a truck commander for the lead vehicle.
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≥ E-8 ≥ E-4 Combat Logistics Support Vehicle ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Combat Logistics Support Vehicle
PLT TR-DRV HAVOC TR-TC TR-DRV HAVOC
NCOIC*

≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Combat Logistics Support Vehicle ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Combat Logistics Support Vehicle
TR-TC TR-DRV HAVOC TR-TC TR-DRV HAVOC

Figure 2-5. HAVOC Section

*- Task-assigned as the HAVOC Section leader and a HAVOC truck commander from the platoon headquarters (see Figure 2-4)

◦ Each of the platoon's three tactical recovery and recapture squads (Figure 2-6) consists of a squad leader (TRS-LDR) and two
four-man teams, each consisting of a team leader (TR-LDR) and three team members (TR-MBR). The squad leader controls the
squad's movement and fires and conducts squad training. Depending on mission requirements, a squad can be task-organized
according to one of two schemes (Figure 2-7), as a rifle squad consisting of the squad leader and two four-man fireteams or as
an urban terrain-optimized squad consisting of the squad leader, a four-man entry element, and a four-man cover element.
Squad members are cross-trained in all of the alternative positions in each task organization scheme.
The platoon's first squad is composed of Military Free Fall (MFF)-qualified personnel and is led by a US Army Special Forces
Warrant Officer. The second squad is made up entirely of Navy Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL (BUD/S)-, Army Special
Operations Diver-, or Marine Corps Combatant Diver-qualified personnel and is led by a Naval Special Warfare Technician
(Warrant Officer). The third squad is led by a Ranger-qualified US Army infantry senior sergeant, a US Army Special Forces
Weapons Sergeant, or a Reconnaissance Man-qualified Marine Corps Infantry Unit Leader and is composed of graduates of the
International Special Training Center's Advanced Close Quarters Battle (CQB) Course and personnel with extensive training and
experience in the conduct of MOUT/UO (Military Operations in Urban Terrain/Urban Operations).
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Squad 1 (MFF-qualified)
Team 1 Team 5

≥ W-2 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5

TRS-LDR TR-LDR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-LDR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-MBR

Squad 2 (Combatant Diver/Swimmer-qualified)

Team 2 Team 4

≥ W-2 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5

TRS-LDR TR-LDR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-LDR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-MBR

Squad 3 (Advanced CQB-certified)

Team 3 Team 6

≥ E-7 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5

TRS-LDR TR-LDR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-LDR TR-MBR TR-MBR TR-MBR

Figure 2-6. Tactical Recovery and Recapture Squads

Standard Rifle Squad Task-Organization Urban Terrain-Optimized Squad Task-Organization

First Fireteam Second Fireteam Assault Element Security Element

Squad Team Grenadier Automatic Squad Team Grenadier Automatic Rifleman/ Squad Point Man Assaulter Assaulter Rear Squad Grenadier Squad Grenadier
Leader Leader Rifleman Marksman Leader Rifleman Anti-Armor Leader Security Marksman Marksman
Specialist Man

Figure 2-7. Commonly used Tactical Recovery and Recapture Squad task-organization schemes
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2-3. Mobile Scout-Raider Platoon.

The Mobile Scout-Raider Platoon (MSRP) is organized, equipped, and trained to conduct mounted and dismounted security operations
and zone, area, and route reconnaissance for the GIJOE Composite Unit. It is frequently used in a reinforcing role in direct support of the
TRRP, providing it with a rapidly mobile base of fires of greater lethality than the TRRP's organic HAVOC Section. The MSRP provides
current area of operations data to help the GIJOE Commanding Officer plan and conduct operations. The platoon also conducts security
and screening missions, such as convoy escort and area security patrols, and it possesses a heavy anti-armor capability that can be
employed defensively—for self-protection and breaking contact with a larger, armor-reinforced, enemy force—or offensively—in hit and run
strikes against armor-reinforced targets-of-opportunity of up to platoon size—although it is not equipped to conduct sustained combat
operations against enemy armor. The platoon's mobility support section provides it with the ability to conduct engineer reconnaissance and
limited obstacle clearance, urban mobility breaching, and combat demolitions activities.
Mobile scout-raider section personnel have significant experience serving in direct combat positions. Members of the mobility support
section are Sapper-qualified combat engineers or Special Forces Engineer Sergeants. All of the platoon's personnel are trained in static-
line parachuting, helicopter rope suspension techniques, and basic small boat operations. The platoon's organic vehicles and equipment
are certified for helicopter sling load, Low-Velocity Airdrop (LVAD), and Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) aerial delivery
and can fit inside Army and Navy utility landing craft (LCUs) for transport directly onto beachheads or piers.
• The platoon is subdivided into three mobile scout-raider sections and a mobility support section (Figure 2-8).

Figure 2-8. Mobile Scout-Raider Platoon Organization

◦ The three mobile scout-raider sections form a nine-vehicle element (Figure 2-9). This grouping achieves a good compromise
between the need to employ a maximum number of assets during the reconnaissance or security mission and the requirement
for self-protection. It is the ideal task-organization for route reconnaissance missions. In a security/screen mission, this enables
the use of three long-duration observation posts which are occupied for twelve hours or more and allows for the simultaneous
conduct of mounted and dismounted patrols. In this arrangement, the platoon OIC (PLT OIC) and platoon NCOIC (PLT NCOIC)
are mobile scout-raider section leaders and perform scout-raider team member duties along with their platoon command and
control responsibilities. To minimize their workload, these leaders make maximum use of their gunners and place themselves in
the overwatch position within their sections. The third mobile scout-raider section leader (SR LDR) is a senior NCO.
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Each section is allocated three VAMP fast attack vehicles: the lead vehicle is equipped with a heavy machine gun and general
purpose medium machine gun, the second VAMP is equipped with an automatic grenade launcher, and the third VAMP is fitted
with an anti-armor guided missile launch platform. Section leaders ride in the automatic grenade launcher-equipped VAMP. Each
VAMP has a crew of three: a team leader/truck commander (SR-TC), a gunner (SR-GNR), and a driver (SR-DRV). All crew
members are cross-trained in the different crew duty stations and in the conduct of dismounted scout-raider duties. Additionally,
the platoon combat medic (PLT MED) rides in the platoon OIC's vehicle.
Mobile Scout-Raider Section 1
Team 5 (Heavy and Medium Machine Gun) Team 1 (Automatic Grenade Launcher) Team 7 (Anti-Tank Guided Missile)

≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ O-3 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 ≥ E-5 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle
SR-TC SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP PLT OIC SR-GNR SR-DRV PLT VAMP SR-TC SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP
MED

Mobile Scout-Raider Section 2

Team 4 (Heavy and Medium Machine Gun) Team 2 (Automatic Grenade Launcher) Team 8 (Anti-Tank Guided Missile)

≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ E-8 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle
SR-TC SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP PLT SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP SR-TC SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP
NCOIC

Mobile Scout-Raider Section 3

Team 6 (Heavy and Medium Machine Gun) Team 3 (Heavy and Medium Machine Gun) Team 9 (Anti-Tank Guided Missile)

≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ E-7 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-4 Fast Attack Vehicle
SR-TC SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP SR LDR SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP SR-TC SR-GNR SR-DRV VAMP

Figure 2-9. Mobile Scout-Raider Sections

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◦ The mobility support section (Figure 2-10), while capable of general security and reconnaissance small-unit operations,
specializes in maneuver enhancement tasks including, but not limited to, the following: (1) route reconnaissance focused on
route clearance; (2) obstacle reconnaissance focused on bypass/breach; (3) reconnaissance of tunnels, underground structures,
and complex terrain; (4) area reconnaissance focused on explosive hazards (EH), support of urban combat operations, and
establishing vehicle fighting positions; and (5) contingency combat breaching and limited obstacle reduction.
The section's leader (SPR-LDR) is a Sapper-qualified combat engineer senior sergeant or a Special Forces Engineer Senior
Sergeant. The assistant section leader (SPR-A/L) and the section members (SPR) are Sapper-qualified combat engineers or
Special Forces Engineer Sergeants. When conducting engineer reconnaissance, the section is habitually task-organized into
mounted and dismounted elements (Figure 2-11). The mobility support section is allocated man-portable mine-detection
equipment and two VAMPs equipped with heavy and medium machine guns. The vehicles' onboard weapons are used to
disrupt EH at a safe distance and for defensive and offensive purposes. The section normally employs a light, basic load of
demolitions, man-portable recoilless weapons, and hand tools for contingency breaching and obstacle reduction tasks. All
section members are trained explosive ordnance clearance agents (EOCA) and are qualified to perform limited search,
identification, and in-place disposal of EH such as mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) and limited identification and in-place
disposal (but not search or handling) of improvised explosive devices (IED). If the EH is out of the section's scope of operations,
the GIJOE Composite Unit's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team is called upon to augment the section's capabilities.

≥ E-7 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Fast Attack Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Fast Attack Vehicle
SPR-LDR SPR SPR SPR VAMP SPR-A/L SPR SPR SPR VAMP

Figure 2-10. Mobility Support Section

Dismounted Element Mounted Element

Section Dismount Dismount Dismount Assistant Recon VAMP Recon Recon VAMP
Leader Sapper Sapper Sapper Section Vehicle Vehicle Vehicle
Leader Driver Commander Driver

Figure 2-11. Mobility Support Section task-organized as an Engineer Reconnaissance Team

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2-4. Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon.

The Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon (I&SP) performs tactical intelligence collection and counterintelligence (CI) operations in support
of the GIJOE Composite Unit's overall mission to include, but not limited to, CI investigations, human-source intelligence (HUMINT)
collection, criminal intelligence (CRIMINT) investigations, source operations, document exploitation (DOCEX), tactical debriefing and
interrogation of enemy prisoners of war (EPWs), highly specialized reconnaissance and surveillance, and counterespionage operations
beyond the TRRP's and MSRP's already considerable inherent information-gathering capabilities. The I&SP can be deployed to the area
of operations as an independent multidisciplined tactical information collection and coordination unit or its personnel can be attached to
other GIJOE Composite Unit platoons during tactical operations as required. Many I&SP personnel are qualified parachutists but the
platoon—with the exception of its three reconnaissance and surveillance teams—does not routinely engage in airborne operations.
• The platoon is organized into a headquarters, an investigative/source operations section, and three reconnaissance and
surveillance teams (Figure 2-12).

Figure 2-12. Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon Organization

◦ The platoon headquarters (Figure 2-13) is divided into two components: a command team consisting of the platoon OIC (PLT
OIC), the platoon NCOIC (PLT NCOIC), and the platoon combat medic (PLT MED); and a mobile satellite communications
(SATCOM) station team composed of a station supervisor (SAT-SPV) and two SATCOM operator-maintainers (SAT-OPR).
The platoon OIC is responsible for planning and supervising platoon activities and maintaining close liaison with Composite Unit
leadership, the DSCA Operations Directorate, and the staff of any supported higher headquarters. He is normally drawn from the
Army or Marine Corps CI officer communities or is an Army Special Forces or Navy Special Warfare officer with extensive
reconnaissance and surveillance experience or staff intelligence officer experience. The platoon NCOIC is responsible for
providing key advice and guidance to the platoon OIC, helping to plan in detail the employment of platoon assets and
coordinating the efforts of the headquarters in controlling mission execution. He also supervises platoon-level administration
activities. The platoon's special operations combat medic is administratively assigned to the command team, but habitually
reinforces the investigative/source operations section or the reconnaissance and surveillance teams as necessary.
The mobile SATCOM station supervisor is charged with the tactical employment of the mobile SATCOM station. The mobile
SATCOM station maintains clear and consistent secure communications across extended distances between the command
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team, higher headquarters, and deployed platoon elements. The team can be geographically separated from the command
team to facilitate transmission operations, but both elements are normally co-located with each other in the interest of efficient
command and control.
Command Team Mobile SATCOM Station

≥ O-3 ≥ E-8 ≥ E-5 C2 Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-4 ≥ E-4 C2 Vehicle

PLT OIC PLT PLT MED VAMP SAT-SPV SAT-OPR SAT-OPR VAMP
NCOIC

Figure 2-13. Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon Headquarters

◦ The platoon's investigative/source operations section (Figure 2-14) conducts a wide range of open and clandestine HUMINT
collection activities, criminal investigations, defensive and offensive CI tasks, and technical and physical surveillance and
countersurveillance operations. The section is composed of three cells that can operate independently of each other in pursuit of
multiple, related tasks, or they can work jointly towards the accomplishment of a specific mission goal.
The CI/HUMINT cell is led by a CI advisor (CI-ADV), normally an Army CI technician (warrant officer) or Marine Corps
CI/HUMINT warrant officer. He is assisted by a HUMINT/DOCEX advisor (HDX-ADV), usually a US Army HUMINT collection
technician (warrant officer) or Marine Corps CI/HUMINT warrant officer. The cell has three enlisted CI agents (CI-AGT) drawn
from the Army or the Marine Corps. All cell personnel are fluent in multiple foreign languages and possess expertise in a variety
of technical skills used in the conduct of operations to detect and prevent acts of theft, espionage, sabotage, and terrorism
directed against DSCA Security Cooperation and Security Assistance personnel, resources, and activities.
The CRIMINT cell investigates Department of Defense personnel, private contractors, and other individuals or groups suspected
of active involvement or direct complicity in the provision of Security Cooperation Program-based services or the sale, trade, or
diversion of Security Assistance Program-sourced defense materiel and United States-origin military equipment to persons or
governments engaged in hostilities against the United States and its allies. CRIMINT special investigators are trained to perform
limited battlefield forensics analyses to determine the origin and usage/transit history of captured enemy small arms. The cell
also conducts force protection source operations, provide expert protective services, and participate in raids and manhunt
operations as necessary. The cell's senior special investigator (SNR INV) is a warrant officer special agent from the US Army
Criminal Investigation Command (CIDC) or the Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and is assisted by an enlisted
special investigator (SPL INV) drawn from the US Army CIDC, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), or Marine Corps
CID special agent communities. The third member of the cell is an investigation documentation technician (INV DOC), an
enlisted Army combat documentation/production specialist or Marine Corps combat videographer whose primary task is to
record and organize still and motion imagery of the cell's investigative and protective service activities (to include operational
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imagery, crime scene imagery, surveillance imagery, and audio and video recordings of witness testimony) for use in current and
follow-on investigations and other government activities and processes as deemed necessary by the relevant authorities.
The special security activities cell provides active, and occasionally preemptive, full-spectrum security support to the section and
other I&SP formations as required. The technical surveillance countermeasures administrator (TSCM ADM) is an NCO trained in
either the CI/HUMINT, electronic intelligence (ELINT), and electronic warfare (EW) fields who has completed a DoD-authorized
TSCM course. He sweeps equipment and facilities for foreign intelligence service (FIS) electronic surveillance devices and
serves as the section's information systems security chief. The counterinfiltration NCO (CINF NCO) is a combat arms or law
enforcement specialty-rated expert in the conduct of field countersurveillance, countertracking, counterincursion, close
protection, and other related tasks. He is responsible for performing and coordinating the varied and complex protective and
defensive tactical tasks that directly impact the immediate physical security of the section when it is deployed independently,
without augmentation from GIJOE combat and force protection elements.
CI/HUMINT Cell CRIMINT Cell

≥ W-2 ≥ W-2 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 Tactical Utility Vehicle ≥ W-2 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-4 Tactical Utility Vehicle
CI-ADV HDX-ADV CI-AGT CI-AGT CI-AGT VAMP SNR INV SPL INV INV DOC VAMP

Special Security Activities Cell

≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 Tactical Utility Vehicle

TSCM CINF VAMP
ADM NCO

Figure 2-14. Investigative/Source Operations Section

◦ The I&SP's three reconnaissance and surveillance teams (Figure 2-15) are organized, trained, and equipped to clandestinely
infiltrate deep into hostile and potentially hostile foreign territory, to a degree beyond the capabilities of other GIJOE elements
(up to 250 kilometers away from any friendly or supporting forces), and conduct continuous stationary surveillance and other
information-gathering activities in support of the GIJOE mission for up to five days. These teams are also expected to conduct
stealthy exfiltration from the objective area and make their way without incident to predetermined secure extraction sites.
The reconnaissance and surveillance (R&S) teams’ missions, targets, and objectives are based on the intelligence requirements
of the GIJOE Commanding Officer as transmitted through the I&SP OIC. Teams infiltrate selected areas by air, ground, or water.
While avoiding contact with the enemy and civilians, the R&S teams observe and monitor, directly and with the aid of hand-
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emplaced unattended sensors, named areas of interest (NAIs), high-value targets (HVTs), and other objectives as designated by
immediate and higher headquarters. R&S teams are not intended to conduct direct-action missions although they possess the
capability to employ expert infantry combat skills to break contact with the enemy if detected. Team members have expert
information-collection skills, are exceptionally skilled in long-distance land navigation; possess in-depth knowledge of enemy
organizations, tactics, and equipment; and are well-versed in the operation and basic operator maintenance of military and
commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) communication systems.
The team leader (RS LDR) is a graduate of the Army's Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) or the
International Special Training Center's Patrol Course (formerly known as the NATO Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol
Course) and must be a Ranger-qualified Army infantry senior sergeant, an Army Special Forces Senior Sergeant, or a
Reconnaissance Man-qualified Marine Corps Infantry Unit Leader. The team leader and the team scouts (RS SCT) are all MFF-
qualified. Each team has at least two experienced visual trackers. With supplementation from the Force Protection Platoon's
military working dog team (see Figure 2-19), the team can be task-organized into a combat tracking team (Figure 2-16) to
support tactical recovery and recapture operations by reestablishing contact with the fleeing or concealed enemy.
All three teams are capable of conducting operations across the same range of operational settings, but each team also
specializes in fieldcraft skills particular to a terrain-specific or climatic context: The first team is geared towards operations in
densely vegetated tropical and subtropical environments; the second team specializes in arid and semi-arid settings, and the
third team is composed of experts in mountain and cold weather navigation.
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

≥ E-7 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-7 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-7 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6 ≥ E-6
RS LDR RS SCT RS SCT RS SCT RS LDR RS SCT RS SCT RS SCT RS LDR RS SCT RS SCT RS SCT

Figure 2-15. Reconnaissance and Surveillance Teams

Team Leader Visual Tracker Tracking Dog Defense Man/ Rear Security
and Handler* COMMO Man
Operator

Figure 2-16. Reconnaissance and Surveillance Team task-organized as a Combat Tracking Team
*- Tracking dog and tracking dog handler are task-assigned from the Force Protection Platoon's MWD team (see Figure 2-19)
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2-5. Force Protection Platoon.

The Force Protection Platoon (FP2) provides the GIJOE Composite Unit with dedicated physical security enforcement and multidisciplined
defensive capabilities. The platoon's personnel are organized, trained, and equipped to protect the force protection and physical security
interests of the Composite Unit leadership. It serves as the GIJOE Commanding Officer's lead instrument in a comprehensive, integrated,
anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) program. The FP2 can be deployed to the area of operations as an independent security force or its
personnel can be attached to other GIJOE Composite Unit platoons during tactical operations as required.
• The platoon is organized into a headquarters, a military law enforcement section, and a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear,
and explosive (CBRNE) defense section (Figure 2-17).

Figure 2-17. Force Protection Platoon Organization

◦ The platoon headquarters (Figure 2-18) is subdivided into the command and control team, an AT/FP augmentation team, and a
non-lethal directed energy weapons (NLDEW) team.
The command and control team consists of the platoon officer-in-charge (PLT OIC), the platoon NCO-in-charge (PLT NCOIC), a
combat net radio operator (CNRO), and a critical incident medical responder (CRI MED). The platoon OIC is a commissioned
officer drawn from the military law enforcement community and also serves as the GIJOE Provost Marshal. The platoon NCOIC
is the platoon's senior military law enforcement NCO and helps plan platoon AT/FP activities and coordinates platoon mission
execution. The platoon's critical incident medical responder is a combat medic who has received additional training in mass
casualty incident management and is a verified Advanced Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Life Support (AHLS) Provider. He is
administratively assigned to the command and control team, but habitually reinforces other platoon elements as necessary.
Attached to the platoon headquarters is a three-man AT/FP augmentation team. Members of the team are excepted civil service
DSCA employees and fall outside of the military chain of command that governs the GIJOE Composite Unit. Instead, the team
leader (ATFP LDR) and the AT/FP augmentation agents (ATFP AGT) that make up the team answer directly to the immediate
senior civilian authority (usually a DSCA Regional Deputy) involved in the planning of a Composite Unit operation. For the sake
of operational expediency however, orders issued to the team by platoon OICs and the Composite Unit CO and XO for the
duration of the operation are legally recognized as being directly sanctioned by the senior civilian authority. Team personnel are
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authorized as armed federal law enforcement agents and can obtain and execute search and arrest warrants as required. The
team serves as the platoon OIC's AT/FP asset of choice in situations where the use of military personnel is restricted (such as in
US territories beyond the boundaries of military bases/installations) or in instances overseas where the use of military security
personnel is considered politically inappropriate or untenable. Team members possess significant prior military combat arms
and/or special police unit (i.e., SWAT) experience, and share many of the same advanced small-unit tactical skills as their
military peers in the Force Protection, Tactical Recovery and Recapture, and Mobile Scout-Raider Platoons.
The headquarters' third component is the NLDEW team, a two-man unit charged with conducting area denial, crowd control, and
deterrent operations using the vehicle-mounted Active Denial System (ADS) millimeter-wave transmitter and other NLDEW
systems such as long-range laser "dazzlers." Both the team leader (DEW LDR) and team member (DEW OPR) are graduates of
the Inter-service Non-lethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course and are also responsible for instructing GIJOE personnel in
the basic operation of various non-lethal and less-than-lethal weapons and munitions.
Command and Control Team AT/FP Augmentation Team*

≥ O-4 ≥ E-8 ≥ E-4 ≥ E-5 C2 Vehicle GG-10 GG-09 GG-09 Tactical Utility Vehicle
PLT OIC PLT CNRO CRI MED VAMP ATFP ATFP ATFP VAMP
NCOIC LDR AGT AGT

Non-Lethal Directed Energy Weapons Team

≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 Vehicle-mounted NLDEW

DEW DEW HMMWV M1097 with Active Denial System
LDR OPR millimeter wave transmitter

Figure 2-18. Force Protection Platoon Headquarters

*- AT/FP Augmentation Team personnel are excepted civil service employees operating under the administrative control of a senior civilian DSCA official (such as a Regional Deputy)
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◦ The military law enforcement section (Figure 2-19) is composed of three military law enforcement teams and a military working
dog (MWD) team. The section performs area reconnaissance, cordon and search, base defense, response force, traffic control,
and critical site/asset security operations. The section leader (MLES LDR), team leaders (MLE LDR), and team NCOs (MLE
NCO) are all graduates of Special Reaction Team (SRT) training and as such, they can also serve as an enhanced response
force (Figure 2-20). Individual military law enforcement teams can also be used to reinforce task organizations as necessary
(Figure 2-22).
The third military law enforcement team is qualified in the use of the FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile man-portable air
defense system (MANPADS) and is composed of Army MPs who have completed MANPADS qualification as part of a Light
Infantry Division Military Police Company and Navy Masters-at-Arms eligible for the award of Navy Enlisted Classification Code
9540 (Stinger Anti-Terrorist Weapon Operator and Maintenance Man). The team is issued six MANPADS for use during
operations. The team, as deployed, does not normally have access to air defense artillery (ADA) command and control
communications channels or a forward area acquisition radar system. To minimize the risk of "blue on blue" (fratricide) incidents
and other accidental aircraft shootings, it is authorized to engage aircraft only if the defended asset, such as a convoy or
installation, is fired upon by confirmed enemy aircraft or when the suspected enemy aircraft commits an obvious hostile act that
can be interpreted as an indication of an imminent attack.
Besides being trained in patrol dog (PD) tasks, the MWD team leader (MWD LDR), the MWD team NCOs (MWD NCO), and
their canine partners are also trained in the conduct of Patrol Explosive Detector Dog (PEDD) duties. Members of the MWD
Team are frequently called upon to the Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon's reconnaissance and surveillance teams (see
Figure 2-16) or the EOD Team (see Figure 2-22) for special task organizations.
Military Law Enforcement Team 1 Military Law Enforcement Team 2

≥ E-7 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Tactical Utility Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Tactical Utility Vehicle
MLES MLE MLE VAMP MLE LDR MLE MLE VAMP
LDR NCO NCO NCO NCO

Military Law Enforcement Team 3 (MANPADS-qualified) Military Working Dog Team

≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Tactical Utility Vehicle ≥ E-6 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Tactical Utility Vehicle
MLE LDR MLE MLE VAMP MWD MWD MWD VAMP
NCO NCO LDR NCO NCO

Figure 2-19. Military Law Enforcement Section

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Entry Team Cover Team

Section Leader Point Man Defense Man Defense Man Rear Security Marksman Observer/ Marksman Observer/
Man Recorder Recorder

Figure 2-20. Military Law Enforcement Teams task-organized as an Enhanced Response Force

◦ The CBRNE defense section (Figure 2-21), functionally divided into an EOD team and a CBRN threat detection and mitigation
team, gives the platoon the ability to detect chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats and respond to
CBRNE emergencies and incidents in the field. The EOD team leader (EOD LDR) and CBRN threat detection and mitigation
team leader (CBRN LDR) also function as the GIJOE Composite Unit Commanding Officer's chief planning resource with
respect to dealing with potential CBRN and IED threats.
The EOD team detects, reduces, and eliminates the hazards of explosive ordnance—to include UXO and IEDs—that threaten
the force protection and physical security interests of the Composite Unit commander. The team also conducts and oversees the
handling and transportation of recovered ordnance during tactical recovery and recapture operations. The five-man team
consists of a team leader, a Navy EOD technician qualified as an ordnance clearance diver (EOD DVR), and three enlisted EOD
technicians (EOD NCO). All team personnel, besides being trained in the EOD disciplines, have extensive experience in close
protection and technical escort duties. The team is habitually called upon to conduct searches for and dispose of explosive
hazards not covered by enemy observation or fires in support of the Mobile Scout-Raider Platoon's mobility support section.
The EOD team also provides the core technical competencies for the weapons intellligence unit (Figure 2-22), a task-organized
counter-IED and battlefield forensics special purpose team under the Force Protection Platoon's control that is formed from
personnel drawn from the Force Protection Platoon and the Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon. The weapons intelligence unit
proficiently examines post-IED incident scenes and collects, collates, assesses, and disseminates information on enemy
weapons and munitions capabilities. Weapons intelligence teams deliver, from the incident's location, accurate, complete, and
timely reports, providing significant technical and tactical details essential to GIJOE Composite Unit operations.
The CBRN threat detection and mitigation team is composed of a team leader, three enlisted CBRN technicians (CBRN NCO),
and an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force firefighter or Navy damage controlman with experience in directing emergency crews
during HAZMAT incidents (HAZ RES). The team conducts CBRN reconnaissance, collection, identification, and examination of
CBRN contamination; provides subject matter expertise in enemy CBRN systems, techniques, tactics and procedures; and
performs basic CBRN decontamination and HAZMAT incident first responder operations. The team is also responsible for
conducting and overseeing the handling and transportation of recovered nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) materiel during
tactical recovery and recapture operations. The CBRN threat detection and mitigation team is equipped with a vehicle-mounted
M31E1 Biological Integrated Detection System (BIDS) as well as a vehicle-mounted compressed air foam system (CAFS) for
use in personnel and equipment decontamination and suppressing small chemical fires. The CAFS can also be used as a
contingency non-lethal weapon for dispersing crowds and preventing the advance of mobs in riot control emergencies.
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EOD Team

≥ E-7 ≥ E-6 Tactical Utility Vehicle ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Tactical Utility Vehicle
EOD EOD VAMP EOD EOD EOD VAMP
LDR DVR NCO NCO NCO

CBRN Threat Detection and Mitigation Team

≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Vehicle-mounted Biological Detection Suite ≥ E-5 ≥ E-5 Decontamination/Fire Suppression Vehicle
CBRN CBRN CBRN HMMWV M1097 with M31E1 Biological Integrated Detection CBRN HAZ RES HMMWV M1097 with Compressed Air
LDR NCO NCO System and High Mobility Trailer-mounted Power Generator NCO Foam System

Figure 2-21. CBRNE Section

Unit Leader/Senior CRIMINT Special Investigation EOD Technician EOD Technician EOD Technician EOD Technician Senior CBRN Detection Dog and Senior Site Site Security Man** Site Security Man**
EOD Technician Investigator* Documentation Technician Handler** Security Man**
Technician*

Figure 2-22. Weapons Intelligence Unit task organization

*- Indicates personnel drawn from the Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon's CRIMINT Cell (see Figure 2-14).
**- Indicates personnel drawn from the Military Law Enforcement Section (see Figure 2-19). CBRNE Section personnel not engaged in technical weapons intelligence duties, AT/FP Augmentation Team
personnel, and NLDEW Team (see Figure 2-18) personnel may also be assigned to Site Security Man positions.
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CHAPTER 3

Personnel Recruitment, Selection, and Training

The GIJOE Composite Unit's mission is a complex and demanding one. Soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, and excepted civil service
agents selected for the Composite Unit must possess a high degree of technical skill in their field of specialization and be mature,
physically fit, intelligent, capable of working effectively in small groups, but also adept at thinking and acting independently. For this
reason, recruitment, selection, and training are some of the most important tasks for the GIJOE Composite Unit Commanding Officer.
• The GIJOE Commanding Officer needs the cooperation of the Army Corps G1, the Navy Fleet/Command N1, the Numbered Air
Force/Air Force Wing A1, or the Marine Corps G1 in allowing prospective GIJOE personnel to be attached to the Composite Unit for
60 days. During this time, the prospective agent is evaluated by the GIJOE Commanding Officer and other Composite Unit
leadership. The GIJOE Commanding Officer and the G1/N1/A1, with advice and input from the Composite Unit Senior Enlisted
Adviser and the DSCA Operations Directorate, agree on the standards for selection for each position, to include occupational
specialty/rating requirements and other administrative, technical, and functional considerations. At the end of the evaluation period,
the G1, N1, or A1 issues assignment orders to the GIJOE Composite Unit if the prospective GIJOE agent meets the standards, or
assigns him to another unit or returns him to his unit if he fails to meet the standards for selection.
• Recruitment, selection, and training standards for the GIJOE Composite Unit's excepted civil service positions are determined by
the DCSA Operations Directorate, with the advice and input of the GIJOE Composite Unit Commanding Officer and Senior Enlisted
Adviser.
• In recruiting prospective military personnel for the GIJOE Composite Unit, the following basic standards are desirable:
◦ Must be at least an E-4 (promotable) for enlisted personnel, a W-2 for warrant officers, and an O-3 for officers.
◦ Must have at least three years of retainability in the GIJOE Composite Unit or agree to a contract extension to meet the three
year retainability requirement.
◦ Must possess a General Technical (GT) score of 110 or higher.
◦ Must not have used Schedule I controlled substances for any purpose and/or must not have used Schedule II, III, IV, and V
controlled substances for non-therapeutic purposes after acceptance into military service or within the last 24 months prior to the
date of application for entry to the GIJOE Composite Unit (whichever is more recent). The issues of controlled substance use
prior to the cut-off date as well as past and current levels of alcohol consumption are carefully evaluated during the medical and
security processing.
◦ No history of prior disciplinary problems. Law violations prior to entering military service that resulted in trial as a youthful
offender, admission into diversionary or adult first-offender programs, enrollment in supervision programs or court-ordered
classes, payment of fines and court costs, community service, and other disciplinary sanctions which do not constitute civil or
criminal court convictions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Any offense prior to joining the military service that resulted
in a civil or criminal court conviction is considered disqualifying, even with a valid criminal history waiver.
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◦ Must meet service-specific height and weight, body fat, and physical fitness test standards.
◦ Additional basic standards for recruitment and selection criteria of personnel for TRRP, MSRP, and I&SP Reconnaissance and
Surveillance Team and Platoon Combat Medic positions include the following:
▪ Prospective enlisted and warrant officer personnel must have previously completed training in one of the following Army and
Marine Corps enlisted military occupational specialties or Navy enlisted specialty ratings (no waivers accepted):
• Army
◦ Infantryman
◦ Indirect Fire Infantryman
◦ Cavalry Scout (prospective TRRP HAVOC Section and MSRP Mobile Scout-Raider Section personnel only)
◦ Combat Engineer (prospective MSRP Mobility Support Section personnel only)
◦ Health Care Specialist (prospective Platoon Combat Medic personnel only)
• Navy
◦ Special Warfare Operator
◦ Hospital Corpsman (prospective Platoon Combat Medic personnel only)
• Marine Corps
◦ Rifleman
◦ Combat Engineer (prospective MSRP Mobility Support Section personnel only)
▪ Must meet any additional occupational specialty, rating, or advanced training requirement-specific height and weight, body
fat, and physical fitness test standards.
▪ Must be eligible for award of the Army Parachutist Badge or the Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia. Personnel who
do not have parachutist qualification but otherwise meet all other recruitment and selection standards must agree to
volunteer for and complete the US Army Basic Airborne Course at the DSCA's expense at the end of the 60 day evaluation
period (as allowed by scheduling and student slot availability).
▪ Prospective personnel for driver and vehicle commander positions must have at least six months of documented on-the-job
experience operating tactical wheeled vehicles in combat convoy and combat patrol roles or be a graduate of the US Army
Advanced Skills Driver Course, US Army Up-Armored HMMWV Drivers' Training Course, US Army Anti-Terrorism Evasive
Driving-Staff Driver Course, or Marine Corps Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) driver qualification.
▪ Prospective agent selection and assignment should be done in such a way that at least one member of the TRRP
headquarters, TRRP HAVOC Section, the MSRP Mobility Support Section, and each Tactical Recovery and Recapture
Squad, Scout-Raider Section, and I&SP Reconnaissance and Surveillance Team, has at least six months of documented on-
the-job experience operating inflatable rubber craft in raiding or reconnaissance roles or is a graduate of the Marine Special
Operations School or Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Pacific (EWTGPAC) Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft
(CRRC) Coxswain Skills Course. In the event that these requirements cannot be met, a minimum number of selected
personnel will be sent to complete the EWTGPAC CRRC Coxswain Skills Course at the DSCA's expense at the end of the
60 day evaluation period (as allowed by scheduling and student slot availability).
▪ With the exception of prospective Platoon Combat Medic personnel, all prospective Army-sourced personnel in the pay-
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grade of E-6 or above must have successfully completed at least one of the following courses of instruction:
• US Army Ranger School
• US Army Special Forces Qualification
• US Army Sapper Leader Course (applicable to prospective Mobility Support Section personnel only)
▪ Prospective Marine Corps-sourced personnel in the pay-grade of E-6 or above must have successfully completed the Basic
Reconnaissance Course.
▪ Prospective Platoon Combat Medic personnel must have completed the Special Operations Combat Medic Course.
▪ Prospective I&SP Reconnaissance and Surveillance Team Leader personnel must have already completed the US Army
RSLC or the ISTC Patrol Course. Those who are not RSLC or ISTC Patrol Course graduates but otherwise meet all other
I&SP Reconnaissance and Surveillance Team Leader recruitment and selection standards must agree to volunteer for and
complete the RSLC or the ISTC Patrol Course at the DSCA's expense at the end of the 60 day evaluation period (as allowed
by scheduling and student slot availability).
▪ Prospective I&SP Reconnaissance and Surveillance Team and TRRP First Squad personnel must be MFF-qualified. Those
who are not MFF-qualified but otherwise meet all other I&SP Reconnaissance and Surveillance Team or TRRP First Squad
recruitment and selection standards must agree to volunteer for and complete the US Army Basic Military Free Fall
Parachutist Course at the DSCA's expense at the end of the 60 day evaluation period (as allowed by scheduling and student
slot availability).
▪ Prospective TRRP Second Squad personnel must be Navy BUD/S-, Army Special Operations Diver-, or Marine Corps
Combatant Diver-qualified. Army and Marine Corps personnel who do not have special operations diver- or combatant diver-
qualification but otherwise meet all other TRRP Second Squad recruitment and selection standards must agree to volunteer
for and complete the US Army Special Operations Combat Diver Qualification Course or the Marine Corps Combatant Diver
Course at the DSCA's expense at the end of the 60 day evaluation period (as allowed by scheduling and student slot
availability).
▪ Prospective TRRP Third Squad personnel must be graduates of the ISTC CQB/Urban and Advanced CQB Courses. Those
personnel who do not meet this requirement but otherwise meet all other TRRP Third Squad recruitment and selection
standards must agree to volunteer for and complete the ISTC CQB/Urban and Advanced CQB Courses at the DSCA's
expense at the end of the 60 day evaluation period (as allowed by scheduling and student slot availability). This requirement
may be waived on a case-by-case basis for personnel who have previously trained and served with a recognized direct
action-capable SOF unit (such as the 75th Ranger Regiment and the Marine Special Operations Regiment) or personnel
who have successfully led small infantry units in multiple, live, non-simulated, combat MOUT/UO activities (requires written
attestation from the battalion or squadron commander and corroboration from multiple witnesses).