Becoming a Navy SARC means joining one of the most demanding pipelines in U.S. military medicine. Starting with Corpsman A ...

The Navy’s Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC) program is among the most elite medical paths in the U.S. military, and the HM-ATF contract now gives civilians a chance to compete.

The acronym SARC refers to a special amphibious RECON corpsman. Here is an email from a young man seeking to join the Navy and become a hospital corpsman and serve with RECON or MarSOC units.

Prior to boot camp, aspiring Navy Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsmen (SARC) must now take the PST, which is the same test required for Navy SEAL, SWCC, EOD/Diver and Rescue Swimmer candidates.