History Recap / JAGS02E11ForceRecon

Directed by Creator/AlanJLevi

Written by Creator/TomTowler, Creator/StephenZito, & Creator/RScottGemmill

!!"Force Recon" contains examples of the following tropes:
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Harm goes undercover as a Marine gunnery sergeant, in order to help Mac investigate a Marine captain with questionable training methods suspected of having unnecessarily put his troops at risk in an area with [[TrainingFromHell live artillery shells hitting the ground]] during a [[TrainingAccident training exercise that injured two of his men]].

While undercover, Harm learns that the tough-as-nails officer in charge of Marine Force Recon training, Capt. Koonan (played by Creator/PhilMorris), introduces unexpected problems into the training missions as a means of teaching the men to react quickly to surprises during combat.

* BadassBoast: After the BarBrawl, Harm is asked why none of the Rangers were sent to the brig with the Marines. Harm proudly explains that they were all sent to the hospital instead.
* BootCampEpisode: Before Harm goes undercover as a Marine Gunnery Sergeant in, he gets his share of training by Master Sergrant Sauer.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Harm gets quick-and-harsh training so he can go undercover as a Marine. This training takes place in his trainer's yard, and in the background throughout you can see the neighbors looking over the fence and reacting incredulously.
* InterserviceRivalry: Harm got into a BarBrawl with Army Rangers while working undercover as a Marine (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* MilitarySalute: Mac smirks when Harm (undercover as a Gunnery Sergeant) forgets to salute her.
-->'''Harm:''' You are loving this new relationship.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Mac reacts with surprise at "Gunnery Sergeant Post", she quickly covers for it by claiming that she and "Post" served together in Bosnia. Harm just rolls with it, though he tells her later that it was not a smart thing to do.
* TrainingAccident: Unknowingly invoked by Captain Coonan - he smudged a line on a map which caused his Marines to accidentally cross into an artillary strike, and later replaces the team's radio with a malfunctioning unit. In both cases, he was trying to simulate things that could happen in a combat zone without taking additional precautions.
* TrainingFromHell: Coonan's training is harsh, and the question Harm and Mac have to deal with is whether it crosses the line into dangerous and unsafe.

While undercover, Harm learns that the tough-as-nails officer in charge of Marine Force Recon training, Capt. Koonan (played by Phil Morris), introduces unexpected problems into the training missions as a means of teaching the men to react quickly to surprises during combat.

* SimulatedUrbanCombatArea: The season 2 episode "Force Recon", filmed on location at Camp Pendelton, {{California}}.

[[{{Series/JAG}} Dismissed.]]

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* TrainingFromHell:

Harm goes undercover as a Marine gunnery sergeant, in order to help Mac investigate a Marine captain with questionable training methods suspected of having unnecessarily put his troops at risk in an area with live artillery shells hitting the ground during a [[TrainingAccident training exercise that injured two of his men]].

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