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MARSOC Update

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As the Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) prepared for its third change of command – with Maj. Gen. Mark A. Clark replacing Maj. Gen. Paul E. Lefebvre as …

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Marine Raider Battalions: 70 Years Ahead of Their Time

February 2012 is the 70th anniversary of the Marine Raider Battalions, a brief but glorious episode in the long history of the Corps. Because they existed only two years, one …

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MARSOC Year in Review: 2011-2012

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The history and image of the U.S. Marine Corps is an elite, hard-hitting fighting force, usually the first into any combat zone accessible from the sea. When Marine Corps Forces …

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MARSOC: Thriving in an Era of Uncertainity

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Although the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command celebrated its fifth anniversary in February, MARSOC traces its modern heritage to the Marine Raiders of World War II and Force …

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Soldiers and Marines walk through rotor wash from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as they move toward a forward operating base in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2011. The cadre of personnel accompanied International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill on a visit to the Marines, sailors, and soldiers of Special Operations Task Force-West living and working in Darrah-I-Bum. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Kester

MARSOC Year in Review

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U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC), celebrated its fifth anniversary in February 2011 and received a rare present from a budget-strapped Pentagon: Not only will it remain fully …

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Marine Special Operations Forces Evolution

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“Send in the Marines!”

As had been true for more than two centuries, that was one of the first actions taken by President George W. Bush in response to 9/11. …

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Marines from the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), along with Afghan National Army (ANA) from the 2/2/207th Kandak and Italian Army Operational Mentoring Liaison Team members conducted a combat reconnaissance patrol (CRP) around the mountains of Bagwa, Farah province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25.  During the CRP, the teams were led by the ANA.  They delivered supplies to a school in Dizak, and then continued on through the mountains of Bagwa conducting route reconnaissance.  U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pilch.

MARSOC 2009-2010 Manning the “Three Chessboards”

Now four years since stand-up, nearly all of which has been in combat, the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) has reached about half its authorized strength and joined …

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An operator with 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, rappels out of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter at Camp Margarita, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. The operator took part in the first ever MARSOC Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters course, which ran from Oct. 27 to Nov. 7, 2008. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Richard Blumenstein.

MARSOC 2008-2009 A Time of Evolution and Adjustment

Three years after it was created, when most new commands would be filling their final billets, the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is undergoing a major reorganization, …

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