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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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. …
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 …
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, …
