MARINE CORPS SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is a component command of the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) that comprises the Marine Corps' contribution to SOCOM. Its core capabilities are direct action, special reconnaissance and foreign internal defense. MARSOC has also been directed to conduct counter-terrorism, information operations, and unconventional warfare. Location: Camp LeJeune, N.C.Established: ... FULL STORY
Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR)
The Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR) is a special operations unit of the United States Marine Corps and the principal combat component of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command. The Regiment's organization was finalized in 2007 and contains three battalions, the First, Second, and Third Special Operations Battalions. History Organizational In February 2006 Marine Corps Special ... FULL STORY
1st Marine Special Operations Battalion (1st MSOB)
The 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion (1st MSOB) activated October 26, 2006 and is headquartered at Camp Pendleton, CA. Like its East Coast counterpart, the 1st MSOB drew upon the ranks of Force Recon Marines to form Marine Special Operations Companies that deploy with MEUs and ESGs as a forward presence and maritime SOF capability ... FULL STORY
2d Marine Special Operations Battalion (2d MSOB)
The 2d Marine Special Operations Battalion (2d MSOB) activated May 15, 2006 and is headquartered at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Many of its Marines are battle-hardened veterans of 2d Force Reconnaissance Company who, having already formed the first Marine Special Operations Company, continue a rigorous training program to meet or exceed Special Operations Force standards in ... FULL STORY
3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion (3d MSOB)
The 3d Marine Special Operations Battalion (3d MSOB) trains, equips and deploys Marine Special Operations Forces for worldwide special operations missions as directed by the Marine Special Operations Regiment. The unit is base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. ... FULL STORY
Special Operations Capable Forces
The United States Marine Corps is assigned by the National Command Authority to be primarily the Department of Defense's expeditionary force-in-readiness, and the Department of the Navy's contingent landing force—amphibious by nature. Before 2006 [i.e., the formation of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC)], the Marine Corps was the only branch of the Armed ... FULL STORY
Force Reconnaissance
The Force Reconnaissance Companies (abbrevated as either 'Force Recon', or FORECON), are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations (capable) forces that provided pertinent military intelligence to the combined combat elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force; either supporting the subordinate units on the west coast, Pacific (FMFPac) and east coast, Atlantic (FMFLant). They ... FULL STORY
CA Fields AN/PRC-152
FORT BRAGG, NC – They may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but in the radio world of the foot Soldier, the Harris ... FULL STORY
