United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command
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The United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command ( MARSOC ) is an association of the US Marine Corps in charge of special operations that was established on February 24, 2006 and is subordinate to the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Its headquarters are at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in the state of North Carolina .
history
Emergence
The US Marine Corps (USMC), which has always had an exposed position within the US armed forces , has long refused to place marines under the command of USSOCOM. In response to the new duties of the US military after September 11, 2001 , the Marines relented.
The then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld negotiated long with General Michael W. Hagee , the then Commandant of the Marine Corps , to get the Marines to support the USSOCOM in its counter-terrorism tasks with soldiers.
MCSOCOM Detachment One
As a first result of this new direction of the USMC, the Special Operations Command was assigned a delegation of 86 soldiers (81 Marines and 5 Hospital Corpsman ) of the US Navy . This unit, named Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One ( MCSOCOM DET1 ), was placed under the command of Colonel Robert J. Coates, a former commander of the elite 1st Force Reconnaissance ( Force Recon ) unit. Detachment One was the first step towards integrating Marines into the special operations program. It was activated on June 20, 2003 and had its headquarters at Camp Del Mar. Since the USMC is traditionally subordinate to the Department of the Navy , Detachment One was also subordinate to the Naval Special Warfare Squadron One , a unit of the Naval Special Operations Command . With the official activation of MARSOC in February 2006, Detachment One was replaced.
assignment
The US Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command forms the Marines component within the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and is responsible for all special operations within the Marine Corps.
organization
On November 1, 2005, Rumsfeld announced that an association of 2,600 highly specialized Marines would be formed to strengthen SOCOM. This new association consists of three, later four components.
As the main command , MARSOC was directly subordinated to the commandant and operationally subordinate to the USSOCOM and by 2014 around 3,000 marines, seafarers and civilians should be subordinate to this.
The Marine Raiders of the XXI Century consists of:
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Marine Raider Regiment (formerly Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR)) which is in command of the association
- Headquarters Company
- three operational battalions Marine Raider Battalions (1st, 2nd, 3rd) (formerly Marine Special Operations Battalions (MSOB) )
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Marine Raider Support Group (formerly Marine Special Operations Support Group (MSOG))
- HQ
- three operational battalions Marine Raider Support Battalions (1st, 2nd, 3rd) (formerly Marine Special Operations Support Battalions )
Camp Lejeune , North Carolina, is the base for the bulk of the forces, while the 1st Battalion is based in Camp Pendleton , California . The association consists of various elements: a training unit for the marines and allied foreign armies ( Foreign Military Training Unit (FMTU) ) consisting of 400 marines, as well as a combat support unit ( Marine Special Operations Support Group (MSOG) ) with 400 marines, the functions such as intelligence analysis , Logistics, dog handlers, negotiators and interpreters.
Stationed on either the east or west coast of the United States, the MSOB soldiers will train, equip and prepare for global deployment. Each MSOB consists of several application companies ( Marine Special Operations Companies ), the order-oriented for combat support, reconnaissance and fire support are put together. To achieve this, various units, u. a. the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism), integrated into that very thing according to the needs of MARSOC.
Marine Special Operations Intelligence Battalion (MSOIB, MIB)
There is also the Marine Special Operations Intelligence Battalion (MSOIB, MIB) to provide intelligence support to the association.
Marine Special Operations School (MSOS)
In addition, the Marine Special Operations School ( MSOS ) was founded in Camp Lejeune and is responsible for the recruitment, education, training and further development of the association.
recruitment
Candidates must be male as women are not allowed to serve on the front lines in the U.S. Forces, have a General Technical (GT) score of 105 and a Physical Fitness Test (PFT) score of 225. You have to pass the MARSOC swim test and the MARSOC medical screening.
The training is then divided into three phases: three weeks in the A&S Phase 1, three weeks in the Assessment and Selection Course, and nine months in the Individual Training Course.
equipment
The MARSOC generally use the equipment that other units within the SOCOM use. However, it became known that the MARSOC Mk 17 FN SCAR use. In addition, the Mk 13 grenade launcher and the Mk 20 sniper rifle are to be added to the arsenal. MARSOC also had a modified 1911 Colt in its arsenal. The M45A1 replaced the M45 MEUSOC in 2012 . On February 12, 2015, the Glock 19 was added to the arsenal for MARSOC.
List of commanders
| No. | Surname | image | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 3 | Major General Paul E. Lefebvre |
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November 20, 2009 | - |
| 2 | Major General Mastin M. Robeson |
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July 24, 2008 | November 20, 2009 |
| 1 | Major General Dennis J. Hejlik |
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October 2005 | July 24, 2008 |
Web links
- Official site (English)
- Washington Post article (English)
- Contribution from the US Department of Defense ( Memento dated November 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- USMCFSOC at delta-green.com ( Memento from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selection and Training. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013 ; accessed on August 26, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Dave Majumdar: Interview: Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command. In: The Examiner. AXS Digital Group LLC, September 4, 2009, archived from the original on August 27, 2014 ; accessed on August 26, 2014 (English).
- ^ Tony Lombardo: Corps' special operators to get new rifle. In: Marine Corps Times. Retrieved August 26, 2014 (Marine Corps Times article was cited by BlackFive on September 3, 2010 under the title "Marine Special Operations to get the new SCAR").
- ↑ Paolo Valpolini: There are Two Types of Men in this World… (PDF) p. 4 , archived from the original on February 14, 2010 ; accessed on September 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Brendan McNally: M45A1: The Return of the M1911 .45 ACP? Marine Corps purchase of 12,000 M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols could mean the iconic .45 ACP is the shape of things to come. In: Defense Media Network. October 10, 2012, accessed August 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Douglas Ernst: Marine Corps first: Glock 19 approved for special operations personnel. In: Washington Times. February 17, 2015, accessed August 15, 2016 .
- ↑ AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS, OPTICS, MODULAR ATTACHMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR FY15 ANNUAL RIFLE AND PISTOL TRAINING. (PDF) February 12, 2015, accessed on August 15, 2016 .
- ↑ marinecorpstimes.com ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
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