Of the two enlisted female Marines who recently entered training to become Raiders, one remains in the first phase of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command training. A female staff sergeant ...

A MARSOC Marine downrange sports the iconic Marine Raiders patch, though it's not officially approved for wear. (from Level Zero Heroes, via Facebook) The fabled Marine Raiders live again, if in name ...

The US Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is seeking commercial support for the provision of certain specialist skill sets, highlighting requirements brought about by a rapidly evolving ...

Since the early years after Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has ramped up its battle against terrorists worldwide, and the special operations community has grown and changed to prepare our special ...

As it prepares to turn 10 next year, the Marine Corps’ small special operations community is the youngest of the military’s elite forces. That hardly means a lack of experience in dealing with threats ...

Amid the Department of Defense's historic change to open all combat jobs to women, the Marine Corps accepted the first female applicants to the sister service branches' special operations command ...

100324-M-6001S-258 U.S. Marines conduct special purpose insertion and extraction exercises using a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Tilt rotor Squadron 162 in Djibouti on March 24, ...

Occasionally, someone will ask me for advice on how to pass the United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command assessment and selection course, the first step to become a MARSOC Raider, which I ...

Two Air Force special tactics officers trained with Marines during MARSOC training this year. (Senior Airman Ryan Conroy/Air Force) For the first time, two special tactics airmen integrated into ...

After proving themselves in special operations through the Marine Special Operations Command Detachment One in 2003, a pilot program formed in response to a Special Operations need in Iraq and ...