The Marine Special Operations Regiment has roots in Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One, a pilot program created to measure the viability of Marine special operations forces ...

Located in Key West, this 8-week course trains Recon Marines and others for underwater combat, survival, and navigation.

The Marine Corps’ 2026 budget proposes spending billions of dollars in upgrades for new aircraft, new technology and improved ...

When it comes to the U.S. military's special operations forces, names like Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets probably come to mind. But the Marines have a unit that's not very well-known: the Raiders.

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa maneuver down a street during a joint raid with Army Special Forces in Baumholder, Germany, March 11, 2015.

Force Recon does not belong to SOCOM, but it is still providing commanders with a valuable resource as "special operations capable" forces attached to Marine Regiments.

The Special Operations companies with about 120 personnel each can provide Force Recon capabilities to marine units they are attached to. The two Special Operations Battalions provide a combination of ...

The original “Marine Raiders” were Calrson’s Raiders of WWII, a special operations unit who, under the command of their ...

A Marine special operations vet analyzes a viral video showing IDF soldiers taking gunfire through a wall during an intense CQB engagement.

Special operations forces (SOF) and Special Forces have been confused for years. Despite news agencies having more access to information about the military than ever before, they often screw up ...

The MSOS screens, assesses, selects and trains Marine Special Operations Forces and is responsible for developing doctrine. In 2014, the Marine Commandant (Gen. James Amos) announced at a MARSOC ...