How is MARSOC different from recon? What is the deployment tempo like? What happens if I'm not selected for ITC? Do I need to be an excellent swimmer? Do I have to reenlist to go to A&S?

As MARSOC enters its tenth year, the command has many reasons to celebrate. Activated Feb. 24, 2006, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command had modest origins, populated with two ...

Three Marine Raider battalions with the North Carolina-based Marine Corps Special Operations Command, or MARSOC, provide highly trained troops for special operations missions worldwide.

A MARSOC Marine downrange sports the iconic Marine Raiders patch, though it's not officially approved for wear. (from Level Zero Heroes, via Facebook) At long last, the Raiders will be reborn.

Marine Corps Raiders are assessed for their cognitive ability to quickly adapt to new information systems, MARSOC leaders said at a defense conference Tuesday. (Sgt. Evan Jones/Marine Corps ...

Seven of those on board belonged to the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, or MARSOC, based at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. MARSOC is the Marine component of U.S. Special ...

So does the service's reconnaissance community. But since MARSOC's creation in 2006, recon units have faced stiff competition for personnel of the caliber both communities require. And now ...

The so-called MARSOC 3 cases involving Gunnery Sergeant Draher, Gunnery Sergeant Negron, and Chief Petty Officer Eric Gilmet involve allegations stemming from an incident that took place in Erbil ...

The Marine Corps has authorized MARSOC operators to carry Glock pistols, since many of the elite outfit's members prefer the popular 9mm over the custom .45 pistols the service bought them in 2012.

Gen. Peter D. Huntley, who leads U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, MARSOC. Currently, MARSOC has a persistent presence in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Central Command ...

But he said that environment would also drive the need for MARSOC personnel with the cognitive ability to adapt to new technologies and the desire to adapt. Marine Corps stand-in forces ...