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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A tragic Marine KC-130 Hercules crash in Mississippi on Monday afternoon claimed the lives of seven elite troops from Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, officials confirmed Tuesday. The ...