Posted on 08/24/2005 7:00:45 PM PDT by VirginiaMil
A brand-new Marine Corps special operations force is a project that has been in the conception and experimental stages since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It became an operational test unit following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and its official existence is now pending only the signature of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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aww no pic of the divine Cmdr Divine??
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That's pure BS. Marine Recon units were running LERP and interdiction missions way before SEALS were invented.
"At the risk of being non-politically correct, if you were to stack Marine senior and general officers against the Army, they'd eat their lunch. I think that's where the fear comes from, because the Army, with its size, has essentially controlled SOCOM from the beginning."
Git 'er done, Marines!
LRRP
As in Marine Raiders?
From news sources -
9 Raiders Captured On Makin (-August 17&18, 1942)
Nobody knew it at the time, but nine Marines had been left behind...tragically left behind and later captured when the rest of the Carlson force withdrew under most difficult circumstances... The Japanese later beheaded the Marines...
A few years ago one of the Marine Raiders was recovered and returned to our town for honors and burial...
http://www.usmarineraiders.org/makin.html
Semper Fi
Pictures of the recovery of our Marine Raiders from Makin.
http://www.usmcraiders.com/return.htm
Appears a native new where they were and when some one asked he showed him.
Marnies never felt a necessity for elite units, they were elite shock troops.
For a very good fictional history of the Raiders, read WEB Griffin's Corps series.
The Marines that I have met do not seem to be out for public glory....they just want to "git er done"
Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat. [RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995]
OohRah
You're correct about the elite Marine units in WWII.
We had Carlson's and Edson's elite Marine Raiders landing in the Solomon Islands early in the war. In addition, we also had the Paramarines.
I'd bet a dollar to a dime that 90% of Marines who enlisted after WWII never heard of Paramarines.
I have a book of drawings of the Paramarines in action from the Solomon campaign. Also have a sketch of the crossing of Lunda Bridge by Capt. Dickson. Don't know if he's still with us.
That's another aspect from the Guadalcanal fighting that most Marines don't know about - we had a number of talented artists who were Marines that did pen and ink sketches of the fighting there. In my opinion, these sketches rival those done in the American Civil War.
My older brother is a Force Recon Marine. High Speed to the max. I am so proud of him. He has done some really hairy stuff. No other Special Forces unit has anything on those guys. None.
I should mention that the book with sketches is titled "Marines at War" published in 1943.
Since we are all talking about Marines and recon
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