Posted on 01/26/2006 5:21:43 PM PST by SandRat
MARINE SPECOPS goes beyond FORCERECON
Special Ops + Marines = pwnage.
Under whose command?...do they then get to also dip into
Big Army?...or Big Navy?
Glad to see MARSOC has become reality. About time IMO.
Great idea, past due.
Why the hell do The Marines need a "Special Operations" outfit?
It's been said a thousand times by those a thousand times smarter then me, The United States Marine Corps is a Special Operations outfit by it's very nature.
The next thing you know someone is going to want berets.
Please God NO BERETS!!!!!!
I'm having trouble keeping up with all the changes. Lejuene used to be Force Troops, FMFLant and 2nd MarDiv.
Anything, anywhere, that needed killing, had less than 2 weeks to live. (Depending on our holliday schedule)
Things were so simple 35 years ago. :-(
Semper Fi
bump.
I know its tough, but try and remember its to make our troops more mobile and easier to deploy. The Cold War is over and theres a new enemy out there. We have to change.
Now, they want to overlap the Army Special Forces Foreign Internal Defense missions.
This sounds like a commander who wants a feather in his cap. BTW, Marines would look funny wearing a beret!
If everybodys special no one really is......
Spec Op's titles are out of control.....just a move for a slice of that DOD money pie IMO.
God Bless the Mk 1 Mod O door kickers getting trigger time !
Marines send Recon trainees to all the other services "Special Ops" schools already.
The Marines in the twenties did everything the Green Berets were created to do in the sixties.
Now I'm not going to say we don't need Special Ops in the military we just don't need a special special ops unit in The Corps.
The next thing you know someone going to get the bright idea of streamlining the Marine Corps by getting rid of it's armor, aviation, and logistical assets, as well as picking out a shade for a Marine Beret, like pale blue.
Ping
Change your diaper. I don't need a history lesson.
Spec Op's titles are out of control.....just a move for a slice of that DOD money pie IMO.
I agree with you here on the whole -
From what I'm hearing MARSOC are going to take on a role equal to say that of Rangers. MARSOC are going to be shooters....but not shooters in the since of SEALs/DELTA but more in the mold of the Rangers.
Which isn't altogether that bad of an idea. MARSOC will provide SOCOM with another asset they can put directly into the fight on short to no notice. I have a feeling they will run perimeter security for a lot of SEAL Ops.
Why do I have this weird feeling they are just going to take the marines recon units, and the marine sniper units and just re-package and underfund them?
My son with the air wing of the Marines has volunteered to stay in Iraq and joined the 22MEU in the town of Hit, Iraq.
This is his first article from the famous unit.
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/298CB76830B294EA85257101003AB9D2?opendocument
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