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Force Recon are the shooters right now, doing all the door kicking. I can't see the Ranger comparison just based on what will make up MARSOC. They don't need a new title just more money.

You were missing my point - The fact is right now about everyone in theater (especially in Iraq) are all "door kickers" (be it Marines, 101st, 82nd, 10th Mtn, etc, etc).

But those are true "shooters" in the since of the word to what I am referring (along the lines of what SEALs and Delta are tasked with within the SOF community).

MARSOC which will be an asset of SOCOM will fall into a lead role outside of that of which the other "conventional" forces are currently doing (and that of their non-SOF titled Marine brothers).

Do Rangers conduct and run their own Ops designed and tasked solely to them within the SOF - Of course they do. As will MARSOC if called upon.

But Rangers also have the large task of providing the QRF for most SOF operations along with perimeter security. This is what MARSOC will be tasked with as well (and often taking this role for the SEALs).

Regards,

"But those are true "shooters" in the since of the word to what I am referring (along the lines of what SEALs and Delta are tasked with within the SOF community)."

Oh please. No disrespect intended but being able to squeeze a trigger does not qualify you as a "shooter". I'm not bucking on Recon but if there is one place where the Corps deposits its "shooters" then it is here...

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/mcsfbn.htm

The 2,200 Marines and Sailors of this Norfolk-based battalion now serve 72 U.S. Navy bases around the globe. Additionally, within the battalion's structure is a training establishment that produces the most deadly multi-weapon, small arms marksmen in the Marine Corps, as well as the nation's only dedicated military anti-terrorism forces, the First and Second Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) companies.

I'd know...

I was one of them.