[SevenMinusOne]

You seem too concerned over an "us" Vs "them" mentality -

That is fine during peace time but we are in a real shooting war now and all within our services are warrior brothers.

Is there going to be inside baseball being played over which units "get to play"....of course there will be (but only to a point).

My point being that I think MARSOC is a great idea and definitely needed within the GWOT - With that said, MARSOC will not be tasked with the Ops of SEALs and Delta - That is just a reality -

Just as the Rangers role has grown over the past 3 years....MARSOC will certainly find its own role to fit.

Again, I am not talking about "seeing action" or anything as juvenile as that. There is more then enough "war" to go around today. My only point was with regard to what role MARSOC will play most likely -

Granted MARSOC will definitely have more stand-alone capabilities then the Rangers currently do (on the whole) but not anymore so in terms of specific Ops.

Regards,

[VaBthang4]

Maybe I was not understanding your point then.

My position being that the MARSOC will have its own shooters pulling down the same ops as Green Berets & Seals.

It is just too late for that not to occur. The Corps will not ramp up a SOCOM unit [reinforced] so that it can play second fiddle to anyone [and Rumsfeld will not have it]. Unfortunately I did not make it "us vs them" and yes it continues even in wartime. With Corps officers on SOCOM it'll be a done deal. The Army & Navy'll continue to try & fight it. Try and pull from and task particular MARSOC capabilities [to support them] but that will not continue.

The Corps is already in the door and from what I understand, Army & Navy officers on SOCOM are not handling it well and vainly trying to figure out a way to keep the Corps from stealing the show.

Too bad, cuz its too late.

[SOLTC]

Agree completely!

Just as with other SOF units (especially Rangers and STS), GWOT will shape the roles of MARSOC.

The 75th was reactivated in 1975. For many years, they really had no mission. That's changed!

When AF Special Tactics was created by John Carney in the 80's, no one really knew what to do with them. Ask USSOC now!

This should be interesting, especially with the NSW units operating as task forces now.