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Marine Forces Special Operations Command - MARSOC
MARSOC Official Website
https://www.marsoc.marines.mil/
Individual Training Course (ITC)
Marines who successfully complete MARSOC assessment and selection go through a 7-month course comprised of four phases. These phases are basic skills, small unit tactics, close quarter battle, and irregular warfare. This Individual Training Course culminates with "Operation Derna Bridge" which requires the students to utilize all the skills learned in ITC. After graduation the Marines are designated Critical Skills Operators and Special Operations Officers.
Pre-deployment Training
Prior to deploying on a long tour overseas a MARSOC company will usually under pre-deployment training in the RAVEN exercise. Read more in a 2020 news report by DVIDS entitled "As the Raven Flies".
References
Read news articles abour MARSOC by SOF News
https://sof.news/?s=marsoc
Videos about MARSOC
February 19, 2021. Forging Raiders. A short video
depicting scenes of Marines taking part in training in the
Individual Training Course.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/784142/forging-raiders
News Reports about MARSOC
February 14, 2023, "Marine Raiders: Always Faithful, Always Forward", by Michael Ellmer, Grey Dynamics. The history, organization, mission, training pipelone, TTPs, vehicles, and equipment of the Marine Raiders is explained in detail in this article.
November 30, 2022, "Marine Raiders: The Corps' Only Special Operations Unit", by Mac Caltrider, Coffee or Die Magazine.
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