What is the difference between Marine Force Recon and Marine Raiders?

What is the difference between Marine Force Recon and Marine Raiders?

Marine Recon conduct amphibious assaults, deep recon and surveillance and battlespace shaping in support of the Marine Expeditionary Force. Marine Raiders support their governments’ internal security, counter subversion, and reduce violent risks from internal and external threats against the U.S.

Is Marine Force Recon part of MARSOC?

In order to create today’s existing MARSOC, the Marine Corps took both Force Recon companies and made them into the foundations for the Marine Special Operations Raider Battalions within the Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

Are Marine Raiders and MARSOC the same?

In June of 2015 MARSOC units were re-designated as Marine Raiders, also adopting the Operator insignia in August of 2016. The former MSOS was renamed Marine Raider Training Center in June of 2017. MRTC screens, assesses, selects and trains Marine Special Operations Forces and is responsible for developing doctrine.

What’s the difference between Marine Recon and Force Recon?

Recon Marines gather information through reconnaissance and surveillance missions deep behind enemy lines. Force RECON is overseen directly by the Marine Corps.

Is MARSOC and Recon the same?

Whereas MARSOC is Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) newest unit, Force Recon is considered a “Special Operations Capable” unit that belongs exclusively to the Marine Corps. A good way of explaining this difference is to understand how things worked before 2007, and how they now work.

Is Force Recon better than MARSOC?

Is MARSOC like Navy SEALs?

Where we differ, as CSOs, is foreign language skills and insert method qualifications. In simpler terms, all CSOs do not attend compulsory language training, free fall or dive school as compared to SEALs or Green Berets. MARSOC has not yet had the luxury to put candidates through dive and free-fall as the SEALs do.