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I need to get some info on the different USMC Special Operations units, specifically units who do a lot of Direct Action and CT.
Current JSOC Combined Task Force unit and personell information is classified as secret untill otherwise noted or cleared as declassified. (i dont have any info for you) However... i can say this... Marine Spec Ops units have worked with JSOC before.ekaphoto said:Do any USMC units fall under the JSOC? I know they used to refuse to put units under the command of JSOC. My understanding is that is where the special operations capable grew out of. The idea was they wanted marines commanded by marines I think. I didn't know if things had changed since I have been out for a while.
All of them... whether you hear about it on the news or not... all of them. If you are interested in seeing as much hard core combat as possible for some unknown reason... join a regular infantry unit.westpointranger said:So which units do a lot of Direct Action?
Marine CORPS... Corps being a unit size of 175,000 personel or more... 3 to 5 Corps and you have an Army.shikaku said:well i dont know if your dead set on the marine core, but the rangers do alot of CT, which is the area/branch i plan on getting into initialy
Army SF units and training are not classified... operations and things of that type some times are.shikaku said:then obviously SF and COG are sure to have more qualified personell, which of course isnt released to the public anyway
The only real ability that the Army Rangers have that the USMC Expeditionary Infantry does not is being an all airborne unit. According to my brother ( a retired MEU Marine squad leader... and a current chalk leader in 3/75 Ranger Reg )... he has told me that Ranger training is basically Marine MEU training with the exception of airborne school... and basic static airborne school is not hard at all for any one in regular physical shape.westpointranger said:What I'm trying to do is see if their is a Marine unit roughly equivalent to the Rangers.
Well... it would take me hours and hours to respond to that question and fully answer it. Soooo... here is a link that shows how the US Marine Corps is stacked up. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... index.html You can click on a unit and it will pop up to the next page with some basic information about the unit. Marine Special Ops and Special Forces units are not on that site anywhere that i can find... but there is some info on the other branchs SF units.westpointranger said:BC, what can you tell me about MEU?
Eka, I've met quite a few Marine's in the GB club at Bragg...that should answer your question.ekaphoto said:BC,
Do any USMC units fall under the JSOC? I know they used to refuse to put units under the command of JSOC. My understanding is that is where the special operations capable grew out of. The idea was they wanted marines commanded by marines I think. I didn't know if things had changed since I have been out for a while.
Thanks.lonewolf said:Eka, I've met quite a few Marine's in the GB club at Bragg...that should answer your question.ekaphoto said:BC,
Do any USMC units fall under the JSOC? I know they used to refuse to put units under the command of JSOC. My understanding is that is where the special operations capable grew out of. The idea was they wanted marines commanded by marines I think. I didn't know if things had changed since I have been out for a while.
American Rifleman said:The USMC never refused to lend JSOC a unit or two of there SF guys. The USMC just does not want to give away there best units to the danged Army!!! Letting them borrow them for a few months at a time or somthing like that happens quite often and has for a while. Its all about funding money in the long run. The USMC wont give over any of its SF units to JSOC and SOCOM because JSOC and SOCOM refuse to fund the units. In affect making the USMC fund the units and missions without having any control or input into the units or actions in the missions.
The Rifleman
USASOCgimpmsu said:Where does Delta Force fall under?