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Marines growing MARSOC to SEAL levels

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As a kid, I remember Marines not being too fond of the idea of a Marine "Special Forces" unit, but 9-11 seems to have bolstered for need for asymmetric warriors across all branches, including Marines.

http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html

MARSOC Could Grow to SEAL Strength



Kit Up! just returned from a breakfast interview with the commander of all Marine forces on the East Coast, Lt. Gen. Dennis Hejlik with some DC-based defense reporters and one of the (many) interesting things he said was that he saw the role and size of the Corps’ special operations cadre growing by about 500 percent over the next few years.

Currently the number of MarSoc Marines stands at about 1,000 — drawing mostly from the Force Recon community but also from some high-speed infantry guys and other intel-centric MOSs. Hejlik said he sees the force growing to about 5,000, or about as many SEALs in the Navy.



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