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Marsoc: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command
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Marsoc: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command Paperback - 2011

by Fred Pushies


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The United States Marine Corps has a rich tradition of special operations, from World War II's famed Marine Raiders and Para Marines to Korea and Vietnam's legendary Marine Force Recon companies. Indeed, when Navy underwater demolition teams, the direct predecessors to the SEALs, performed the preinvasion reconnaissance of Iwo Jima, recon Marines were part of the mission. But when U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) was created in 1987 in the wake of the abortive Desert One hostage rescue mission, the Marines did not join in. Spec ops on land, sea, and air were covered by the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the Corps felt it needed to keep its top warriors with its conventional forces. In the post-9/11 world, however, the need for special operations forces dramatically increased. With the creation of the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in 2006, Marines officially became part of USSOCOM. Initially drawn from the ranks of Force Recon companies, these highly skilled and combat-proven Leathernecks joined their spec ops brethren in taking the war to al-Qaeda and the Taliban in America's global war on terrorism. MARSOC's mission is to win wars before they begin, taking combat beyond the frontlines. When America needs to respond to aggression in distant lands, the call comes to send in the Marines. With the creation of MARSOC, chances are special operations Marines are already there.

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  • Title Marsoc: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command
  • Author Fred Pushies
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Zenith Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780760340745 / 0760340749
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.63 x 8.38 x 0.39 in (27.00 x 21.29 x 0.99 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Special forces (Military science) - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011016255
  • Dewey Decimal Code 359.96

About the author

Fred Pushies has skimmed across the waves with SEALs in an eighty-two-foot-long Mark V Special Operations craft, flown at treetop level with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and crunched through the brush with Force Recon Marines. He's the author of more than a dozen books about US special ops and several Zenith Press titles, including MARSOC: US Marine Corps Special Operations Command and Night Stalkers: 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. Pushies lives in Westland, Michigan.

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