MARSOC

Marines special ops focus on data at the edge, FPV drones in the air and AI on the way

The battlefield may be more complex than ever, but if a war breaks out, MARSOC's commander said frontline fighting will be "rough and brutal" like WWII.

Enough ‘one trick ponies’: Marine special ops specialists want industry help to fuse tech

Three MARSOC members, whose names were withheld for operational security, spoke at a panel about the tech they say they most critically need.

MARSOC’s new operational concept a departure from Iraq, Afghanistan strategies

"The essence of [Strategic Shaping and Reconnaissance] is that creating at the tactical edge ... a unit that has the potential to be the joint and interagency" unit operating near the shore, said Col. Ian Fletcher.

‘Bob, How Do We Bottle This?’ Making Infantry As Good As Special Ops

Our elite close combat forces are outnumbered. As a national priority we must increase the numbers of those capable of doing these hazardous jobs by transferring the skills of JSOC warriors to Army and Marine conventional infantrymen.

Big SOCOM Budget Boost Goes To People, AI — & More

WASHINGTON: The generals and admirals in charge of equipping and fielding the nation’s special operations forces are about to get some help in the form of an 11 percent budget increase. Just as the Trump administration has pledged to pump billions more into the defense budget, the Special Operations Command will also add about 1,700 […]

Tiny Team Beefs Up Marines’ Comms To SOCOM

BALLSTON, VA: A soufflé is fluffy but a SOFLE – a brand new military acronym that stands for Special Operations Forces Liaison Element — is sinewy and powerful. Just ask Marine Lt. Col. Andrew Christian, who led the first such unit for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit during a seven month deployment to the Pacific […]