Fwd: Secretary of Defense Approves Marine Special Operations Command

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> Date:         Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:26:00 -0500
> From: DoD News <dlnews_sender@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Secretary of Defense Approves Marine Special Operations
> Command
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> NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense
> 
> No. 1127-05
> IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Nov 01, 2005
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> 
> Secretary of Defense Approves Marine Special Operations Command
> 
> 
>             The Secretary of Defense approved a joint
> recommendation by U.S.
> Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Marine Corps to create
> a Marine
> special operations command as a component of USSOCOM.
> 
> 
> 
>             The Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) will
> enhance Marine
> Corps and USSOCOM interoperability and provide USSOCOM greater
> flexibility and
> increased capability to fight the war on terrorism.
> 
> 
> 
>             The MARSOC will be organized in three subordinate
> elements - the Marine
> Special Operations Regiment, the Foreign Military Training Unit and
> the Marine
> Special Operations Support Group - with an authorized strength of
> approximately
> 2,600 Marines. While an activation date for the new command has not
> been
> determined, Marine Brig. Gen. Dennis J. Hejlik has been selected as
> its first
> commander.
> 
> 
> 
>             The mission of the MARSOC headquarters will be to
> organize, man, train
> and equip Marine Special Operations Forces.  The command's
> subordinate units will
> provide training to foreign military units and perform specific
> special operations
> missions. The command will also have the capability to provide
> intelligence,
> logistics and fire support coordination to joint special operation
> task forces.
> 
> 
> 
>             MARSOC headquarters, the Foreign Military Training Unit
> and the Marine
> Special Operations Support Group will be stationed at Camp Lejeune,
> N.C.  The
> Marine Special Operations Regiment will also be headquartered at
> Camp Lejeune with
> an additional element stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
> 
> 
> 
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