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The Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) provides advanced and standardized training in Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Operations, Combined Arms Training and Unit Readiness Planning at the Battalion and Regiment levels, and synchronizes doctrine and training standards IOT enhance combat preparation and performance of Ground Combat Element (GCE) units in MAGTF operations.
The Marine Raider Support Group (MRSG; previously MSOSG-Marine Special Operations Support Group), [17] composed of the Headquarters Company and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marine Raider Support Battalions (MRSB; previously MSOSB-Marine Special Operations Support Battalion), contain the Command's administrative, and support assets.
The Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) is the primary training command of the United States Marine Corps.TECOM leads the Marine Corps Training and Education continuum from individual entry-level training, professional military education and continuous professional development, through unit, collective, and service-level training in order to produce warfighters and enhance ...
The Marine Corps does not deploy traditional special operations forces (SOF); the Marine Corps's special operations contribution, the Marine Raider Regiment, is directed by the United States Special Operations Command. Therefore, forward-operating MEU(SOC)s receive enhanced training and are specially equipped and organized to provide selected ...
The reconnaissance mission within the United States Marine Corps is divided into two distinct but complementary aspects; Marine Division Recon and Force Reconnaissance.. The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly called Marine Division Recon) are the reconnaissance assets of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) that provide division-level ground and amphibious ...
The Special Operations Training Group, or SOTG, is a training section of the United States Marine Corps providing Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) commanders with training facilities and a liaison for Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU).
The Marine Corps's division-level reconnaissance was first conceived in 1941 by Lieutenant Colonel William J. Whaling. He needed a group of specialized scouts and skilled marksmen to form a "Scout and Sniper Company". Two of the newly established Marine divisions, 1st and 2nd Marine Division contained their own scout company. Larger infantry ...
The term Special Operations Capable was exclusively used by the Marine Corps and not recognized by United States Special Operations Command. No other US Armed Forces branch used to term to refer to units with enhanced capability. The Marine Corps Special Operations Command was created in 2006. Since 2013, no Marine Corps unit includes "special ...