Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), also known as the Marine Raiders, was officially formed on February 24, 2006. This was the culmination of years of effort to establish a dedicated special ...

Marines with Marine Raider Regiment conduct insertion/extraction training from a UH-1Y Huey assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 at Stone Bay, Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Sept. 23, 2015.

As per the Who We Are section of the Marine Raiders’ official info page: “Marine Raiders are a force, expeditionary in nature, prepared to thrive in uncertain, chaotic, and austere environments, ...