Marine Raider Regiment | Marine Raiders

The Marine Raider Regiment, is the Special Operations Force of the U.S Marine Corps. The unit is the primary operative component under the U.S Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) but operational controlled by U.S SOCOM with coordination from MARSOC. The Marine Raider Regiment were formerly known as the Marine Special Operations Regiment, but renamed for its predecessor, the World War II Marine Raiders.

HISTORY:
Today's Marine Raiders can trace their roots back to their World War II predecessors the Marine Raiders. The Marine Raiders were units established by the United States Marine Corps to conduct special amphibious light infantry warfare, particularly in landing in rubber boats and operating behind the lines. "Edson's" Raiders of 1st Marine Raiders Battalion and "Carlson's" Raiders of 2nd Marine Raiders Battalion are said to be the first United States special operations forces to form and see combat in World War II.

Marine Raiders first saw the light through a pilot program called the Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One, also known as Det 1. In order to first assess the value of Marine special operations forces permanently detached to the United States Special Operations Command, a small unit of 86 men commanded by Col. Robert J. Coates, former commanding officer of 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, was activated on 19 June 2003 and had its headquarters at Camp Del Mar Boat Basin. Det 1 deployed to Iraq with Navy SEALs from Naval Special Warfare Group 1 in 2004, Marines from the detachment took part in the Second Battle of Fallujah. In 2006 it was disbanded and succeeded by the permanent MARSOC. The majority of the combat personnel assigned to the two battalions were drawn from the Force Recon-community.

In 2014, it was announced that the Marine Special Operations Regiment and its subordinate units would be renamed Marine Raiders. However, due to administrative delays the renaming did not become official until 19 June 2015.

ORGANIZATION:
Each battalion consists of four companies and each company consists of four fourteen-man Marine Special Operations Teams.

The base unit of the Raiders is the fourteen-man Marine Special Operations Team. Each 14-man MSOT is organized into three elements: a Headquarters and two identical Tactical Squads. The HQ element consists of a Special Operations Officer Team Leader, Team Chief, Operations SNCO and a communication SNCO.

Each Tactical Element consists of an Element Leader, three Critical Skills Operators and a Navy Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman. The organization allows a Team to operate on its own if needed but maintains the ability to operate as part of a bigger unit such as an MSOC or SOTF, similar to Army Special Forces ODA/B.

MISSION:
Marine Raiders' mission is to provide tailored military combat skills and special operations capability to accomplish special operations missions assigned by the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command and/or Geographic Combatant Commanders via the Theater Special Operations Command.

Marines and Sailors of MARSOC also train, advise and assist friendly host nation forces – including naval and maritime military and paramilitary forces – to enable them to support their governments' internal security and stability, to counter subversion and to reduce the risk of violence from internal and external threats.

OPERATIONS:
The first deployment for Marine Raiders was in Afghanistan in 2007. In September 2009 the 1st MSOB returned to Afghanistan, this time in command of a joint special operations task force in the northwest of the country.

Following General Petraeus's take over of command in Afghanistan in 2010, in support of the Afghan Local Police/Village Stability Operations. SOFs in Afghanistan were task-organized into battalion level Special Operations Task Forces, each with a geographic area of responsibility.

The Marine Raiders were deployed supporting the Global War on Terrorism in December 2013 alongside the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Force Recon) where they conducted various special operations missions, ranging from direct action, reconnaissance and other mission sets.

Marine Raiders participated in the campaign to liberate Mosul in Iraq from ISIL. On 20 October 2016, after receiving small arms fire, a team of Raiders from the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion decided to occupy a point between two enemy controlled villages, later they were attacked by roughly 25 militants and an armored vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

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