Students navigate an obstacle course - A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command participates in an obstacle course during the French Foreign Legion’s Jaguar Course at French Guiana, Feb 19 – April 14, 2023. The Jaguar Course is an international course consisting of eight weeks designed to train platoon-level tactics in the jungle environment. (U.S. Marine Corps courtesy photo)

USNA Midshipmen visit MARSOC - Midshipman 3rd Class Brendan McKenna, a Wantagh, New York, native and sophomore at the U.S. Naval Academy, fires a Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun on a live-fire range with Marine Raiders from Marine Forces Special Operations Command on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 26, 2023. While training with MARSOC, the midshipmen were able to experience the variety of tools and weapons employed by critical skills operators and special operations officers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez)

Marine Raider Regiment Language Program staff pose for a photo with the 2023 U.S. Special Operations Command “Most Improved Language Program of the Year” award. The MRR Language Program serves as an amplifier for the basic language training that Marine Raiders receive during their accession pipeline. Throughout their service, Marine Raiders will work with the MRR Language Program on sustainment and advancement of their foreign language skills through courses, real-world training, and immersive interactions. (U.S. Marine Corps courtesy photo) - Marine Raider Regiment Language Program staff pose for a photo with the 2023 U.S. Special Operations Command “Most Improved Language Program of the Year” award. The MRR Language Program serves as an amplifier for the basic language training that Marine Raiders receive during their accession pipeline. Throughout their service, Marine Raiders will work with the MRR Language Program on sustainment and advancement of their foreign language skills through courses, real-world training, and immersive interactions. (U.S. Marine Corps courtesy photo)

What winning looks like: the Cognitive Raider - U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael K. Nagata speaks to Marine Raiders with Marine Forces Special Operations Command at Cognitive Raider Symposium 2023 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 22, 2023. CRS is an annual event designed to spur the creative and intellectual thought of members of the command when tackling difficult and advanced problem sets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez)

MARSOC, partner forces conclude Exercise Raven - British Royal Marines from 40 Commando Royal Marines conduct a direct action raid in support of Marine Raiders with Marine Forces Special Operations Command during Exercise Raven, a unit readiness exercise, May 26, 2023. Exercise Raven is a training exercise held to evaluate all aspects of a Marine Special Operations Company prior to a special operations deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez)

Para Bellum Horizon 23: Let the games begin - Marine Raiders with Marine Forces Special Operations Command participate in Para Bellum Horizon 23 alongside foreign partners and special guests on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 15-17, 2023. Para Bellum Horizon is an annual wargame event designed to continuously evaluate the deployment of MARSOC forces in ever-changing environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez)

Students participate in MDLOC Course at MARSOC - Marines from Marine Forces Special Operations Command and the Fleet Marine Force assemble a M134 Minigun during the MARSOF Ordnance portion of Multi-Discipline Logistics Operations Course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 20, 2023. MDLOC is the final aspect of an 11 to 12-week training pipeline that is divided into three specific career fields: logistics and sustainment, maintenance, and ordnance. This course, in addition to Special Operations Forces Fundamentals and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape, produces MARSOC special operations capability specialists with the unique skills needed to support and sustain Marine Special Operation Companies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesula Jeanlouis)

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. (Ret.) Thomas Cullison teaches fundamentals of global health engagement. - U.S. Navy Rear Adm. (Ret.) Thomas Cullison, former deputy surgeon general, U.S. Navy, teaches fundamentals of global health engagement to a class on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Mar. 21, 2023. Marine Forces Special Operations Command hosted the course for military health care professionals at all levels to broaden their knowledge on the subject and its relationship to the special operations forces area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez)

Maj. Gen. Matthew G. Trollinger meets with former Acting Secretary of Defense, Christopher C. Miller. - Christopher C. Miller, former Acting Secretary of Defense, visits Marine Forces Special Operations Command as part of the Cognitive Raider Education Series on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Mar. 24, 2023. Miller met with Maj. Gen. Matthew G. Trollinger, MARSOC Commander, to discuss how MARSOC is implementing information as a warfighting function and leading the charge in strategic shaping and reconnaissance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesula Jeanlouis)

Explosive ordinance disposal technicians with MARSOC conduct patrols. - Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Marine Forces Special Operations Command and Air Force Special Operations Command conduct a patrol alongside critical skills operators during a training event June 24, 2022. The EOD primer tests all aspects of a technician’s knowledge and expertise needed to perform as the only tech on a Marine Special Operations Team while operating in austere, politically sensitive, or hostile environments. EOD technicians assigned to MARSOC have completed Marine Special Operations Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 1, which trains Fleet Marine Force EOD technicians in the knowledge and skills required to support the core tasks assigned to MARSOC as a special operations capability specialist. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brennan Priest)