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Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command Operators are lifted from the ground by a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during Special Purpose Insertion/Extraction rigging at Camp Margarita, aboard Camp Pendleton, Nov. 4. The operators took part in the first ever MARSOC Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters course, which ran from Oct. 27, to Nov. 7. - Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command Operators are lifted from the ground by a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during Special Purpose Insertion/Extraction rigging at Camp Margarita, aboard Camp Pendleton, Nov. 4. The operators took part in the first ever MARSOC Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters course, which ran from Oct. 27, to Nov. 7.

Ksenia Beasley, French language instructor with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, teaches the proper pronunciation of the French language with a MARSOC student, here Nov 5. - Ksenia Beasley, French language instructor with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, teaches the proper pronunciation of the French language with a MARSOC student, here Nov 5.

Using the Rifle Combat Optic Marines were able to quickly acquire and engage targets. Marines with Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command became proficient with this equipment while participating in the Trainer’s Course of Instruction with the RCO at Stone Bay here recently. - Using the Rifle Combat Optic Marines were able to quickly acquire and engage targets. Marines with Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command became proficient with this equipment while participating in the Trainer’s Course of Instruction with the RCO at Stone Bay here recently.

A Marine spouse punches a martial arts pad during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Marine Special Operations Support Group Jane Wayne Day in front of the Goettge Field House here, Sept. 24. - A Marine spouse punches a martial arts pad during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Marine Special Operations Support Group Jane Wayne Day in front of the Goettge Field House here, Sept. 24.

Marines with Marine Special Operations Advisor Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, along with Army Ranger practice room clearing during the Advanced Urban Warfare portion of their training at the Direct Action Resource Center, here Aug. 25. - Marines with Marine Special Operations Advisor Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, along with Army Ranger practice room clearing during the Advanced Urban Warfare portion of their training at the Direct Action Resource Center, here Aug. 25.

Sgt. Ekhart Kohkemper, , a training noncommissioned officer with Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, covers trigger control with MARSOC shooter during annual pistol qualification, Aug 19 at Pistol Range D-30 here. Serving as a range coach is one of Kohkemper’s duties as a training NCO. - Sgt. Ekhart Kohkemper, , a training noncommissioned officer with Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, covers trigger control with MARSOC shooter during annual pistol qualification, Aug 19 at Pistol Range D-30 here. Serving as a range coach is one of Kohkemper’s duties as a training NCO.

A soldier with the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment discusses safety procedures with Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command before ascending in the MH-47D Chinook helicopter at Drop Zone Pheasant here, August 6. - A soldier with the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment discusses safety procedures with Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command before ascending in the MH-47D Chinook helicopter at Drop Zone Pheasant here, August 6.