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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.

Marine takes long road to MARSOC

For those of us who are born and raised in the United States, it’s easy to take the privileges and opportunities that we enjoy in our country for granted, but for Sgt. Ekhart Kohkemper, S-3 training non-commissioned officer with Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, coming to America in 1994

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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.

MARSOC and 160th SOAR take to the skies

At the back edge of a helicopter, a column of Marines stare out into the vast space above their drop zone as the wind whips violently across their faces. They wait for the jumpmaster to wave his arm and shout “Go! Go! Go!” so they can exit the plane at heights of up to 13,000 feet with their fellow Marines. Marines from 2d Marine Special Operations

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A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command calls the communications operations center to let them know the position of his team here, July 30. As a student in the Marine Network Operators Course, he is taught to be a subject matter expert in communications. - A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command calls the communications operations center to let them know the position of his team here, July 30. As a student in the Marine Network Operators Course, he is taught to be a subject matter expert in communications.

MNOC puts the "Comm" in combat: Spec Ops forces team up for innovative training

In combat, as in the civilian world, the methods and tools of communication are constantly changing. But where civilian technology becomes more accessible and intuitive, military communications become increasingly secure and specialized. That is where the Marine Network Operators Course comes in to play. Twenty-four Marines, Sailors and Airmen came

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A pipeline student with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command’s Marine Special Operations Advisor Group teaches a role player techniques to improve his accuracy during the Marine Special Operations Advisor Course final exercise at the K Range-211, here July 30. - A pipeline student with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command’s Marine Special Operations Advisor Group teaches a role player techniques to improve his accuracy during the Marine Special Operations Advisor Course final exercise at the K Range-211, here July 30.

Training to Train: MSOAG pipeline students wrap up seven month course

“Onslovia.” Say it out loud and it sounds like a remote third-world country, but for people local to the area of Eastern North Carolina, it only takes a few minutes to realize the fictional country’s name is derived from Onslow County. The fictional country has its own language, named “Onslovan.” The language was formed from a list of 15 key

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Marine takes long road to MARSOC

MARSOC and 160th SOAR take to the skies

MNOC puts the "Comm" in combat: Spec Ops forces team up for innovative training

Training to Train: MSOAG pipeline students wrap up seven month course