WEBVTT 00:00.829 --> 00:03.829 We have 1219 in the open . Roger , 00:03.839 --> 00:06.130 1219 in the open . Good reading one 00:06.130 --> 00:09.779 low line is 090 00:10.689 --> 00:12.659 PRS . Understand 1 low out 00:14.779 --> 00:17.112 out and I am now ready . Time of flight . 00:17.190 --> 00:20.889 Roger Specter 11 rifle away . Rifle . 00:22.420 --> 00:25.979 Specter 11 , this is Shadow 12S19 00:25.979 --> 00:28.090 catastrophic kill and of engagement . 00:32.099 --> 00:34.266 The United States was hit today by the 00:34.266 --> 00:36.580 biggest wave of terrorist attacks ever 00:36.580 --> 00:38.747 seen . Both of the massive towers have 00:38.747 --> 00:41.380 now collapsed . These acts of mass 00:41.380 --> 00:43.436 murder were intended to frighten our 00:43.436 --> 00:45.436 nation into chaos and retreat , but 00:45.436 --> 00:47.650 they have failed . Our military is 00:47.650 --> 00:51.090 powerful and it's prepared . My title 00:51.090 --> 00:52.979 is Marine Raider . My title was a 00:52.979 --> 00:55.540 Marine Raider . Secretary of Defense 00:55.540 --> 00:57.849 wanted some type of special operations 00:57.849 --> 00:59.960 unit , and what the Marine Corps came 00:59.960 --> 01:01.960 up at the time was Detachment One . 01:02.369 --> 01:04.660 From the time that one stood up around 01:04.660 --> 01:07.339 February , March , April 2003 to the 01:07.339 --> 01:09.172 time we deployed was just a year 01:09.220 --> 01:11.387 because Iraq was really kicking off in 01:11.387 --> 01:14.559 2003 , 2004 . We were working through 01:15.050 --> 01:17.161 how this was going to come together . 01:17.161 --> 01:18.828 They were looking at the next 01:18.828 --> 01:20.828 deployment cycle , and so they were 01:20.828 --> 01:22.939 experimenting and planning and coming 01:22.939 --> 01:22.900 up with different options of how we 01:22.900 --> 01:24.011 would be employed . 01:27.419 --> 01:29.220 I got my orders and they were 01:29.220 --> 01:31.276 contingent on me completing multiple 01:31.276 --> 01:34.199 courses before I got there . Started 01:34.199 --> 01:36.199 off with with jump school , went to 01:36.199 --> 01:38.366 Airborne at Fort Benning for 3 weeks , 01:38.366 --> 01:40.421 went directly to Sears school , uh , 01:40.421 --> 01:42.255 checked into the debt , and then 01:42.255 --> 01:44.366 immediately went to dynamic entry and 01:44.366 --> 01:46.421 breacher course . And then like they 01:46.421 --> 01:48.532 started slowing down a little on like 01:48.532 --> 01:48.319 the , the courses necessarily , but 01:48.319 --> 01:50.519 more of the exercises and training 01:50.519 --> 01:52.741 internal to the unit . The order of the 01:52.741 --> 01:54.852 day was , get your gear , put it on . 01:54.852 --> 01:57.075 Here's some ammo , stow everything . We 01:57.075 --> 01:59.297 need you on the roof and on the walls . 02:01.160 --> 02:03.519 We were a proof of concept . Now all 02:03.519 --> 02:05.186 the studies and findings were 02:05.186 --> 02:07.360 inarguable . We could do whatever the 02:07.360 --> 02:09.582 soft forces requirements were at a very 02:09.582 --> 02:11.520 high level . Long gone was those 02:11.520 --> 02:13.687 questions whether we belonged or not . 02:13.687 --> 02:15.853 The decision was , we want that dead . 02:15.869 --> 02:17.147 Where do we put them ? 02:21.220 --> 02:23.553 Everyone's like , what is Marso's niche , 02:23.553 --> 02:25.776 you know , your kind of maritime , your 02:25.776 --> 02:27.831 kind of land , and everyone's like , 02:27.831 --> 02:27.789 well , Marso does it all . What's 02:27.789 --> 02:29.990 Marso's niche is really just , it's 02:29.990 --> 02:33.949 quality . When Marsak stood up , I was 02:33.949 --> 02:36.116 in the first Marine Special Operations 02:36.116 --> 02:37.782 Company Gulf . We deployed to 02:37.782 --> 02:39.727 Afghanistan and we were in Helmand 02:39.727 --> 02:41.727 province , so we're really Southern 02:41.727 --> 02:43.949 Afghanistan and had pretty clear orders 02:44.149 --> 02:47.690 find the enemy and eliminate them . The 02:47.690 --> 02:49.789 direct action core activity using 02:49.789 --> 02:52.009 organic targeting assets and organic 02:52.009 --> 02:54.169 intelligence assets that we had , we 02:54.169 --> 02:56.280 were focused immediately on targeting 02:56.280 --> 02:58.391 the Taliban leadership and networks . 03:00.289 --> 03:02.449 We saw great success and started to 03:02.449 --> 03:04.529 turn the tide so we're the only ones 03:04.529 --> 03:07.130 that had train , advise , assist . MRSA 03:07.130 --> 03:09.241 were critical with their NSW partners 03:09.241 --> 03:11.241 in essentially stopping the tide of 03:11.241 --> 03:13.241 ISIS and taking back Mosul and then 03:13.241 --> 03:16.970 ultimately pushing them back up . I 03:16.970 --> 03:19.610 came in on 0311 contract . I went to 03:19.610 --> 03:22.570 SOI and Recon came and gave us a sales 03:22.570 --> 03:24.770 pitch . I went and took the recon 03:24.770 --> 03:26.992 indoctrination , uh , their challenge , 03:26.992 --> 03:29.440 and I graduated SOI , went straight to 03:29.440 --> 03:32.149 recon . When I finished the deployment , 03:32.259 --> 03:34.315 a platoon sergeant said , we , we're 03:34.315 --> 03:36.315 gonna send some guys up to MASO and 03:36.315 --> 03:38.537 think that you should go . So under his 03:38.537 --> 03:40.537 recommendation , I said yes , and I 03:40.537 --> 03:42.537 came to MSOC . I had about a summer 03:42.537 --> 03:44.592 until I went to assessment selection 03:44.592 --> 03:46.815 and then I was the first class of ITC . 03:46.815 --> 03:49.360 I was a junior sergeant . I came to the 03:49.360 --> 03:51.304 hotel company , which was my first 03:51.304 --> 03:53.304 company , and I was on team 2 , and 03:53.304 --> 03:55.416 John Gifford was my team chief , so I 03:55.416 --> 03:57.138 had the best of the best for 2 03:57.138 --> 04:00.009 deployments . I think one of the things 04:00.009 --> 04:02.610 as Marines we're very good at adapting 04:02.610 --> 04:05.490 and overcoming , but within SOCOM what 04:05.490 --> 04:08.210 we found was that we were truly 04:08.210 --> 04:10.432 required to build our missions from the 04:10.432 --> 04:14.410 bottom up . How do we adapt MARSOC to 04:14.410 --> 04:16.132 be able to support these other 04:16.132 --> 04:18.299 deployments that were coming up in the 04:18.299 --> 04:21.609 AFCOM and PACO region ? We refocused on 04:21.609 --> 04:23.498 trying to get quality training to 04:23.498 --> 04:25.553 prepare them for these deployments . 04:26.570 --> 04:29.170 Trying to get some of our raiders into 04:29.170 --> 04:31.369 key positions in TSOCs so they could 04:31.369 --> 04:34.239 help inform decisions and how MARSOC 04:34.239 --> 04:36.295 would be employed in these areas was 04:36.295 --> 04:38.799 key . Part of it is that uh you know , 04:38.959 --> 04:41.181 direct action hand , and the other part 04:41.181 --> 04:43.403 is that the hand that helps prepare the 04:43.403 --> 04:45.237 environment , and that's through 04:45.237 --> 04:47.292 knowing the culture , building those 04:47.292 --> 04:49.403 relationships , building that trust , 04:49.403 --> 04:51.739 and you do that through showing up over 04:51.859 --> 04:54.239 and over and over again so then that 04:54.239 --> 04:56.399 way they could do it on their own and 04:56.399 --> 04:58.455 we wouldn't have to do it for them . 04:59.570 --> 05:01.792 We'd always been kind of looking at how 05:01.792 --> 05:03.681 we can be better capable as a MSO 05:03.681 --> 05:06.450 organization in the littorals , and so 05:06.450 --> 05:08.450 it was really taking a look at what 05:08.450 --> 05:10.672 would they need different to be able to 05:10.672 --> 05:12.950 operate in that particular environment . 05:12.950 --> 05:15.172 It forced us to take a re-look at , you 05:15.172 --> 05:17.283 know , what were we man and train and 05:17.283 --> 05:19.228 equipped with , what would we need 05:19.228 --> 05:21.506 differently in that uh in that theater . 05:21.506 --> 05:23.506 We , we then figure out where's the 05:23.506 --> 05:25.820 best place that we want to put these 05:25.890 --> 05:28.223 organizations , who's best fit for this , 05:28.329 --> 05:30.385 and that's what people count on when 05:30.385 --> 05:32.440 you show up , is that your Marines , 05:32.440 --> 05:34.718 and nobody does that better than Marsa . 05:38.540 --> 05:40.779 When you're building a new capability 05:40.779 --> 05:42.890 from scratch , someone has to be that 05:42.890 --> 05:45.209 pioneer generation that determines what 05:45.209 --> 05:47.459 you have already , what you need to add 05:47.459 --> 05:49.626 to it , and how you get there . And so 05:49.626 --> 05:51.737 we spent a lot of time in those early 05:51.737 --> 05:53.903 years in the pioneer generation of MSO 05:53.903 --> 05:55.959 trying to figure out what additional 05:55.959 --> 05:58.126 capabilities our Marine Raiders needed 05:58.126 --> 06:00.070 to have in order to be the type of 06:00.070 --> 06:02.070 capability that we have today . The 06:02.070 --> 06:04.126 biggest difference for those Marines 06:04.126 --> 06:06.237 was in the beginning , we were trying 06:06.237 --> 06:08.820 to hand select people and the primary 06:08.820 --> 06:10.876 thing was making sure that first and 06:10.876 --> 06:13.209 foremost , they wanted to come to Marsa . 06:14.109 --> 06:16.390 We went through step by step process of 06:16.390 --> 06:18.612 deciding what are the capabilities that 06:18.612 --> 06:20.557 our professionals need in the soft 06:20.557 --> 06:22.668 environment how do we build that ? We 06:22.668 --> 06:24.834 started with the talent we needed here 06:24.834 --> 06:27.057 are the skill sets they need everything 06:27.057 --> 06:29.112 that was being done in the combat we 06:29.112 --> 06:31.279 needed to figure out how to do it here 06:31.279 --> 06:33.501 but in many ways at a different level . 06:33.501 --> 06:35.723 These marines are exceptionally good at 06:35.723 --> 06:35.459 what they do . They need a little bit 06:35.459 --> 06:37.348 more in trade craft of all of the 06:37.348 --> 06:39.519 disciplines . Everybody's coming from 06:39.519 --> 06:41.463 another MOS , so they've cut their 06:41.463 --> 06:43.463 teeth in the Marine Corps . They've 06:43.463 --> 06:45.686 been evaluated . They come to us . They 06:45.686 --> 06:47.852 go to our schoolhouse , uh , so . Take 06:47.852 --> 06:49.963 that marine warrior ethos , you bring 06:49.963 --> 06:51.963 that here to a world-class training 06:51.963 --> 06:53.963 center that indoctrinates them into 06:53.963 --> 06:56.859 special operations . It creates world 06:56.859 --> 06:58.859 class problem solvers in our marine 06:58.859 --> 07:00.692 training center in the extensive 07:00.692 --> 07:02.748 program that they put them through . 07:03.540 --> 07:05.596 One of the things that has kept MSOC 07:05.596 --> 07:07.707 relevant for the past 20 years is the 07:07.707 --> 07:09.762 capability of having a fully enabled 07:09.762 --> 07:11.980 MMSOC . We're not just gonna send 07:11.980 --> 07:14.140 Marine Raiders off and say figure it 07:14.140 --> 07:16.489 out . They now understand what the 07:16.489 --> 07:18.739 capabilities that they have access to 07:18.739 --> 07:20.350 are , and they don't have to 07:20.350 --> 07:23.470 concentrate fully on that . I knew I 07:23.470 --> 07:26.890 was never gonna go be a team chief . My 07:27.190 --> 07:30.029 role was to be the best I possibly 07:30.029 --> 07:32.540 could be at the medicate part of shoot , 07:32.670 --> 07:34.670 move , communicate , and medicate . 07:34.989 --> 07:37.156 There's a subtle difference in how MSO 07:37.156 --> 07:39.378 employs their medical personnel . We've 07:39.378 --> 07:42.760 got 240 boat spaces , 125 , are special 07:42.760 --> 07:44.927 operations independent duty corpsmen . 07:44.927 --> 07:46.816 These corpsmen are full-time soft 07:46.816 --> 07:48.760 medics that can fight . I'm of the 07:48.760 --> 07:50.927 strong opinion that the only way we're 07:50.927 --> 07:52.982 gonna keep the similar survivability 07:52.982 --> 07:54.816 rates that we saw in GWAT are by 07:54.816 --> 07:56.871 keeping lifesavers embedded into the 07:56.871 --> 07:59.038 maneuver element carrying two guns and 07:59.038 --> 08:01.149 an AAC . Prolonged casualty care is a 08:01.149 --> 08:03.149 team sport . It's not just gonna be 08:03.149 --> 08:05.149 that corpsman down there sitting on 08:05.149 --> 08:07.316 those casualties for 72+ hours . A lot 08:07.316 --> 08:09.427 of that cross-training happens in the 08:09.427 --> 08:11.538 pre-deployment training environment . 08:11.538 --> 08:13.760 You really get to hunker down inside of 08:13.760 --> 08:15.593 that , uh , full-time soft medic 08:15.593 --> 08:19.230 identity . We used to 08:19.239 --> 08:21.480 write reports on a typewriter . We've 08:21.480 --> 08:24.600 evolved and if we don't evolve , we 08:24.600 --> 08:26.322 will be back in the era of the 08:26.322 --> 08:28.544 typewriter , but you have to understand 08:28.544 --> 08:30.489 the skill sets and the tech that's 08:30.489 --> 08:33.429 evolving continuously . Being here at 08:33.429 --> 08:35.818 MSO , no one's fighting to leave here . 08:36.508 --> 08:38.619 Everybody wants to stay here . It's a 08:38.619 --> 08:40.675 volunteer force within the volunteer 08:40.675 --> 08:42.619 force . The name Marine Raider now 08:42.619 --> 08:44.675 means something to you again , man , 08:44.675 --> 08:46.675 it's because of what these men have 08:46.675 --> 08:48.730 done over the last 20 years . You're 08:48.730 --> 08:50.952 looking for people who want it , people 08:50.952 --> 08:52.952 who have the desire to do it and to 08:52.952 --> 08:56.869 commit to it , and we found them . It's 08:56.869 --> 08:59.440 also just the level of motivation that 08:59.440 --> 09:01.440 I feel every morning showing up and 09:01.440 --> 09:03.662 seeing Marines with rocks on their back 09:03.662 --> 09:05.607 in the pool or in the gym slinging 09:05.607 --> 09:08.520 steel . I think our SOC's future is 09:08.520 --> 09:10.979 very bright . I think they are very 09:10.979 --> 09:12.757 secure and competitive as equal 09:12.757 --> 09:14.868 partners in the US Special Operations 09:14.868 --> 09:18.090 Command . The skills , the capabilities , 09:18.440 --> 09:20.440 the way we train right now are very 09:20.440 --> 09:22.662 relevant . What we know is we know that 09:22.662 --> 09:24.829 the operating environment's changing . 09:24.829 --> 09:26.940 So really the thing to worry about is 09:26.940 --> 09:28.996 how fast can you adapt . We're doing 09:28.996 --> 09:31.051 pretty well over here at at MarSOC , 09:31.051 --> 09:32.940 and we intend to keep moving at pace .