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Navy/USMC

Future Marine Corps Force Posture Will Increase Small Unit Engagement With SOF

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Friday, July 1st, 2011

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The number and role of small Marine Corps units working alongside members of U.S. special operations forces will likely increase as combat personnel begin to withdraw from ongoing operations in Afghanistan, a senior service officer said yesterday. The anticipated increase of small-unit engagement with special operations forces falls in line with a lighter, faster and more lethal Marine Corps that service leaders envision for a post Afghanistan combat environment, Lt. Gen. Dennis Hejlik, commander of Marine Corps Forces Command, Fleet…

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