Marine Forces Special Operations Command celebrates the 20th anniversary of the command’s activation at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 24, 2026. MARSOC was activated on Feb. 24, 2006 after Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the creation of a Marine Corps component inside United States Special Operations Command. (Marine Corps video by Sgt. Victoria Hutt)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command recently won the U.S. Bomb Technicians Association’s 2023 Critical Skills Challenge in Orlando, Fla.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Wenson, 22, an all-source intelligence specialist with Marine Forces, Special Operations Command became one of the youngest Marines ever to be awarded the Col. Donald G. Cook Award at the National Military Intelligence Community Night of Heroes in Arlington, Va.
