Retired U.S. Navy Commander Porter Halyburton, speaks to Marine Raiders with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, at Stone bay, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 29, 2016. On Oct. 17, 1965, Cmdr. Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam, captured by enemy forces and released February 12th 1973. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Scott A. Achtemeier/RELEASED)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Over the past two years, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command has matured from merely being known as U.S. Special Operations Command’s youngest and smallest component, to a full-fledged integral player in SOCOM’s global operations.
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The Marine Raiders of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command will welcome their new commander, Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, the sixth officer to hold the position, in a ceremony, here, Tuesday.
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The Raiders of Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) will honor a fallen hero from within their ranks by rededicating the Marine Special Operations School in his name during a ceremony here Wednesday.
The facility will assume the name of Gifford Hall in honor of Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan W. Gifford, a former instructor of the school and recipient of the Navy Cross, the nation’s second-highest award...
