The Marine Raider Training Center congratulates newly forged Marine Raiders and Marine Raider Officers of Marine Raider Course Class 34 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., October 24, 2025. MRC is a nine-month long course that focuses on training and enhancing lethality, and producing forces that are designed to be adaptable, mission-oriented and capable of operating in complex and uncertain environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Salvador Flores Perez)
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.
