A2A Apparently there seems to be many questions concerning Marine Corps Raiders (MARSOC) on the USMC thread these days. Probably someone is seriously considering trying out for them. Anyways, no. read more
It’s unlikely a Marine Raider unit will ever become a part of the Tier One forces. However, individual Marine Raiders will likely be selected to serve in one of the joint Tier One forces from time to time on a rather infrequent basis. read more
Force Recon is larger and stronger and designed to prepare the way for a large Marine force. Tier 1 sneak around killing bad guys in their sleep entirely based on intelligence. Tier 1 could probably do Foce Recon’s job. Force Recon could probably do a Tier 1 job. But neither would do the others job as well as the other. read more