To: MarvinStinson
“Extra tough Marine” — ok
“Extra elite Marine” — ok
“Special Forces Marine” — ?????
13 posted on
02/11/2018 3:58:00 PM PST by
gaijin
To: gaijin
United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance
Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) is one of the United States Marine Corps’ special operations capable forces (SOC) that provides essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), by supporting their task force commanders, and their subordinate operating units ...
20 posted on
02/11/2018 6:11:28 PM PST by
Grampa Dave
(Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 64+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
To: gaijin
Special Forces Marine ?????
That's Force Reconnaissance" commonly referred to as
Force Recon. A friend of mine was in them and I always thought he was saying "Forest Recon." Later I read up on this highly skilled Special Forces Operations capable unit.
The Clint Eastwood movie Heartbreak Ridge was about a Force Recon unit.
22 posted on
02/11/2018 7:13:20 PM PST by
\/\/ayne
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