page_title: Marine Raider Regiment
section_title: Advanced training
hierarchical_section_title: Marine Raider Regiment / Training / Advanced training
caption_attribution_description: English: Camp Lejeune, NC – Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command freefall during a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training exercise at an airfield in North Carolina, July 8, 2013. The Marines conducted the HALO jump to reinforce the skills employed to safely complete the exercise. Lt. Regan L. Walcott, USMC, CSO, MOS Hazardous Fire, attached to 1st MSOB, 22 MEU, 26th MARSOC, before deployment to Afghanistan.
context_page_description: The Marine Raider Regiment, formerly known as the Marine Special Operations Regiment, is a special operations force of the United States Marine Corps, part of Marine Corps Special Operations Command. Renamed for its predecessor, the elite World War II Marine Raiders, this unit is the principal combat component of MARSOC, which is the Marine Corps' contribution to the United States Special Operations Command.
context_section_description: The training of Marine Raiders does not end with ITC. Marines will continue training at their assigned battalion for another 18 months. In addition, the MSOS offers advanced-level courses in a number of subject areas: special reconnaissance, Close Quarters Battle, sniper, breaching, and weapons employment.
  MSOS and advanced training courses:
  Advanced Linguist Course (ALC)
  MARSOF Advanced Sniper Course (MASC)
  MARSOF Close Quarters Battle Level II (MCQBL2)
  Marine Technical Surveillance Course (MTSC)
  MARSOF Dynamic Entry Level II Course (MDEL2)
  Tactical Acquisition Exploitation (SR level II)
  Hostile Forces Tagging Tracking Location (HFTTL)
  Helicopter Rope Suspension Training (HRST)
  Advanced EOD
  Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)
  Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Operator
  Advanced mountain warfare
  Advanced Driving Skills
  Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape (SERE)
  Marine Raiders also attend U.S. Army Airborne School and the USMC Combatant Diver Course.
caption: Camp Lejeune, NC – Marine Raiders freefall during a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training exercise at an airfield in North Carolina, 8 July 2013.
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "130708-M-EJ335-001", "Image XPTitle": "[49, 0, 51, 0, 48, 0, 55, 0, 48, 0, 56, 0, 45, 0, 77, 0, 45, 0, 69, 0, 74, 0, 51, 0, 51, 0, 53, 0, 45, 0, 48, 0, 48, 0, 49, 0, 0, 0]", "Image XPSubject": "[77, 0, 97, 0, 114, 0, 105, 0, 110, 0, 101, 0, 115, 0, 32, 0, 119, 0, 105, 0, ... ]"}