{"id":26481,"date":"2019-04-11T02:47:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T02:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/11\/next-marine-commandant-says-marsoc-is-vital-to-the-corps-and-us-special-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:02:26","slug":"next-marine-commandant-says-marsoc-is-vital-to-the-corps-and-us-special-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/04\/11\/next-marine-commandant-says-marsoc-is-vital-to-the-corps-and-us-special-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Marine commandant says MARSOC is \u2018vital\u2019 to the Corps and US special operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Marine nominated to be the Corps\u2019 next commandant told Congress the service\u2019s special operators are \u201cvital,\u201d and showed no hesitation to proceed with budgetary plans to continue to grow the small force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Gen. David H. Berger<\/a>, the current deputy commandant for Marine Combat Development and Integration, was responding to questions from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-New York, about whether Marine Corps Special Operations Command<\/a> should be \u201cdisestablished,\u201d as was recommended in a recent think tank article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt this stage they have developed farther, faster than most thought possible,\u201d Berger said. \u201cI think they\u2019re vital. I think the (Special Operations Forces) and the command are better with them there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t