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SOF Pic of the Day: A Marine Raider and his .50 cal

A Marine with 1st Marine Raider Battalion fires a .50 caliber Special Application Scoped Rifle (SASR) during a Company Collective Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 7, 2015. Marine Special Operations Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command spent the first phase of their three-phase Company Collective Exercise practicing Foreign Internal Defense aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 5-8.

 

Image courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps

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A Marine with 1st Marine Raider Battalion fires a .50 caliber Special Application Scoped Rifle (SASR) during a Company Collective Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 7, 2015. Marine Special Operations Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command spent the first phase of their three-phase Company Collective Exercise practicing Foreign Internal Defense aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 5-8.

 

Image courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps

 

Learn more about Marine Raiders (formerly called MARSOC Operators) in the video below:

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