Marine Force Recon

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erikbeale — 11 years ago(January 20, 2015 02:20 PM)

Does this force exist and does it really carry out illegal operations all over the world? And would survivors really be denied benefits?
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ShallowAl69 — 11 years ago(February 01, 2015 05:18 AM)

Anything is possible.

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RParmly-3 — 11 years ago(March 07, 2015 11:04 PM)

Does Force Recon exist? Sure -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnai ssance
Do they carry out black ops work - yes.
Are the families denied benefits - well, if they were, we wouldn't know. The movie story is about Marines who die in operations that are too illegal for the government to admit to anyone. Any family member would simply be told that the Marine died in an accident.
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Jeneral28 — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 02:39 AM)

Theya aren't special forces. MARSOC has it's own Marine Special Forces Teamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command
Marine Force Recon Units just do military intel missions.

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rajeshmulan — 10 years ago(November 19, 2015 07:58 AM)

LOL
But MARSOC didnt exist when this movie was made

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spittle8 — 9 years ago(April 05, 2016 07:25 PM)

Force Recon may not be a part of SOCOM, but go and tell a Force Recon guy he isn't special forces haha.
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lcplthomasc — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 07:03 PM)

If he did all the Marine would say is you're right, I'm Recon. Better than special forces

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oldgoatee — 10 years ago(December 12, 2015 12:44 AM)

They would still receive their SGLI (Servicemembers Group Life Insurance) which was $35,000 when I served, considerably more now. There are additional indemnities for being killed in a war

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lcplthomasc — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 07:08 PM)

Yes, no (but that's not a totally objective topic), yes, if the operation that caused death was under certain situations. FWIW, VERY rare these days compared to when the BGen was in the fleet.