MARSOC is fusing traditionally rugged Marines with tech-curious ones
By Riley Ceder
Apr 30, 2025, 03:03 PM
Marine Corps Raiders are assessed for their cognitive ability to quickly adapt to new information systems, MARSOC leaders said at a defense conference Tuesday. (Sgt. Evan Jones/Marine Corps)
The Marine Corps’ stand-in forces need to possess physical toughness and a natural inquisitiveness in order to succeed, Marine Corps Special Operations Command leaders said Tuesday at an annual defense conference.
Maj. Gen. Peter Huntley, commander of Marine Corps Special Operations Command, spoke at a Modern Day Marine panel in Washington about how a changing military landscape requires multifaceted Marine Corps Raiders who possess both a grittiness synonymous with the Marine Corps and an eagerness to learn and adapt to evolving information systems.
“It’s gonna be nasty, it’s gonna be brutish, it’s still gonna take tough, rugged people,” Huntley said of what the global military landscape requires of the Marine Corps Raider.
But he said that environment would also drive the need for MARSOC personnel with the cognitive ability to adapt to new technologies and the desire to adapt.
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