Marine Special Operations School

The Marine Special Operations School screens, assesses, selects, and trains Marines and Sailors for special operations assignments in MARSOC; provides advanced individual special operations training; plans and executes the component exercise program; and serves as MARSOC's training and education proponent, in order to support MARSOC requirements.

MSOS is tasked to:

• Conduct a formal Assessment and Selection program
• Conduct an entry-level Special Operations training course to train NCOs and company grade officers for special operations assignments within MARSOC
• Conduct MARSOC's component exercise program
• Conduct Special Operations advanced and specialty courses
• Develop MARSOF standards, doctrine and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
• Serve as MARSOC's proponent for weapons and optics requirements
• Serve as the training and education link between MARSOC, USMC and SOCOM component SOF schools to support MARSOC requirements