Marine Corps Security Force Regiment (MCSFR) organizes, trains, equips, and provides anti-terrorism security forces in support of combatant commanders and Naval commanders in order to conduct expeditionary security operations and provide security for strategic weapons and vital national assets. Conduct other limited duration missions as directed. Mission Essential Tasks 1. Provide security forces for strategic weapons. 2. Provide rapid response and forward-deployed expeditionary anti-terrorism security forces.
20 years ago today, Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Jason Dunham succumbed to wounds he sustained when he heroically dove on an enemy grenade –...
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gary Gonzalez, an infantry rifleman with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) and native of...
Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, discusses Barracks 2030 Plan to modernize the buildings, professionalize the...
U.S. Marines with Training Company, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment (MCSFR), and personnel with Department of Energy’s (DOE) Special Response...
Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) operates as part of Commander, Task Force 61/2. CTF 61/2 provides FASTEUR capbilities...
DOHA, Qatar (Oct. 29, 2020) U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) conduct simulated disaster drills...
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force 61/2.3 (Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) Europe), in coordination with the Embassy Regional...
Bamboo Eagle 25-3 pushed the boundaries of 21st-century mission command, leveraging the Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, to forge agile, resilient leaders. In a synthetic battlespace, the joint force rehearsed decentralized execution and empowered decision-making to achieve decision advantage, July 22 – Aug. 8.
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On August 6, 2025, U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) stood alongside U.S. and Solomon Islands officials atop Skyline Ridge, participated in the 83rd anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Ann Marie Yastishock and with the Solomon Islands government, the ceremony served as a solemn reminder of the shared history and sacrifice that binds the United States and Solomon Islands in strength, security, and prosperity.
In today's evolving and increasingly lethal battlefield landscape, Marine Corps Force Design initiatives are emphasizing maneuverable and dispersed units that can operate inside environments heavily contested by the weapons engagement zone of enemy forces and fires. This demands seamless integration between all elements of the Marine Corps Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), command, combat, logistics, and aviation.
The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor is the official emblem of the United States Marine Corps. However, its roots can be traced all the way back to as far as 1804, with uniforms of Marines being adorned with brass eagles on square plates. During the War of 1812, this early emblem morphed into an octagonal brass plate embossed with an eagle, an anchor, drums, and flags. As the decades would progress, symbols on the emblem would be replaced with letters. Starting in 1840, Marine uniforms would see the metal letters “U.S.M.” During the subsequent years, more changes, modifications, and additions ensued until in 1868, when Marine leaders believed their insignia too closely resembled that of the U.S. Army infantry, and began to take steps to make a distinctive device. Commandant Brig. Gen. Jacob Zeilin appointed a special board to create a device for the Corps.
The United States Marine Corps concluded the Marine Leaders of the Americas Conference 2025 today, marking the end of a week of strategic dialogue, bilateral engagements, and multinational collaboration among senior naval infantry leaders from across the Western Hemisphere and Allied nations.