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.
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 Forces 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...
FASTEUR Marines, MESRON 11 and EODMU 8 participate in the Sierra del Retin field exercise 2023.
Marine Corps Security Force Regiment hosted the 1st Annual MCSFR Squad Competition at Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia, April 24-30, 2021.
Marine Corps Security Force Regiment hosted the 1st Annual MCSFR Squad Competition at Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia, April 24-30, 2021....
General Alfred M. Gray Jr., the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, died March 20 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 95. General Gray was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 39 years, Jan, who passed away January 30, 2020.
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U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked upon the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), arrived in Visakhapatnam, India to participate in the third iteration of Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH between the U.S. and India, March 18.
In May 2022, Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Frazier, an intel instructor with Marine Corps Detachment Dam Neck, Virginia, spotted a young man contemplating jumping off a bridge while driving northbound interstate 64. Without hesitation, Frazier pulled over and dialed 911.
In response to the 2018 National Defense Strategy's warning that peer adversaries are actively challenging the established global order, the Marine Corps initiated a monumental transition from its conventional land-based operations toward a concentrated emphasis on naval expeditionary capabilities — particularly within contested littoral regions.
Donald Raasch, a veteran of the Marine Corps and the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience as a Marine and at the harrowing battle that will forever symbolize the indomitable fighting spirit of Marines...