Ceremony welcomes new MarSOC commander

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Ceremony welcomes new MarSOC commander
By Trista Talton - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 20, 2009 17:51:16 EST

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command welcomed a new commander Friday.

Maj. Gen. Paul Lefebvre took command during a morning ceremony in front of MarSOC’s new headquarters building at Stone Bay. He replaces Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson, MarSOC’s second commander, who retired after 34 years in the Corps.

“I am stunned at how far and how fast (MarSOC) has come,” Robeson said.

MarSOC was activated at Camp Lejeune in February 2006 and has grown to more than 2,200 Marines and sailors, reaching nearly 85 percent of its 2,600-person capacity. The command has Marines operating in countries throughout the world, including areas in western Afghanistan, where companies have conducted missions since 2007. Earlier this month, MarSOC sent its first special operations task force into Afghanistan, where it commands spec ops units within a region.

MarSOC will stay busy, said Adm. Eric Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, one of the dozens of brass at the change of command.


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