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03-02-09, 07:08 AM
Marines celebrate 3rd anniversary of special ops

Associated Press - March 2, 2009 4:15 AM ET

CAMP LEJEUNE N.C. (AP) - The Marine Corps is celebrating the third anniversary of its Special Operations Command with a ceremony in North Carolina.

The command was created at Camp Lejeune to add to the military's ranks of troops trained in special warfare. The command said that in the past year its Marines have deployed 28 times to 13 countries. The command also created its first individual training course.

The ceremony will be held Monday.

There are 2,125 members of the command, including civilians, which is about 84% of its expected size of 2,500 members.

In 2007, a company of special ops Marines was pulled out of Afghanistan and investigated. A court of inquiry found the Marines acted appropriately when they opened fire after their convoy was hit by a car bomb and gunfire.

Ellie