The Marine Corps' cadre of special operations troops expects to be deployed on a continual basis to North Africa and the Trans-Sahara to support regional strategic initiatives led by U.S. Africa Command's special operations directorate, according to a senior service official. "It probably will [happen]," Col. Stephen Davis, deputy commander of Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC), said of the possible deployment strategy being mulled by senior leaders at U.S. Special Operations Command and at the theater special operations command...
