The U.S. Marine Corps just got a blast from the past: Its elite Special Operations Command will adopt the iconic “Raiders” name used by commandos during World War II to describe its Special ...

Now, an elite branch of the U.S. Marine Corps officially will be known as Raiders. The Marines renamed several special-operations units as Marine Raiders at a ceremony on Friday, resurrecting a ...

released by the Marine Corps late Monday, measures 2 inches by 2¾ inches and includes several nods toward the Marine Raiders of World War II, the elite troops who participated in bloody battles ...