in a quick response to tigerstr's comment, it absolutely, completely in all sense of the meaning is more than enough reason to leave the Corps if you know you're going to get kicked back out to the fleet after only five years in MARSOC. it's a feel good way of making sure someone who didn't make it through selection or never could for that matter, doesn't feel like there's an elitist group of marines out there.
The reason navspecwarfare and army sf does so well is the environment the men who are involved in it maintain. they don't have to worry about making some fat ass who's never went to a&s feel like a lesser Marine. in about ten to 15 years when all of the grandfathered Marines are either booted to the fleet or assessed and selected and went through the no shit marsoc pipeline, Marsoc will be worth being in. until then, there's just too many grandpas and "msosg" with huge socom car window stickers who've never earned their right to be in marsoc hanging around. that's my beef and that's my peace.