My brother is Marine Force Recon. Its still SOC. And not a grunt infantry unit.
Not to be a dick, but I have a hard time believing your brother is Task Force Recon, if he really is, props to him, that's not easy. But, Force may be Special Operations Capable but they are not a part of JSOC, let alone USSOCOM, unless that changed recently. MARSOC (which is the best of the Recon guys) is a part of USSOCOM, but even they're still not at the same level as the Tier 1 units.
The operators we were discussing are Tier 1 Special Mission Units, which are much, much different level than even the Force guys. They are comprised of only a select few units, specifically Army SFOD-Delta and Navy DEVGRU (which are comprised of the best of the best from the SEAL's and Army SF).