Optimization within United States Special Operations Command

Abstract

The United States Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) components from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) often deploy in the same theater, but are separated into Special Operation Service Component Commands (SOSCCs.) This separation acts as a barrier in the optimization of USSOCOM and the necessity for SOF to utilize this valuable synergy is given impetus when we consider how SOF has been heavily relied on for the past 18 years, specifically in the Global War on Terror (GWOT.) Many service members have lost their lives during operations within the GWOT, and there continues to be no clear solution for stability in many regions. The disjointed SOF communities do not help. The missed potential of enhancing the joint SOF force counters the strategic narrative to build a more lethal force and costs the lives of innocent people in conflict-torn territories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 2019
Accession Number
AD1105300

Entities

People

  • Robert F Davis

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Seal Teams
  • Second World War
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3