An American Foreign Legion in USSOCOM

Abstract

This paper examines the model of the French Foreign Legion to fill a critical skill gap within the Department of Defense. U.S. history is filled with the recruitment and utilization of foreign born military service members. Despite security concerns that have stalled the Military Accession Vital to the National Interest program, there still exists a strong draw for foreign nationals to join the U.S. military to fast track U.S. citizenship. The U.S. needs to establish a Special Operations Command led American Foreign Legion. This Special Operations Force American Foreign Legion would be led by Special Operations officers and Staff NCOs who could capitalize on the legionnaires cultural and language skills.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 2020
Accession Number
AD1177710

Entities

People

  • Andrew M Jarosz

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Battles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Geography
  • Gray Zone
  • Hybrid Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Iraqi-War
  • Marine Corps
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Order Of Battle
  • Personnel Management
  • Private Military Companies
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United Kingdom
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3