Role of United States Special Operations Forces in Peace Operations.

Abstract

The United States Department of Defense during the last five years increased its support and deployments to Peace Operations (POs). This study explores the roles and missions for Special Operations Forces (SOF) from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. The SRP does not discuss the Marine's Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEU (SOC)). This is because the author does not believe them to be true Special Operations Forces, but conventional/general purpose forces with some specialized training. This paper describes each service's Special Operations Forces; their core missions, capabilities, limitations and command and control headquarters. The focus of this paper is to describe each SOF unit so that the reader will have a clearer understanding of the missions and capabilities of SOF forces as they assist in POs. The level of technical detail and definition of the material in this paper is written for personnel who have some knowledge of U.S. SOF units. Information contained in this paper would be beneficial to members of a joint staff. The research of this paper relied on current doctrinal documents and after action reports from recent 'Military Operations Other than War.'

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309391

Entities

People

  • Leslie L. Fuller

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Special Operations Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control