U.S. Special Operations Command: Effectively Engaged Today, Framing the Future Fight

Abstract

Since its inception, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has been committed to making its role in a current or future fight a success. Conceived from the failed rescue attempt of American hostages in Iran in 1980, USSOCOM would come to exemplify the concepts of jointness and transformation before the terms became widely used.1 From the catastrophe known as "Desert One" came a loud call for reform: a change in the nature, condition, and character of a force that needed to be interoperable across and outside the services to deal with the growing threat of low-intensity conflict. Congress and the Department of Defense (DOD) would spend several years determining the policy fixes required to improve Special Operations Forces (SOF) readiness and capability. Ultimately, those requirements would equate to a highly capable, uniquely skilled and equipped group of Active Duty and Reserve Component forces who successfully conduct Special Operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA521857

Entities

People

  • Paulette M. Risher

Organizations

  • National Defense University

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  • Combatant Commanders
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  • Military Education
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  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
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  • Special Operations Forces
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  • Unified Combatant Commands
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  • United States Special Operations Command
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