USMC-USSOCOM Relationship: Does Increased Interoperability Necessitate Force Contribution

Abstract

This paper will examine the Marine Corps' past, present, and future relationship with Special Operations Forces (SOF). It accomplishs this by discussing the historical background of the unification of special operations under United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM); why the Marines Corps chose not to contribute forces to USSOCOM; how the relationship between the Marines Corps and USSOCOM has evolved; what the Marine Corps' current experiment in force contribution is; and what I believe the future relationship of the two organizations should be. Ultimately, this paper attempts to determine if interoperability between the Marine Corps and USSOCOM is sufficient or whether the Marine Corps should provide a permanent force contribution to USSOCOM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA523762

Entities

People

  • John A. Van Messel

Organizations

  • Marine Corps War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Areas
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Information Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Psychological Operations
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Marine Mammal Biology

Technology Areas

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