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DESERT ONE

DESERT ONE. “Mr. President, I think we have an abort situation.” Former Secretary of Defense Brown, April 1980. USSOCOM MISSION. FUNCTIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND. SUPPORTED COMMANDER FOR PLANNING FOR THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SUPPORTED OR SUPPORTING COMMANDER FOR GWOT EXECUTION

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DESERT ONE

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  1. DESERT ONE “Mr. President, I think we have an abort situation.”Former Secretary of Defense Brown, April 1980

  2. USSOCOM MISSION

  3. FUNCTIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND • SUPPORTED COMMANDER FOR PLANNING FOR THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM • SUPPORTED OR SUPPORTING COMMANDER FOR GWOT EXECUTION • COMBATANT COMMANDER OF U.S. BASED SOF • PROVIDE SOF TO REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMANDERS

  4. SERVICE LIKE RESPONSIBILITIES • STRATEGY, DOCTRINE, TACTICS • ORGANIZE, TRAIN & EQUIP SOF • PROGRAM & BUDGET FOR SOF • DEVELOP/PROCURE SOF PECULIAR: • EQUIPMENT • MATERIEL, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES • ENSURE INTEROPERABILITY OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL • MONITOR SOF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT • INTERNAL AUDITS

  5. MH – 47E ASDS Modified with MFP 11 All MFP 11 R&D and procurement SERVICE LIKE RESPONSIBILITIES M4 Carbine MBITR MBMMR Modified with MFP 11 MFP 11 R&D with ASD/NII interest

  6. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES WHAT DO WE DO? • WHO ARE WE?

  7. SOF CORE TASKS • Counterproliferation of WMD • Counterterrorism • Direct Action • Psychological Operations • Information Operations • Foreign Internal Defense • Special Reconnaissance • Civil Affairs Operations • Unconventional Warfare

  8. THE SOF TEAM UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (USSOCOM) UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (USASOC) NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND (NAVSPECWARCOM) AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (AFSOC) JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (JSOC) SPECIAL FORCES RANGERS AVIATION PSYOP CIVIL AFFAIRS SEAL TEAMS SPECIAL BOAT TEAMS SEAL DELIVERY VEHICLE TEAMS JOINT STANDING BATTLESTAFFS AND C4I STRUCTURE AVIATION - FIXED WING - ROTARY WING SPECIAL TACTICS COMBAT WEATHER

  9. THEATER SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

  10. SOF RELEVANCE IS ITS PEOPLE SOF VALUES: Integrity, Courage, Competency, Creativity

  11. SOF TRUTHS • Humans are more important than hardware • Quality is better than Quantity • Special Operations Forces cannot be mass produced • Competent Special Operations Forces cannot be • created after emergencies occur

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