Editor's Foreword

FORCES BY ROLE
Combined Service 1 HQ located at MacDill AFB (FL)
US Army
SF 5 gp (each: 3 SF bn)
Ranger 1 regt (3-4 Ranger bn)
Sigs 1 bn
Spt 1 sustainment bde
Avn 1 regt (160 SOAR) (4 avn bn)
Psyops 1 gp (5 psyops bn)
Civil Affairs 1 bn (5 civil affairs coy)
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
UAV 57: 15 Tern; 14 Mako; 28 Snowgoose
reserve Organisations
Army National Guard
SF 2 gp (total: 3 SF bn)
Army reserve
Psyops 2 gp
Civil Affairs 12 (4 comd, 8 bde) HQ; 36 (coys) bn
US Navy Special Operations Forces 5,400
Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) is organised
around eight SEAL Teams and two SEAL Delivery Vehicle
(SDV) Teams. These components deploy SEAL
Teams, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams, and Special Boat
Teams worldwide to meet the training, exercise, contingency
and wartime requirements of theatre commanders.
Operationally up to two of the eight SEAL Teams are
deployed at any given time.
FORCES BY ROLE
NSWC 1 comd; 8 SEAL team (48 pl);
2 SDV team
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
SF 6 DDS
Naval reserve Force
Delivery veh 1 det
Naval Special Warfare 6 (Gp) det; 3 det; 1 det
Special Boat 2 unit; 2 sqn
HQ 1 (CINCSOC) det
SEAL 8 det
FACILITIES
Navy Special Warfare Command (NSWC), Coronado
CA
US Marine Special Operations command
(MArSOc)
Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is a
component of USSOCOM and consists of four subordinate
units: the 1 st and 2 nd Marine Special Operations Battalions;
the Marine Special Operations Advisory Group;
and the Marine Special Operations Support Group. MAR-
SOC Headquarters, the 2 nd Marine Special Operations
Battalion, the Marine Special Operations School, and the
North America
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Marine Special Operations Support Group are stationed
at Camp Lejeune, NC. The 1 st Marine Special Operations
Battalion is stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA.
US Air Force
FORCES BY ROLE
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
includes about 13,000 active and reserve personnel.
AFSOC is headquartered at Hurlburt Field, FL, along with
the 720th Special Tactics Group, the 1st Special Operations
Wing (SOW) and the USAF Special Operations School
and Training Center. 27th SOW is located at Cannon
Air Force Base, NM. 352nd Special Operations Group is
at RAF Mildenhall, UK, and 353rd Special Operations
Group, is at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Reserve AFSOC
components include the 193rd SOW, ANG, stationed at
Harrisburg, PA and the 919th Special Operations Wing,
AFR, stationed at Duke Field, FL. AFSOC’s three activeduty
flying units have more than 100 fixed and rotarywing
aircraft. AFSOC plans to procure 50 CV-22s by
2017, and would like to increase its MC-130 fleet to 61
aircraft to accommodate the growth of army and marine
corps special operations forces.
FORCES BY ROLE
Special Ops 2 sqn with AC-130H/U Spectre; 3 sqn
with MC-130E/H Combat Talon; 1 sqn
with MC-130P Combat Shadow; 1 sqn with
MC-130P Combat Shadow/C-130 Hercules;
1 sqn with MC-130W Combat Spear; 2 sqn
with U-28A; 2 sqn with CV-22 Osprey (+2
sqn personnel only); 1 sqn with C-130E
Hercules; An-26; UH-1N Iroqouis; Mi-8; 1
sqn with MQ-1B Predator
reserve Organisations
Air National Guard
Special Ops 1 sqn with EC-130J Commando Solo
Air Force reserve
Special Ops 2 sqn with MC-130E Combat Talon; 1 sqn
with MC-130P Combat Shadow (personnel
only)
DEPLOYMENT
AFGHANISTAN
NATO • ISAF 34,800; 1 div HQ; 1 mech inf SBCT; 2 lt inf
IBCT; 1 AB IBCT; 2 cbt avn bde; 1 USMC MEB with (1 RCT)
US central command • Operation Enduring Freedom –
Afghanistan 31,129; 1 AB IBCT (trg); 1 ARNG lt inf IBCT
(trg)
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE (ISAF and OEF-A)
AH-64 Apache, OH-58 Kiowa, CH-47 Chinook, UH-60
Black Hawk, M119, M198, Stryker, 3,200 MRAP, M-ATV,
F-15E Strike Eagle, A-10 Thunderbolt II, EC-130H Compass
Call, C-130 Hercules, HH-60 Pave Hawk, MV-22B Osprey,
AV-8B Harrier, KC-130J Hercules, AH-IW Cobra, CH-
53 Sea Stallion, UH-IN Iroquois, RQ-7B Shadow, MQ-1
Predator, MQ-9 Reaper
North America