USSOCOM Fact Book - United States Special Operations Command

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Established in 1980, the JointSpecial Operations Command is a subunifiedcommand of USSOCOM. JSOCprovides a joint headquarters to studySpecial Operations requirements, ensuresinteroperability and equipmentstandardization, develops joint Special Operations plansand tactics, and conducts joint Special Operationsexercises and training.The Joint Special OperationsUniversity resides at MacDill Air ForceBase, Fla. JSOU’s mission is to educateSpecial Operations Forces executive,senior and intermediate leaders andselected other national and internationalsecurity decision-makers, both military and civilian,through teaching, research and outreach in thescience and art of Joint SpecialOperations.As a Joint Subordinate Commandwithin USSOCOM, the Joint MilitaryInformation Support Command servesas a key contributor in the Department ofDefense’s ongoing efforts to erode adversary power, willand influence. JMISC is responsible to plan, coordinate,integrate, and when directed, execute trans-regionalinfluence over relevant populations in support ofCombatant Commands, the Secretary of Defense andselect government agencies to achieve operational,strategic and national goals and objectives. The seniorlevelmilitary and DOD civilians who compose theorganization include: military information supportoperations specialists, strategic and regional intelligenceanalysts, behavioral scientists, cultural advisors, mediaexperts and multi-media product developers. The JMISCprovides the DOD with a dynamic, responsive andsophisticated influence capability that plans, coordinatesand manages the execution of trans-regional informationprograms in support of the DOD and regional securityobjectives.Theater Special Operations CommandsJoint Forces Command and each geographiccombatant command have a Special Operationscomponent commander just like it has a ground, air andnaval component commander. The commander of theTheater Special Operations Command is responsible forcommanding all SOF in the theater to which the TSOC isassigned. The TSOC is a sub-unified command of thegeographic combatant command and the source ofexpertise in all areas of Special Operations. The TSOCprovides the geographic combatant commanders with aseparate element to plan and control joint SOF in theirtheaters.SOCCENTSpecial Operations Command Central, headquarteredat MacDill Air Force Base, is a subordinate unifiedcommand of U.S. Central Command. It is responsible forplanning Special Operations throughout theUSCENTCOM area of responsibility, planning andconducting peacetime joint/combined Special Operationstraining exercises and orchestrating command andcontrol of peacetime and wartime Special Operations asdirected. SOCCENT exercises operational control ofassigned and attached SOF that deploy for the executionof training and for operational missions in theUSCENTCOM AOR as directed by the USCENTCOMcommander. When directed by the USCENTCOMcommander, SOCCENT forms a JSOTF.SOCEURSpecial Operations Command Europe headquarters islocated at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. SOCEURis a subordinate unified command of U.S. EuropeanCommand exercising operational control of theaterArmy, Navy and Air Force Special Operations Forces.SOCEUR is responsible to the commander ofUSEUCOM and the Supreme Allied Commander Europefor SOF readiness, targeting, exercises, plans, joint andcombined training, NATO/partnership activities andexecution of counterterrorism, peacetime andcontingency operations.SOCPACSpecial Operations Command Pacific, located atCamp H. M. Smith, Oahu, Hawaii, is a sub-unifiedcommand and serves as the SOF component commandfor the U.S. Pacific Command. The AOR of thecommander in chief, USPACOM, represents the largestgeographic area of the unified commands. It covers morethan half of the Earth’s surface with approximately 105USSOCOM Fact Book42
million square miles and nearly 60 percent of the world’spopulation. Distance, diversity, and change characterizethe USPACOM AOR.SOCKORSpecial Operations Command Korea, located atCamp Kim in Yongsan, Korea, is the Theater SOCresponsible for Special Operations on the Koreanpeninsula and, when established, the Korean Theater ofOperations. The KTO and SOCKOR exist because therehas never been a peace treaty officially ending theKorean War. Military forces on the Korean Peninsulamaintain a heightened state of readiness to respond tothe resumption of hostilities with little or no warning.SOCJFCOMSpecial Operations Command - Joint ForcesCommand is a sub-unified command of USJFCOM andis unique among all other Theater Special OperationsCommands assigned to combatant commanders.SOCJFCOM is DOD’s primary joint Special OperationsForces trainer and integrator. SOCJFCOM’s mission isto train conventional and Special Operations joint forcecommanders and their staffs in the employment of SOFfocusing on full integration of SOF and conventionalforces in planning and execution to enhance war-fightingreadiness. Located in Norfolk, Va., SOCJFCOMsupports all geographic combatant commanders and jointtask forces in Overseas Contingency Operations, as wellas Combined Joint Special Operations Task Forces insupport of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation IraqiFreedom, Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, Theater SOCsand the U.S. Special Operations Command Center forSpecial Operations.SOCSOUTHA subordinate unified command of U.S. SouthernCommand, SOCSOUTH is the theater functionalcomponent for Special Operations. It is responsible forall Special Operations Forces in the theater to includecivil affairs and military information operations forces.SOCSOUTH’s headquarters is located at Homestead AirReserve Base, Fla. SOCSOUTH is composed of a jointheadquarters, three permanently assigned operationalunits and CONUS-based deployed SOF. The commandmanages more than 200 SOF deployments per year withan average of 42 missions in 26 countries at any time.SOCAFRICAOn October 1, 2008, SOCAFRICA was establishedas U.S. Africa Command’s Theater Special OperationsCommand — a functional, sub-unified specialoperations command for Africa. SOCAFRICAcontributes to U.S. Africa Command’s mission throughthe application of the full spectrum of special operationsforces capabilities including civil affairs, informationoperations, theater security cooperation, crisis response,and campaign planning.USSOCOM Fact Book43
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