Horizons - United States Special Operations Command

Issue 3, Fall 2009Page 4Deployed Lessons LearnedActive Collection Teamsgather valuable observations,insights and lessons learnedaround the worldContentsUSSOCOM’s Lessons Learned Branch - On The Go in Iraq,Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa .................................................4Operationalizing Irregular Warfare .................................................7Irregular Warfare Implementation Progress – Part II ...............10Page 18Aviation resourcedevelopment as a keycomponent in support ofnation building strategiesPage 26Wargames provide aninvaluable opportunity tofurther develop SpecialOperations ForcesProposed Precepts for Irregular Warfare ......................................13Aviation Development in Nation-Assistance Strategies:Are We Overlooking a Critical Asymmetric Advantage? ...........18Draining the Swamp: The Role of Operational Knowledge inFighting the Persistent Conflict .....................................................22The Purpose of Wargaming .............................................................26Lessons Learned: Support to the Combat Missions NeedsStatement and SOF Capabilities Integration and DevelopmentSystem ..................................................................................................30Nexus: John Boyd, Special Operations Forces at War, and theInformation Age .................................................................................33Page 33Col. John Boyd’s legacy intoday’s SOF strategies andactivitiesFall 2009 1