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The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC (/ ˈ j uː s ə ˌ s ɒ k / YOO-sə-sok [5])) is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army. Headquartered at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, it is the largest component of the United States Special Operations Command.
USASOC commands such units as the well known Special Forces (SF, or the "Green Berets"), the Rangers, and such relatively unknown units as two psychological operations groups, a special aviation regiment, a civil affairs brigade, and a special sustainment brigade. These are one of the USSOCOM's main weapons for waging unconventional warfare and ...
The size of the Command is nearly 13,500 Soldiers, [2] which is 76% of the Department of Defense's Civil Affairs forces and 63% of Psychological Operations forces. [3] Historically, USACAPOC(A) was one of four major subordinate commands composing the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC).
The 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) is a division-level special operations forces command within the United States Army Special Operations Command. [7] The command was first established in 1989 and reorganized in 2014 grouping together the Army Special Forces (a.k.a. "the Green Berets"), [8] [9] [10] psychological operations, civil affairs, and support troops into a single organization ...
Shawn R. Satterfield, Director, Joint SOF Force Development and Design (J7) (Provisional) and Deputy Commander for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs [3] Steven M. Marks, Director (J8) [4] Michael G. Dudas, Director, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (J10) Francis L. Donovan, Vice Commander
The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, to develop joint special operations tactics, and to execute special ...
Brig. Gen. Jason Slider, incoming commander for the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, makes remarks during a command change ceremony Friday, June 21, 2024, at Fort Liberty.
USASOAC was established 25 March 2011 consisting of 135 headquarters soldiers and subordinate units totaling more than 3,300 personnel, include the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), (160th SOAR (A)) which features 4 Aviation Battalions, the USASOC Flight Company, the Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion, the ...