United States Army Special Forces
United States Army Special Forces are both units and a military specialty designation in the United States Army
For many countries, "special forces" is a generic term. For the United States, it refers to specific units, and thus the more general term is special operations forces. In the U.S., Special Forces are trained and have their "home" in the United States Special Operations Command. In some cases, USSOCOM has operational control, but Special Forces (and other special operations forces) are usually attached to geographically Unified Combatant Commands.
Special Forces have a core set of seven missions, and may carry out other related duties.
| Primary mission | Secondary mission |
|---|---|
| unconventional warfare (United States doctrine) | Combat search and rescue (CSAR) |
| Foreign internal defense(FID) | [[security assistance |
| Special reconnaissance (SR) | Peacekeeping |
| direct action (DA) | humanitarian assistance |
| counter-terrorism (CT) | humanitarian demining |
| Counter-proliferation (CP) | Counter-drug operations |
| psychological operations (United States) (PsyOps) | -- |
| information operations (IO) | -- |
USSOCOM units or other U.S. government activities may be the specialists in these secondary areas[1]
References
- ↑ Joint Chiefs of Staff (17 December 2003), Joint Publication 3-05: Doctrine for Joint Special Operations. Retrieved on 2008-04-27