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National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy	Special Operations Command Plans for Expanded Role in U.S. War on Terrorism The new role for special operations forces would not interfere with the U.S. Central Command's leadership in Iraq or Afghanistan.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Special Operations Command Faces Personnel Shortages Some of the most skilled personnel slots may face future shortages, including civil affairs operators, psychological operations staff, special forces units and combat controllers.
National Defense February 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Unit to Deploy Under SEAL Command An elite unit of about 85 Marines is scheduled to deploy in April as part of a Navy SEAL squadron. The detachment, for all intents and purposes, formalizes the Marine Corps' relationship with the U.S. Special Operations Command.
National Defense February 2008 Breanne Wagner	Special Operators Ponder the Right Mix of Roles and Missions U.S. Special Operations Command is growing. From 48,000 personnel today, its numbers are expected to increase to 58,000 in the coming years. But how will they be used?
National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy	Forces Under Stress The Special Operations Command is struggling to retain its most experienced personnel while it moves to fill a growing role in the U.S. war against terrorism.
Parameters Winter 2005/2006 Mitchell J. Thompson	Breaking the Proconsulate: A New Design for National Power There have been few truly transformational changes to the institutions of national security, only slight modifications to the existing ones.
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Equipment Shortages Undercut U.S. Special Operations Forces The U.S. Special Operations Command has seen its budget and personnel nearly double since 2001. But analysts caution that the command may be stretching itself thin because it has not acquired enough additional equipment to support a larger force.
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron	Irregular Warfare Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a template for fighting terrorism.
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy	Coalition Training U.S. special operations forces step up collaboration with allies.
National Defense June 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Operations Forces in the Market For Global Communications Technology When they deploy to combat zones, special operations troops bring along a multitude of gizmos. Besides basic line-of-sight radios to communicate with their peers, they need devices to connect with other U.S. government agencies and allies.
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
National Defense April 2004 Roxana Tiron	Special Operators Must Change to Win War Despite their successes in recent conflicts, U.S. special operations forces need to alter their approach to win the war on terrorism, according to top military officials.
National Defense January 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Special Operations Command Bypasses Acquisition Red Tape That continued ability to field equipment in weeks or months instead of years will be critical as U.S. military strategy shifts from Afghanistan and focuses on smaller, global missions led by special operation forces.
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell	Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war?
National Defense November 2007 Stew Magnuson	Units That Work With Civilians Often Disregarded, Soldiers Claim Experienced military troops who are trained to communicate with foreign audiences are neglected and underutilized, argue the authors of "United States Special Operations Command," a new book that is sparking debate within the special operations community.
Parameters Summer 2004 Gordon & Sollinger	The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it.
National Defense July 2013 Dan Parsons	U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Intelligence Capabilities for Duty Worldwide Business opportunities abound providing communications and ISR gear for special operations.
National Defense May 2013 Stew Magnuson	Special Operations Missions to Require New Doctrine Whether it is called "soft power," or the latest buzzword, "the seventh warfighting function," special operations forces are entering a new chapter in their storied history, senior SOF leaders said.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	Goal of a `Network-Centric' Military Seems Distant Unblocking communications and data sharing barriers is necessary if the military will achieve its longtime goal of becoming a network-centric force.
National Defense April 2009 Grace V. Jean	U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Culturally Attuned Warriors Candidates who hope to join the Army's Special Forces, whether recruited from the services or other programs, will face higher standards in training.
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson	Changes on the Horizon For Special Operations Command as Force Grows No one in the White House or Pentagon is talking about cutting the ranks of special operators. They number about 66,000 personnel now, and the goal to reach 70,000 will not change.
National Defense April 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Special Operations Command: Strategies, Opportunities in Long War on Terrorism In this long, non-traditional war the nation is fighting, we must recognize that it will take unconventional methods and tactics to deal with this enemy, and to defeat its robust network.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Kicks Off Staff Reorganization Air Force officials intend to have in place by October nine new war-fighting headquarters that are intended to improve efficiency when organizing combat efforts.
National Defense January 2004 Carolyn Maloney	Advanced Technology Demonstrations Proven in Iraq The war in Iraq helped demonstrate several Defense Department research and development programs that started out more than a decade ago as Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations.
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron	Pentagon Seeks Joint Doctrine, Training for Personnel Recovery Despite accounting for each and every missing soldier in the Iraq war the combat search and rescue community is stretched thin and grappling with gaps ranging from policy to training.
National Defense April 2008 Stew Magnuson	Special Operations Command: It Takes Too Long to Get Equipment To carry out their mission in Iraq, special operators will need better sensors, more up to date aircraft, and additional tactical trucks.
National Defense May 2015 Ariel Robinson	Something Special About Doing Business With SOCOM There is a reason why many defense contractors consider U.S. Special Operations Command a dream customer. SOCOM knows what it wants, and it moves quickly to get it.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Wilson, Gordon & Johnson	An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades.
National Defense May 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Civil Affairs Army and U.S. Special Operations Command officials are studying proposals to reorganize the small but highly in-demand civil affairs force.
Parameters Summer 2004 Brownlee & Schoomaker	Serving a Nation at War: A Campaign Quality Army with Joint and Expeditionary Capabilities The United States is driving a rapid evolution in the methods and techniques of war.
National Defense August 2007 Breanne Wagner	Special Operators Criticized for Snubbing Unconventional Approaches As U.S. special operations forces undergo a shift in responsibilities and a surge in personnel, a heated debate has developed about their future priorities.
National Defense February 2004 Roxana Tiron	SOCOM a Trailblazer For Joint Training The joint-service approach to training employed by U.S. special operations forces has become a model for the Defense Department's Joint National Training Capability, officials said. Under JNTC, the plan is to increase the amount of training that the services conduct jointly.
National Defense February 2005 Roxana Tiron	Efforts to Deploy Sea Bases Could Draw Lessons From Special Warfare As the U.S. military attempts to develop the technology and doctrine that will allow it to launch and sustain missions solely from the sea, special operations forces have been carrying out such operations on a smaller scale for more than two decades, according to a top Navy official.
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	Shift to Special Operations Will Not `Gut' the Marine Corps, General Says The Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is the first major Marine Corps component ever to join the U.S. Special Operations Command.
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Forces' Skills `Needed More Than Ever' Experts are questioning whether the Pentagon is making the best use of highly skilled special operations forces in the nation's war against extremist Islamic groups.
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army Special Forces Gear Up For Gray Eagle As the Army ramps up production of the Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft, officials at U.S. Army Special Operations Command are developing tactics and plans for operating two companies worth of vehicles slated to come online beginning in 2013.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	GAO Concerned About Special Ops Budget Metrics The Defense Department is not effectively assessing how much it spends on special operations forces, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.
National Defense May 2015 Valerie Insinna	Spotlight on Middle East Special Operators as Conflict Embroils Region With many countries in the region worried about insurgents and terror groups, it's common sense that countries there will seek to boost their special operations forces with new equipment.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Christopher J. Toomey	Army Digitization: Making it Ready for Prime Time The Army's commitment to creating a digitized force elicits some key questions about how the Army will make the transition from an analog force in the face of rapidly changing technology while maintaining the capability to meet key strategic and operational challenges.
National Defense May 2014 Stew Magnuson	Changing Missions Means New Equipment Needs for Special Operators Special Operations Command's acquisition organization for the past 12 years has been working under one axiom. Whatever they needed they could get it. But those days are quickly coming to an end.
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean	Special Operators Want Lighter, User-Friendly Equipment -- And Fast The U.S. Special Operations Command doesn't care whether industry has the latest and greatest technology if it can't put it quickly into the hands of troops.
National Defense February 2005 Tiron & Pappalardo	Sharper Focus On Special Operators Seen Worldwide Special operations forces around the world are being molded in the image of the elite military units of the United States, a development that is likely to shape future coalitions.
National Defense August 2012 Eric Beidel	Budget Cuts Could Threaten Special Operations Innovation If any part of the military is going to weather the budget storm and still be able to carry out ambitious, speedy acquisitions, experts say it will be SOCOM. But that doesn't mean austerity won't challenge the command or force it to change the way it has been doing things for the past decade.
National Defense May 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Successful Net-Centric Operations Require Joint Testing The wars U.S. forces are fighting today---and can be expected to fight in the foreseeable future---undoubtedly are shaping the military services' requirements for new and improved technology.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions.
National Defense March 2006 James A. Gavrilis	Army Must Address Irregular Warfare Needs The Army's largest-ever modernization program, the Future Combat Systems (FCS), is expected to deliver a kit bag of new capabilities for the tactical force. It's easy to see how FCS technologies will provide a clear advantage in the conventional fight, but it is less clear how this program will improve capabilities in unconventional warfare.
National Defense February 2004 Harold Kennedy	From Buck Private to Chief of SOCOM Gen. Bryan "Doug" Brown -- who became head of the U.S. Special Operations Command in September -- joined the Army as a private in 1967.
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al.	10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.
National Defense February 2004 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Special Operations Command: A Snapshot A look at what SOCOM comprises
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon	The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.