SOF Lineage and History

2. SOF Lineage and History Vietnam Iran Pakistan

3. USSOCOM A Unique Organization … with Service-like responsibilities A Unified Combatant Command • Organize, train, equip SOF • Develop SOF strategy, doctrine, and tactics • Program and budget for SOF • Procure SOF-peculiar equipment • Monitor management of SOF personnel • Ensure interoperability • Conduct internal audits • Responsibility to man, train and equip SOF • Synchronize planning for global operations against terrorist networks • Deploy SOF to support GCCs • As directed, conduct operations globally • Plan & execute pre-crisis activities

4. Global Strategic Context Conditions • Weak governance • Political turmoil • Corruption • Poverty • Unequal wealth distribution • Infectious disease • Social class exclusion • Impunity • Porous borders • Underemployment • Environmental & energy challenges • Challenges • Transnational Organized Crime • Illicit trafficking • Crime / urban gangs • Narco-terrorism • Violent Extremist Organizations • Money laundering • Natural disasters • Proliferation • Cybercrime • Trafficking in persons • Mass migration “Build, balance, and integrate the tools of American power to combat transnational organized crime and related threats to national security—and urge our foreign partners to do the same.” Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, July 2011

5. 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance SOF must optimize its support of Geographic Combatant Commanders, improve partner nation capacity, empower Interagency coordination and preserve the force. Conduct global CT efforts characterized by a mix of Direct and Indirect activities Be agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies Build capacity and competence of U.S., allied and partner forces for internal and external defense Develop innovative, low-cost, and small-footprint approaches to achieve our security objectives

6. USSOCOM Mission and Vision • - Organize, train and equip SOF Forces • Synchronize DoD planning for • global operations against terrorist networks. • A Globally networked force of SOF, • interagency, allies and partners able to • rapidly or persistently address regional • contingencies and threats to stability • SOCOM Strategy 2020

7. USSOCOM Commander’s Priorities VISION: A GLOBALLY NETWORKED FORCE OF SOF, INTERAGENCY, ALLIES, AND PARTNERS ABLE TO RAPIDLY OR PERSISTENTLY ADDRESS REGIONAL CONTINGENCIES AND THREATS TO STABILITY DESIRED OUTCOMES INCREASE SUPPORT TO GCCs LOO 1. WIN THE CURRENT FIGHT MULTILATERAL SOF CAPABILTIES THAT CAN IDENTIFY, DISRUPT, AND/OR DEFEAT THREATS LOO 2. EXPAND THE GLOBAL SOF NETWORK RESOURCE FLEXIBILITY WITH APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT HEALTHY FORCE AND FAMILIES AGILE SOF NETWORK, SYNCHRONIZED GLOBALLY TSOCS ARE THE HUB OF AN EXPANDED SOF NETWORK 3.4 IMPLEMENT SOFORGEN LOO 3. PRESERVE THE FORCE /FAMILIES LOO 4. RESPONSIVE RESOURCING

8. Theater Special Operations Commands USEUCOM USNORTHCOM SOCEUR Stuttgart, Germany USCENTCOM SODNORTH Peterson AFB, Colorado USAFRICOM SOCKOR Camp Kim, Seoul, Korea USSOUTHCOM SOCCENT MacDill AFB, Florida USPACOM USPACOM SOCAFRICA Stuttgart, Germany SOCPAC Camp Smith, Hawaii SOCSOUTH Homestead ARB, Florida

9. Commanders’ Intent • “Our challenge is to give our operators what they need to fight today’s fight, while vigorously pursuing and incorporating cutting edge technology, ensuring friendly forces information superiority against a highly skilled, networked, and adaptive adversary.” • Admiral William H. McRaven • Commander, US Special Operations Command “The most important thing we do is to ensure that we have world class special operators. C4I is the second most important thing we do.” (C4I is Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence) Admiral William H. McRaven Commander, US Special Operations Command • “Our communications network must move at the speed of war.” • Admiral William H. McRaven • Commander, US Special Operations Command

10. SOF Information Environment (SIE) Spans from the COCOM HQ to the individual SOF operator in the field • STRATEGIC • 5 x SOCOM Strategic Entry Points (SSEP) • Gateways to SIE from DISN; other Networks • 6 x Media Ports • Contract supported termination points for • SOF tactical systems • 2 x Distributed Data Centers (DDC) • OPERATIONAL • 1 x Mobile SOCOM Strategic Entry Point • Supporting AFGAN theater of operations • 54 x Garrison locations at Component • and TSOC locations • TACTICAL • 900+ SOF Deployable Nodes (SDN) • Direct support to Real World, Exercise • and Training missions

11. J6/CIO Mission and Vision • Provide, operate and defend responsive C4ISR in order to support fully capable special operations forces and enable global operations against terrorist networks • Identify, validate, resource and govern C4ISR • Agile development, acquisition, and sustainment of SOF C4ISR capabilities from garrison to the tactical edge J6 Vision: One Force, One Environment A SOF IT Enterprise providing access to required resources from anywhere on the globe.

12. Challenges & Priorities • Providing world-class customer service • Expanding the SIE to our Theaters - SOFNET • Expanding enterprise: roles and responsibilities, and structure • Mobility – Explosive growth and security • Information Sharing with Coalition Partners • Secure/unclassified information sharing • Full Motion Video/Airborne ISR (FMV/AISR) distribution architecture • Dealing with big data (knowledge mgmt. and data meta tagging) Partner Nation Info Sharing Window 7 Cyber Planning Cloud SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Support JIE MS-Lync Mobility FMN/MPE Thin/Zero Client CCRI DEE COOP Wireless Fiscally Constrained Environment