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INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS

What are Special Operations?

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Joint Command and Control and Special Operation Command Relationships

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Joint Special Operations

Joint Electronic Library

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Dept/Agency

Bureau

MissionChief

DoS

SCA

COM

IPA

RP

CENTCOM Services

XXCENT

XXCENTUSFOR-A

CSTC-A

CJTF-XX

TF

NCANATO

ACO

JFCBrunssum

ISAF

IJC NTM-A

RC

TF

GIRoA UNAMA

PRT ESC

Operational/Tactical AuthorityCoordination Lines

Administrative Control

PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM

Command and Control Structures

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Joint Task Force

Subordinate Combatant (Unified)

Command

Combatant Command CCMD

Subunified

JTF JTF

Subunified

JTF

Levels of Joint Command

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Combatant Command Abbreviations

Combatant Command AuthorityNontransferable command authority established by Title 10, United States Code, Section 164, exercised only by commanders of unified or specified combatant commands.

USSOCOM Commander Admiral William H. McRaven

USSOCOM HeadquartersMacDill AFB

CCMD - Combatant Command is the

organization

COCOM - Combatant Command

is the authority

CCDR - Combatant Commander is the

individual

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President Barrack Obama Secretary of DefenseLeon Panetta

Transportation

Special Operations

Combatant Commands

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Unified

Specified

• Broad continuing mission• Two or more departments• Single strategic direction

• Composed of forces from a single department

• Normally established on a function • No authority to establish subordinate

joint commands

Combatant Commands

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Geographic Combatant Commands

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SECRETARY OFDEFENSE

SECRETARY OFDEFENSE

CJCSCJCS

U.S. PACIFIC

COMMAND

U.S. PACIFIC

COMMAND

U.S. CENTRAL

COMMAND

U.S. CENTRAL

COMMAND

U.S. AFRICA

COMMAND

U.S. AFRICA

COMMAND

U.S. NORTHERNCOMMAND

U.S. NORTHERNCOMMAND

U.S. SOUTHERNCOMMAND

U.S. SOUTHERNCOMMAND

U.S. EUROPEANCOMMAND

U.S. EUROPEANCOMMAND

U.S. TRANSPORTATION

COMMAND

U.S. STRATEGICCOMMAND

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS

COMMAND

Unified Combatant Commands

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U.S. Pacific Command

U.S. Army Pacific

Pacific Air Forces

Pacific Fleet Marine CorpsForces Pacific

U.S. ForcesKorea

U.S. Forces Japan

AlaskaCommand

Special Operations Command Pacific

Joint Interagency Task Force - West Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command

Asia Pacific Center forSecurity Studies

Center of Excellence for Disaster Management and Humanitarian

Assistance

Subordinate Unified Commands

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JTF 120, Operation URGENT FURY 1983

Mission: Evacuate U.S. citizens, disarm hostile forces and restore orderly government to Grenada.

JTF-South, Operation JUST CAUSE 1989

Mission: Protect U.S. lives and key sites and facilities, capture and deliver Noriega to competent authority, neutralize Panamanian Defense Forces, support establishment of a U.S.-recognized government in Panama.

Joint Task Force

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Joint Task Force Terms

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JSOTF

Joint Special Operations Task Force

JSOTF-P

JSOTF Philippines

JSOTF-AP

JSOTF Arabian Peninsula

JCMOTF

Joint Civil Military OperationsTask Force

JMISOTF

Joint Military Information Support Operations Task Force



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• Budget / PPBES input• Assignment of subordinate commanders• Relations with DOD Agencies• Convene courts-martial• Directive authority for logistics

COCOMUnique to

Combatant Commander

• Authoritative direction for all military operations and joint training

• Organize and employ commands and forces• Assign command functions to subordinates• Establish plans and requirements for ISR activities• Suspend from duty subordinate commanders

OPCON delegated

SUPPORT delegated to aid, assist, protect, or sustain another organization. General, Mutual, Direct, and Close.

Command Relationships

TACON delegated for local direction and control of movements or maneuvers to accomplish mission.

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These are authorities and not command relationships.

Other Authorities

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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL (ADCON)

• Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations with respect to administration and support.

• Organization of Service forces. Control of resources and equipment. Personnel management. Unit logistics. Individual and unit training. Readiness, mobilization, demobilization. Discipline. Other non-operational matters.

• Synonymous with administration and support responsibilities in Title 10, USC.

COORDINATING AUTHORITY

• A commander or individual assigned responsibility for coordinating specific functions or activities involving forces of two or more Military Departments, two or more joint force components, or two or more forces of the same Service.

• Authority to require consultation between the agencies involved, but not to compel agreement.

• A consultation relationship, not an authority through which command may be exercised.

DIRECT LIAISON (DIRLAUTH)

• Authority granted by a commander to a subordinate to directly consult or coordinate an action with a command or agency within or outside of the granting command.

• More applicable to planning than operations. Requires keeping the commander granting direct liaison authorized informed.

• A coordination relationship, not an authority through which command may be exercised.



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SOF Team Members

COMBATANT COMMAND SOCS AND JSOTFS

SERVICE / FUNCTIONALCOMPONENTS

SUBUNIFIED COMMAND

COMBATANT COMMAND RELATIONSHIP

SUPPORTED SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP

INTERAGENCY

USASOC NAVSPECWARCOM

AFSOC MARSOC

JSOC

SOCSOUTH SOCAFRICA SOCCENT SOCPAC SOCEUR

SOCKOR

SOCOM

NORTHCOM J32 SOD

ASD SO/LIC

COORDINATING JSOTFs and JFSOCCs

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HQ USSOCOM

SERVICE COMPONENTS

THEATER SOCS

PRODUCE EMPLOY

PROVIDE

COCOM RELATIONSHIP

SUPPORTRELATIONSHIP

USSOF

ADCON AUTHORITY

OPCON OF ASSIGNED SOF UNITS

OPCON OF PROVIDED SOF UNITS

SOF Relationships

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SOF Liaisons

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SOCCE

• Special Operations Command and Control Element

• Perform synchronization, C2 and liaison of SOF activities with conventional forces

• Collocates with the supported force command post but remains OPCON to the JFSOCC or JSOTF

SOLE

• Special Operations Liaison Element

• A team provided by the JFSOCC to the JFACC or appropriate Service component air command and control organization.

• Coordinates, de-conflicts, and integrates special operations air, surface, and subsurface operations with conventional air operations.

SOF LNOs

• SOF Liaison Officers

• Ensure the timely exchanged of necessary and operational support information.

• Aid mission execution and preclude fratricide duplication of ongoing operations, or loss of intelligence sources.

SOCOORD

• Special Operations Coordination Element

• Primary advisor to an Army corps commander for SOF integration, capabilities, and limitations.

• Functional organic staff element of the corps operations division. Not organic to a Marine expeditionary force but may be established to augment the MEF staff.



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Conclusion Three Levels of Joint Command1. Unified Combatant Command2. Subordinate Unified Command3. Joint Task Force

SOCOM Exercises COCOM Authority Over all CONUS-Based SOF

Command Relationships/Authorities1. Combatant Command (COCOM)2. Operational Control (OPCON)3. Tactical Control (TACON)4. Support

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