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Future of US Special Forces

The Changing Role of Special Operations Forces

By SOFREP | January 8, 2023 Expert Analysis, SOF, Special Operations

Current National Defense Strategy Back in April 2022, General Richard Clark, commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and Christopher Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, announced the release of a sixteen-page document outlining the “Vision and Strategy” of US Special Operations Forces (SOF). This came on the heels of More »