The USSOCOM Trinity: Refining Special Operations Commitment to 21st Century Warfare
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This essay examines the ramifications of the new Defense Strategic Guidance on the United States Special Operations Command and recommends means and methods to capitalize on current success. These recommendations offer the National Command Authority and the USSOCOM Commander a single-source global capability to prevent and deter large-scale contingencies by leveraging a whole-of- government approach through Special Operations Forces operating as the forward edge of American influence.
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SO/LIC Essay Contest, 2nd place winner, 23rd Annual SO/LIC Symposium and Exhibition, “The New World Dynamic: The Changing Roles of Special Operations, General Purpose Forces, and the Interagency”, Washington, DC, February 6-8, 2012. “Major Dave Kenney is a U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He submitted this paper while attending the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California where he is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Defense Analysis with Unconventional Warfare Focus.”
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