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US Army Special Operations Command

United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne)
United States Army Special Operations Command DUI.png
Distinctive unit insignia of USASOC Headquarters
Founded 1 December 1989; 28 years ago (1989-12-01)
Country  United States of America
Branch  United States Army
Type Special warfare operations
Role Organize, train, educate, man, equip, fund, administer, mobilize, deploy and sustain U.S. Army special operations forces to successfully conduct worldwide special warfare operations.
Size

33,805 personnel authorized:

  • 32,552 military personnel
  • 1,253 civilian personnel
Part of United States Special Operations Command Insignia.svg U.S. Special Operations Command
Headquarters Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Motto(s) "Sine Pari" (Without Equal)
Engagements

Invasion of Panama
Persian Gulf War
Unified Task Force
Operation Gothic Serpent

Operation Uphold Democracy
War on Terror

Website Official Website
Commanders
Notable
commanders
LTG Kenneth E. Tovo
Robert W. Wagner
Edward M. Reeder Jr.
John F. Mulholland, Jr.
Charles T. Cleveland
Insignia
Combat service identification badge (CSIB) of the command, MISGs units, and 1st SFOD-D
U.S. Army Special Operations Command CSIB.png
Beret flash of the command
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Former distinctive unit insignia of the command (1990-2011)
U.S. Army Special Operations Command DUI (1990-2011).jpg

33,805 personnel authorized:

Invasion of Panama
Persian Gulf War
Unified Task Force
Operation Gothic Serpent

Operation Uphold Democracy
War on Terror

The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC) is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC, it is the largest component of the United States Special Operations Command. Its mission is to organize, train, educate, man, equip, fund, administer, mobilize, deploy and sustain Army special operations forces to successfully conduct worldwide special operations.

Established in 1952, the U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), also known as the Green Berets, was established as a special operations force of the United States Army tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism. These missions make special forces unique in the U.S. military, because they are employed throughout the three stages of the operational continuum: peacetime, conflict and war.

Today's Special Forces Groups and their unconventional warfare capabilities provide a viable military option for a variety of operational taskings that are inappropriate or infeasible for conventional forces, making it the U.S. military’s premier unconventional warfare force.


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